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Several centrist parties disappointed over results as most candidates fails to secure enough nominations.

Pro-democracy parties won the 2019 district council elections in a landslide amidst massive and at times violent protests

Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 - Four former student leaders of a Hong Kong university were jailed for two years Monday for inciting others to wound police after they glorified a knife attack on an officer, said a judge.

Michael Shum Beijing did not overturn its promise of democracy to Hong Kong people by revamping district council elections, Lau Siu-kai, a c...

‘Patriots’ may be having a clear field in Hong Kong’s district council poll, but one can only hope ballots to come are more representative.

Time running out for opposition figures who have failed to get district council poll backing from three district committees.

Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy party says that it will not field any candidates for the city's district council election slated for December after its hopefuls failed to secure the required nominations from government-appointed local committees.

Some pro-establishment groups have also complained that revamped electoral rules made it harder for their members to join the December 10 race.

Michael Shum More than half of district council candidates are coming from large pro-establishment parties after no pro-democracy aspirant m...

The president of the Legislative Council, Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, said on Wednesday - the first day Legco started its 2023-2024 ordinary ses...