People Power

Filibuster brings opportunity to think outside box

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.

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Legislator apologises for 'political mission' comment on magistrate

17 May 2013

People Power lawmaker Albert Chan Wai-yip apologised "unconditionally" yesterday for suggesting an Eastern Court magistrate had a "political mission".

The apology followed a warning by the...

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Convicted People Power duo 'dishonest, insulting'

30 Apr 2013

Two lawmakers of pro-democracy party People Power have been convicted of organising an unlawful assembly in 2011, with the magistrate slamming one of them, Wong Yuk-man, for being "dishonest and...

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Legco president Japser Tsang defends actions in approving 710 amendments

23 Apr 2013

Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing said radical lawmakers' intention of filibustering, and its possible effects on the administration, were not on his mind when he approved 710...

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Pan-democrats should scrap the tired tactic of filibustering

19 Apr 2013

A political issue has, at long last, united pro-establishment lawmakers and mainstream pan-democrats in the legislature - the filibuster. Two fringe groups from pro-democracy camps have filed 751...

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People Power denies it is in crisis

18 Apr 2013

Pro-democracy party People Power is "not in a crisis" of splitting up and its members will continue to work closely together, its founding chairman says.

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Pro-democracy station pulls the plug

One of the city's biggest prodemocracy radio stations, Hong Kong Reporter, will stop broadcasting at the end of the month, its owner said last night. Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen's sudden announcement...

4:53AM

Remove illegal banners, political or not

People Power, the pan-democratic group, raises a good question when it criticises the government for failing to take down illegal banners put up by an anti-Falun Gong organisation in busy roadside...

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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.

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MONDAY PROFILE

Mister Trouble Wong Yuk-man takes on status quo

In all he does, People Power lawmaker Wong Yuk-man stirs controversy. From playing the banana-throwing maverick to masterminding the "de facto referendum" to becoming "Mr filibuster", political...

5:55AM

All Around Town, October 18, 2012

Former chief secretary has not lost his touch

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Pro-Beijing lawmakers take three top posts at opening Legco session

Pro-establishment lawmakers grabbed all three major posts up for grabs in a rowdy first session of Legco yesterday, then quickly challenged the legality of the halting oath given by radical member...

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