Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters
Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters
Hong Kong /  Politics

When more votes mean defeat: How these Hong Kong district council veterans lost their constituents

Topic |   Hong Kong district council elections
Joyce Ng
Joyce Ng

Updated: 4:04am, 25 Nov, 2015

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Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters
Kwong Po-Yin (left), member of ‘Umbrella soldier’ group Youngspiration, shakes hands with district council election candidate Lau Wai-Wing (right), after Kwong won a district council election at Whampoa West in Hong Kong. Reuters
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