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...halfhearted concessions to the crowds, including the scrapping of provisions giving police arbitrary powers to enter homes, he has not addressed the underlying crisis of confidence in his government. His concessions failed to go far enough, provoking a sharp public reaction. Even Hong Kong's popular former Chief Secretary Anson Chan broke her usual queenly reticence. "Both the government and the Legislative Council have demonstrated that they were not responsive to community aspirations," she stated. "It almost seems as if they're daring the people to take to the streets...
...Britney, she is certainly comfortable on camera, and her Stepford radiance is easy on the eyes. But Tamra Davis' movie stinks. It's about three Louisiana teens--the geek, the freak and the princess--and Britney plays the geek. Escorted by a dude with 'tude (Anson Mount), they go West in search of stardom, performing their sassy act in bars and discovering that sisterhood is booty-full...
...APPOINTED. DONALD TSANG, 56, as Chief Secretary of Hong Kong's civil service, replacing Anson Chan, a vocal defender of the territory's autonomy who announced her resignation a month ago because of alleged differences with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa over the pace of democratic development; in Hong Kong. The appointment was made by Tung with the approval of the Chinese government. Although Tung has been criticized for subservience to Beijing, the choice of Tsang, Financial Secretary since 1995, is seen as a nod to continuity...
Coming on the heels of several other unsettling incidents, including the resignation of Hong Kong's top civil servant Anson Chan, many in the territory wonder whether the moment of truth has arrived: four years after Britain's colonial rulers sailed away, is Beijing about to drop its pretense of non-?interference and force Hong Kong to toe the line on Falun Gong...
...While we're disappointed with the verdict, we're confident the jury carefully considered all the facts and circumstances of the case," said Anson Kaye, spokesperson for the Middlesex County District Attorney's office...