Election blow for HK Democrats
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HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong&#39;s main pro-democracy parties have made disappointing gains in legislative elections, adding just three seats to their tally.
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Hong Kong is to drop plans to introduce a goods and services tax (GST) after it failed to win enough public support for a change in the city's famously low tax environment.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Hong Kong voters are expected to turn out in record numbers today for a legislative election in which pro-democracy groups are expected to win most of the votes, but not most of the seats, pollsters said yesterday.
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HONG KONG - Pro-democracy opposition figures gained more clout in Hong Kong&#39;s legislature with three new seats, but they fell short of expectations and resumed grumbling yesterday about a system they said was unfairly rigged.
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Hopes dim as less-interested Democratic Congress arrives next month.
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President Chen Shui-bianÂs Democratic Progressive Party eked out the narrowest victory in Taiwanese political history in crucial mayoral elections today.
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Hong Kong democrats have accused China of orchestrating a "dirty tricks" campaign to smear their candidates ahead of key autumn elections.
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HONG KONG: Democrats in Hong Kong yesterday fell short of expectations in legislative elections after voters wary of alienating China&#39;s Communist rulers chose the stability offered by the Beijing camp.
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Pro-democracy candidates in Hong  Kong, stung by sex and money scandals, made only limited gains  while the China camp made big gains in directly elected seats  in legislative elections, results showed on Monday.
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HONG KONG - If Hong Kong political candidates finish in a dead heat, the election will be decided by the luck of the draw - from a bag of numbered pingpong balls.    It may sound more like bingo than politics, but under Hong Kong electoral rules, the tied candidates must each pick a ball at random...
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HONG KONG - A survey two days before Hong Kong legislative elections showed pro-democracy forces, tainted by a sex scandal, may fare less well than expected, but the election chief dismissed talk of dirty tricks by China.
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Pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong, stung by sex and money scandals, made only limited gains while the China camp made big gains in directly elected seats in legislative elections, results showed on Monday.
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Hong Kong&#39;s democrats yesterday fell short of expectations in elections to the legislative council after voters, wary of alienating China&#39;s communist rulers, chose the stability offered by the Beijing camp.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday in an election that&#39;s expected to leave pro-democracy forces with more bargaining power in their demands for more democracy.
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HONG KONG An already heated legislative election campaign here took an unexpected turn Tuesday with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates has been arrested in mainland China and sentenced without trial to six months in ...
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Michael Howard and several members of his shadow cabinet are in danger of losing their seats at the next general election because the Lib-Dems are now the real Opposition on issues such as identity cards, ...