BBC (early Monday): Election Blow for Hong Kong pro-Beijing parties

Jack Rabbit

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Sun Nov-23-03 08:23 PM
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BBC (early Monday): Election Blow for Hong Kong pro-Beijing parties

From the BBC Online
Dated Monday November 24 01:09 GMT (5:09 pm PST)

Blow for HK pro-Beijing parties

Pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong have been celebrating significant gains in Sunday's local elections.
The Democratic Party said it had won 93 of the 120 wards it contested.
The pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) said it had suffered a serious defeat in the poll that saw a massive turnout.
Voters turned out in droves to cast their ballot - the first major test of public opinion since massive anti-government protests last July.
Those protests were against new security laws which were then shelved.

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dArKeR

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Sun Nov-23-03 08:28 PM
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1. For those who've never been to Asia; Tid bit. A polling station is never

Edited on Sun Nov-23-03 08:30 PM by dArKeR

farther than a 1-4 minute walk. Except for the few rual areas.

On edit: I forgot to say, Down with the Communist PiGs!

All my sites are banned in China! YES!

Abian, the true ruler of China!

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