League of Social Democrats

17 May 2013

The Chinese equivalent of "filibuster" is Libo, meaning "stretching the cloth". This translation gives an image of fluff and flannel, not exactly the stuff of gravitas.

3:11AM

Rowdy protesters against CY Leung may face prosecution

16 May 2013

Scores of protesters may face criminal prosecution after they tried to block Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's car from leaving a school in Tseung Kwan O yesterday, police have warned.

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Police to arrest League of Social Democrats members over April rally

2 Feb 2013

Police are expected to arrest the deputy head of the League of Social Democrats along with a few other people for illegal assembly over a protest last year.

5:02AM

League of Social Democrats' Avery Ng arrested for July 1 antics

23 Dec 2012

The vice-chairman of the League of Social Democrats was arrested yesterday for throwing his T-shirt off a footbridge to catch the attention of President Hu Jintao during his visit on July 1.

4:55AM

'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung offers to set aside old-age allowance fight

7 Dec 2012

Lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, who has been filibustering to block the proposed old-age living allowance, says he wants to set aside discussion of the issue to allow other funding requests...

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Activists allowed to appeal protest verdicts

27 Nov 2012

The city’s top court on Tuesday gave two activists from the League of Social Democrats leave to appeal their convictions for disorderly behaviour during a rowdy protest in April last year.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Time pan-democrats draw line in the sand with radicals

The best tweet on the US elections goes to Bill Maher, hands down. His "Tea Party has now cost the Republicans 5 senate seats.

3:30AM

Bad boys of Legco are no radicals

Coughing repeatedly; unfurling a banner of Dr Sun Yat-sen; and shouting a question about whether newly elected Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing was a communist. Were those all...

10:00AM

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'Long Hair' spared jail sentence, threat of impeachment

Radical lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung received a relatively lenient sentence – a HK$1,500-fine – for unlawful assembly, in Kwun Tong Court on Tuesday.

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POLITICS

People Power and League of Social Democrats grab votes at double

Support for radical political groups the League of Social Democrats and People Power nearly doubled in the New Territories East constituency over the past few years, while votes for the Democratic...

4:04AM

LEGCO ELECTIONS WRAP-UP

Pan-democrats declare narrow victory, as radical candidates gain supporters

Pan-democrats won 27 seats in the Legislative Council election, keeping their crucial veto power in the chamber, vote results released on Monday showed. The camp claimed 18 of 35 seats in the...

8:00PM

Lawmakers' faces don't ring bells with public

Local politics have dominated the headlines this year, with the Legislative Council playing a central part in public life. But despite lawmakers' high profile, many remain barely recognisable to...

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