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June 29th, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Hong Kong’s citizens have casted their votes on the final day of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms, as part of a civil campaign that is described as illegal by Chinese authorities.
More than 765,000 people had voted by early afternoon on Sunday, the last day of the 10-day poll on how the semi-autonomous territory’s next leader should be chosen.
The former British colony was returned to China in 1997 with wide-ranging autonomy under a “one country, two systems” formula.
China says Hong Kong can hold an election in 2017 for its top leader, but the city’s mini-constitution known as the Basic Law, specifies that only a nominating committee can select candidates.
Activists, however, want the nomination process to be based on international standards. They have warned to hold a series of demonstrations to lock down the central area of Hong Kong if it fails to adopt a democratic way to elect next leaders.
“I think the signal has already been sent to Beijing that Hong Kong people are prepared to express their views on universal suffrage,” said Benny Tai, one of the organizers of the referendum. “We hope the result of the civil referendum will be taken seriously by the SAR (Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong) and Chinese government.”
The vote is organized by activists and has been mainly conducted online. The results are expected to be announced later on Sunday.
The referendum came as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in a mass demonstration on July 1, the day Hong Kong was handed over to China.
Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies in Hong Kong since the beginning of the year, calling for universal suffrage.
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