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Hong Kong’s legislature in total gridlock as pro-establishment walkout leaves localists unable to retake oaths

The pro-establishment camp walked out, forcing the meeting to be adjourned. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Walkout by Hong Kong lawmakers inflicts ‘collateral damage’ on localist member

Lau Siu-lai of Democracy Groundwork in the Legco building on Wednesday. Photo: Sam Tsang

19 minutes of chaos: Legco president calls pro-establishment camp walkout ‘unfortunate’, plans new oaths for localists

Legco president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen called the walkout “unfortunate”. Photo: David Wong

Pro-establishment Hong Kong lawmakers exit a meeting of the city’s legislature to protest the planned swearing in of two localists who modified their original oaths airing displeasure with mainland authorities

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Hong Kong’s pan-dems and localists accused of delaying tactics after lawmakers fail to elect panel heads

Ma Fung-kwok votes during the Legco development panel meeting on Tuesday. Photo: David Wong
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Hong Kong government fails to block localist duo from retaking Legco oaths, but wins right to seek judicial review

Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching of Youngspiration meet the media outside the High Court. Photo: David Wong
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Legco president invalidates five lawmakers’ oaths, now including localist lecturer and pro-Beijing loyalist

Lawmakers-elect Edward Yiu Chung-yim (back row left), “Baggio” Leung (centre, gesturing) and Yau Wai-ching (right) last Wednesday at Legco. Photo: AFP
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Hong Kong localist pair set to make U-turn over their Legislative Council oaths

Yau Wai-ching (left) and Sixtus Leung have had a rethink on the Legco oath. Photo: Dickson Lee

Two newly elected localist lawmakers indicated on Monday that they would retake their oaths properly on Wednesday to keep their seats, avoiding the prospect of a major showdown in the Legislative Council after many were offended by the pair’s antics at the swearing-in ceremony a week ago.

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Hong Kong Legco newcomer Yau Wai-ching faces legal challenge over election win as oath-taking criticism piles up

Yau Wai-ching won her seat in Kowloon West. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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‘Being young is not an excuse’: moderate former lawmaker criticises Hong Kong localists over oaths

Tong speaking at a forum in Causeway Bay in July on the city's attempts to realise democracy. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Legco secretariat slammed over handling of presidential election

Pan-democratic veteran Leung Yiu-chung (centre) explains why he refused to chair the election proceedings. Photo: Edmond So

Declaration of war as Hong Kong’s newly elected lawmakers plunge opening session into chaos

Lawmakers clash during the Legislative Council’s presidential election session, in just one of many angry exchanges at yesterday’s meeting. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Andrew Leung becomes president of Hong Kong Legco after dispute over British nationality

Photo: Sam Tsang

As it happened: Andrew Leung elected Legco president 38-0 over pan-dems’ objections in dramatic ending to raucous day

Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen presenting a stamped certificate from the UK Home Office confirming he had renounced his British nationality. Photo: Sam Tsang

While most of the city’s 70 newly elected lawmakers were sworn in without incident, a few localists and their sympathisers kept the Legislative Council secretary general and the establishment candidate for president on their toes

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Still too early to talk about popularity of potential Hong Kong chief executives, CY Leung says

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is unperturbed about his popularity ratings. Photo: May Tse

Called ‘aggressive’ and unsuitable to be Legco president, Andrew Leung says he will work with different parties if he gets top job

Rival contenders for the Legco presidency Andrew Leung (left) and James To. Photo: Edward Wong

John Tsang gives another hint that he may run for Hong Kong’s chief executive election

John Tsang with Rafiq Dossani (left), director of the RAND Centre for Asia Pacific Policy, during a visit to the RAND Corporation, a think-tank in the US. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Macau denies entry to Hong Kong activists and filmmaker on same day Thailand deports Joshua Wong

Hong Kong activists Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah and Fred Lam-fai were both stopped from entering Macau on Wednesday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

DAB urges Hong Kong government to mend ties before first Legislative Council meeting

Lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong met Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to provide suggestions for the 2017 policy address and budget. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Kitchee Sports Club boss fears for future training base

Children play football at the Jockey Club Kitchee Centre in Shek Mun. Photo: David Wong

Umbrella politics: what it all meant at Hong Kong’s National Day flag-raising ceremony

It was all down – for some – as the national anthem started up. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Corruption claims had ‘significant impact’, CY Leung says, defending threat of legal action against Apple Daily

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying speaking to the press before the Exco meeting. Photo: Dickson Lee

Pro-Beijing group calls video by Hong Kong website ‘insulting’ to mainland Chinese, wants review

Multimedia website TV Most is known for its satirical takes on the city’s current affairs. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Localist Hong Kong lawmakers opt not to practise their oath ahead of Legco ceremony

Only three of the 17 newly elected legislators rehearsed, keeping what they will say when sworn in under wraps

CY Leung promises to resolve MPF offset controversy before term ends

As part of his election manifesto in 2012, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying promised to ‘progressively reduce’ the proportion of the employer’s contributions to the MPF that could be used for offsetting. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong Occupy activists deliver upbeat message at second anniversary rally

People gather near the government offices in Admiralty to remember the Occupy Central movement. Photo: Sam Tsang
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‘He may already know how many votes he has’: CY Leung ‘top seed’ in Hong Kong chief executive race, Regina Ip says

Lawmaker Regina Ip says she thinks Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will definitely seek re-election. Photo: Nora Tam

Giant pro-democracy banner draped on Hong Kong hillside to mark second anniversary of Occupy movement

The banner was draped on a hillside in Lei Yue Mun, Kowloon, early Wednesday. Photo: League of Social Democrats
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Hong Kong lawmakers warned to stick to exact wording of their oaths at first Legislative Council meeting

Localist Nathan Law plans to embellish the Legislative Council oath he takes in October. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Lawmakers press Hong Kong’s anti-graft chief to explain removal of top officer

Seven pan-democrats who attended the meeting (from left) Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, Kenneth Leung, Claudia Mo Man-ching, Kwok Ka-ki, Lam Cheuk-ting, Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho and Dr Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung. Photo: Sam Tsang

Laboured explanations fail to satisfy sceptical critics of Hong Kong Wang Chau housing project

Pan-democrat and localist lawmakers-elect vow to press for a Legco inquiry into the Wang Chau development. Photo: Sam Tsang
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