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本帖最後由 weihua99 於 2012-4-3 18:14 編輯
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HONG KONG — Outside the election center, the airborne plastic discs, a symbol of protest here, had returned to earth, and the air had cleared from the fumes of pepper spray. But the message from both activists on the streets and political party leaders at news conferences was clear: Hopes that the election Sunday of the next local leader would provide some respite here from an already contentious political year in this southern Chinese city may have been premature.
Leung Chun-ying won a decisive victory Sunday to become the next chief executive of Hong Kong, securing 689 of the 1,193 possible votes from the election committee. But on the streets outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where the election took place, demonstrators voiced dismay at the voting process, worries about Mr. Leung』s allegiances and concern that freedom of speech and a free media would face increasing scrutiny in the coming years.
「The anger today and expressed in recent protests has been building for several years,」 said Avery Ng, one of the organizers of the demonstrations Sunday. 「After 15 years, we still don』t have true democracy,」 he added, referring to the period since this former British colony returned to Chinese rule.
Mr. Ng was among hundreds of protesters who marched to the convention center as members of the Election Committee arrived to cast their votes. The demonstrators, members of the more radical pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong, chanted slogans and tossed their small, propeller-driven discs into the air as they criticized the election process as a closed, rigged system.
As their numbers increased, demonstrators blocked traffic and tried to storm the convention center. Protesters immediately began chanting against Mr. Leung as the election results were announced and began charging cordoned-off areas outside the center. The police eventually used pepper spray after issuing a warning, and demonstrators later marched to the Chinese government』s Liaison Office, which represents Beijing』s interests here.
Mr. Leung will face several challenges as he prepares to take office. Hong Kong has the largest wealth gap of any Asian economy and one of the most expensive property markets in the world. His most immediate task will be to bolster his sagging public approval, which plummeted in recent days in large part because of accusations leveled against him by Henry Tang, his primary opponent in the chief executive campaign.
「I』m worried about his government, and what type of freedom we will continue to have,」 said Ah Lo, another of the demonstrators.
Demonstrators on Sunday expressed concerns over whether Mr. Leung remained committed to the 「one country, two systems」 that Beijing granted Hong Kong on its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Mr. Lo, echoing a refrain heard among many protesting on the streets, said he doubted China would ever allow universal suffrage for the city.
「Beijing first promised us one person, one vote in 2007, then in 2012,」 he said. 「Now they say we may have it in 2017. I don』t think they』ll ever allow democracy here.」
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