Britain prods HK over plans for universal suffrage
Britain yesterday urged Hong Kong to put forward proposals to ensure that the next round of elections for the chief executive and legislature in 2012 will be more democratic.
The proposals are seen as crucial for the transition of the former British colony towards universal suffrage, which Beijing had said could be introduced from 2017.
David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, said the plans "would represent significant progress in making arrangements for the elections in 2012 more democratic.
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