The failure of government officials, pan-democrats and the pro-establishment camp to reach a consensus on political reform culminated in the expected rebuff of the government proposal for the 2017 chief executive election. Ironically, they all agree on one thing: all sides are losers in the failure to attain universal suffrage. Ronny Tong Ka-wah, a moderate pan-democratic lawmaker who has been advocating dialogue between Beijing and his camp, said on Wednesday that all the people of Hong Kong would be losers if Legco rejected the proposal. His views were similar to those of Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, who said in April everyone would lose if the proposal was voted down. She...
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