Democratic Movement Calls For Challenger

October 2006 | Ratings Update

Alan Leong, front-runner of Hong Kong's democratic movement, has said that Beijing should let opposition candidates challenge incumbent Donald Tsang in next March's chief executive elections. Leong has argued that, while this will not pose a threat to Beijing (which has ruled out the introduction of universal suffrage ahead of the vote), it would force Tsang to clearly set out his policy objectives, rather than simply secure another term with no debate. This would be a positive political development, particularly since the government is perceived to have failed on many policy fronts in recent years, due in part to its

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