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November 25, 2019

Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Candidates Win Nearly 90% Seats in Local Elections
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In Hong Kong, millions of people went to the polls for district
elections Sunday, handing pro-democracy candidates a stunning victory.
Pro-democracy candidates won nearly 90 percent of the seats-400 of the
452 seats-amid the ongoing, massive pro-democracy protests that have
rocked the Chinese-ruled territory. This is one of the winning
candidates, Kelvin Lam.

Kelvin Lam: "The voters are not happy with how the government dealt with
the protests so far. Particularly in the last five months, and police
brutality is actually over the top, I think. And I think that the Hong
Kong people should really, really leverage on this result. To ask for
more democracy in the future."



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