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Hong Kong by-elections start
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May 16, 2010
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_by-elections_start


Hong Kong's by-elections, triggered by the resignation of five
legislators, Wong Yuk-man, Tanya Chan, Leung Kwok-hung, Albert Chan and
Alan Leong, will take place today. The five legislators left the
Legislative Council earlier this year in protest of the government's
indifference towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of
functional constituencies.

The elections started at 07.30 (23.30) local time today, and are due to
end at ten o'clock tonight. Results are expected to be released tomorrow
morning. 

Chief Executive Donald Tsang has decided not to vote. Financial
Secretary John Tsang, who was in Shanghai, stated that "Donald Tsang
will expound on his opinions".

Prominent politicians Leung Chun Ying and Anthony Cheung also refused to
vote. The heads of the DAB and Liberal Party didn't cast their ballots
either, the former going on a trip to avoid voting. Their abstention
provoked the criticism of several pan-democrats, including Audrey Eu.

As of 18.00 today (10.00 UTC), 405880 voters have voted. The percentage
of registered voters who voted is 12.03%; The highest is Kowloon West,
with 14.9%, while New Territories West was the lowest, at 9.93%. Some
members of the Pro-Beijing camp have also decided to vote for Pamela
Pak, a Hong Kong radio celebrity. Wong Yuk-man says he does not mind,
for even a vote for his major opponent means a rise in the number of
voters.

==Sources==
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100516/4/i0z0.html 
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100515/18/i0yy.html 
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100515/18/i0po.html 
* http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20100516/00176_012.html?pubdate=20100516 
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100515/4/i0up.html 
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100516/18/i117.html 
* http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100516/4/i16h.html 



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