Big business and the Occupy Central movement clashed yesterday over the price the city would pay if the pro-democracy movement brought the heart of Hong Kong to a halt.
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- May 23, 2013
- Updated: 5:38am
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The Alliance for True Democracy has just released its initial views for consultation on the chief executive election in 2017, with the aim of promoting discussion, hopefully leading to a consensus...
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18 May 2013
Student protesters who were forcibly removed from a Tseung Kwan O college by police on Thursday condemned officers for abusing their power. They also complained about how male officers handled...
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17 May 2013
The Foreign Ministry's local office hit back yesterday at what it called "meddling" remarks made by the United States' most senior diplomat in the city.
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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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16 May 2013
Universal suffrage could be achieved in different ways but Hong Kong needed to stay true to its spirit, the United States' most senior diplomatic representative in the city said yesterday.
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A pro-Beijing lawmaker has said it's unrealistic to expect the functional constituencies would be abolished by 2020, when universal suffrage is expected to be in place for electing lawmakers.
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The political temperature has risen after the pan-democrats floated more ideas for how universal suffrage should be achieved in 2017.
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Elsie Leung Oi-sie said the proposal, which might result in a situation where dozens of candidates ran for chief executive, may not be in line with a NPC Standing Committee decision.
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Anson Chan gave an excellent talk recently about the future for democracy in Hong Kong.
The Basic Law defines universal suffrage as the right of each citizen to vote and to be elected to...
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It's not every day that a community has an opportunity to remake a constitutional order. Hong Kong people now have a once-in-a-lifetime chance of doing so, with minimal risk of violence or chaos....
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The Alliance for True Democracy also proposes that a candidate with the support of at least an eighth of nominating committee members, or with nominations from a certain proportion of the city's...
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