Poll blow for Hong Kong democrats
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties are on course to net fewer seats  than expected in legislative elections.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by a sex scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing  camp in legislative polls as voters wary of irking their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.
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Ten years after Hong Kong's return from British to Chinese rule, public optimism over its future under Chinese rule has dipped amid demands for direct elections, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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TAIPEI Voter approval of President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan has fallen to a record low of 34 percent after the defeat of his pro-independence alliance in legislative elections this weekend, according to a survey released Monday.
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Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii were heading to the polls Tuesday in a presidential campaign that has grown increasingly negative with charges of broken promises, plagiarism and petty partisanship.
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Polls have opened in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative election, which pits pro-Bejing party candidates against those who favor greater democracy for the territory.
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HONG KONG : It&#39;s 6.00 pm and election candidate Choy So-yuk wipes sweat from her brow as her voice drifts from the speakers in Hong Kong&#39;s seedy Wan Chai district.
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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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Elections in Hong Kong on Sunday were a big disappointment as an exercise in democracy. Pro-democracy or independent-minded candidates won about 60 percent of the vote, a stunning victory by any measure except the one applied to this election.
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Hong Kong&#39;s voters may turn out in record numbers today to vote for the city&#39;s legislature in an election seen as a plebiscite on fuller democracy for the city.
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SINGAPORE: While a majority of Hong Kong citizens likely will cast their votes for greater democracy in Sundayâs Legislative Council election, international fund managers are more concerned about maintaining the status quo.
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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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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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After a campaign marred by scandal and alleged intimidation, the people of Hong Kong voted Sunday under gray skies in legislative elections that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed Hong Kong in July 1997.
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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, Sept.13, 2004âPro-democracy parties in Hong Kong made small gains in Sunday&#39;s Legislative Council elections but said mass protests of July 1 had failed to translate into stronger support for their candidates.
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Pro-democracy candidates won limited  gains in Hong Kong's Legislative Council election on Sunday and  the pro-Beijing camp achieved a better-than-expected showing,  exit polls showed.