Political Plan Draws Hong Kong Protest
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HONG KONG — Democracy activists staged a noisy protest Monday after 134 politicians applied to join a Beijing-controlled assembly to replace the colony’s elected legislature in mid-1997.
The rush to join the provisional body may cripple the colonial legislature in the twilight of British rule, political analysts said.
As a registration deadline expired Monday, organizers said 134 people had applied, among them at least 33 members of the present, elected Legislative Council.
British-ruled Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control on July 1.
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