Veto

Online 'election' would send same message without the risk

22 Dec 2009

If the pan-democrats want to hold a de facto referendum, why don't they organise their own de facto election online and/or on paper, rather than resigning?

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Democracy forsaken on dissidents' power trip

13 Nov 2009

For the past two years, our dissidents have been preparing for a showdown on constitutional development. Watching their infighting and listening to their rhetoric, it is now clear that this has...

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Budget veto threat by pan-democrats

3 Mar 2009

Pressure is mounting for the government to beef up the budget, with pan-democrats threatening to veto it if additional relief measures are not introduced.

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Schools' cellphone ban sends the wrong message, parents say

31 Jul 2007

New York

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China, Russia must allay fears over warming ties

26 Feb 2007

China's burgeoning relationship with Russia is based on economic, energy and military considerations, but there is also a geopolitical dimension that is troubling for some nations, the US among...

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Call to beef up UN Security Council

16 Aug 2005

The UN Security Council should be expanded to make it as representative as possible, Bill Clinton has suggested.

The former American president backed calls by Japan, India, Germany...

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Should Japan be granted veto power in the UN?

Pulcheria Chung, 18 St Mary's Canossian College

The system in which certain countries have veto power in the UN is full of flaws.

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THE UNITED NATIONS SHOWS IT CAN STAND UP TO THE US

Some argue that the United Nations has been made redundant now that the US has gone to war without its blessing.

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Correction

In yesterday's report on Vice-Premier Qian Qichen's interview with the South China Morning Post, it was incorrectly stated that the central Government has no veto power over any change in the...

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Unions gain veto on management decisions

Changes to the mainland's labour laws have given union representatives in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) an effective veto over management decisions, a Hong Kong lawyer warned yesterday.

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Pearl bid to quash veto delayed until next year

A legal bid by Pearl Oriental to quash the stock exchange's power of veto will not be heard in court until next year.

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Line-item veto power gives chop to the pork

What do an Asia-Pacific security studies centre in Hawaii, an air simulation centre in New Mexico and a washing plant for military vehicles in California have in common?

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