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...suffrage" (the local political jargon for full, direct elections) to clean air. Once known for their political apathy, Hong Kongers now want a greater role in the running of their city. Though he won't say it outright, Tsang knows that he needs to go beyond his formal-and narrow-base of support of China's leaders and Hong Kong's business tycoons to win wider public backing in order to get things done. "I think he's sincere," says Chinese University of Hong Kong political scientist Ivan Choy. "But [his] is a difficult job, if not mission impossible...
...Constitutional reform. The current system is unsustainable for all stakeholders. The Chief Executive cannot claim a popular mandate, relying instead on the support of a narrow group of electors with vested commercial interests-a system that leads to backroom horse-trading. The Legislative Council also suffers from a democratic deficit. It does not truly represent the people because half its members hail from the same types of vested interests, yet possess the same voting power as those directly elected. The system is unfair because it favors a few over the whole. Hong Kong needs full democracy...
They were two teams searching for a first win. Harvard and Massachusetts, both NCAA Tournament teams last year, met Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field trying to prove that they are two good teams who have just been under-performing.And it was the Minutemen who escaped with a narrow 11-10 victory after maintaining a steady lead for most of the game.UMass, which played in last year’s NCAA championship game against Virginia, returned only one of its starting attackmen this year.The Crimson’s leading scorer last year, senior attackman Evan Calvert, played his first game back from...
...half, but that couldn’t calm the nerves of coach Mike Lonergan, who jumped in frustration when his players tossed the ball into the stands before halftime. Trailing by 17 early on in the second half, the Hawks then went to a full-court press that helped narrow the lead to nine once and ten twice.In a game of such importance, both teams wanted to win desperately and made plays accordingly. Hawk star senior Bo Taylor went in for a fast-break dunk and a foul, firing up himself, his teammates, and the Hartford supporters in the building...
...were awesome,” Graham said. “I think Lizzie Brook played the best I’ve seen her play at Harvard. She almost got the first set and was in every single game in the second set.” In addition to her narrow singles loss, Brook teamed with captain Preethi Mukundan to capture the only doubles win of the day for the Crimson with an 8-4 win over Magdalena Bresson and Ragini Acharya. In the top doubles slot, the No. 1 duo of Megan Moulton-Levy and Zoricic downed Harvard?...