Hong Kong Protesters March as Chief Urges ‘Good Sense’
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Pro-democracy activists staged a march yesterday protesting China’s decision to vet candidates for the first popular elections in 2017, as Hong Kong’s leader called for “good sense” on changes to the city’s political system.
Constitutional reform in Hong Kong should move forward, “whatever the pace,” Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in a “Letter to Hong Kong” aired on Radio Television Hong Kong. The city’s people are ready for democracy, even as Hong Kong faces a “big challenge” in passing the necessary legislation, he said, according to a government transcript of his remarks.