HONG KONG Nov. 29 Kyodo Five pro-...

HONG KONG Nov. 29 Kyodo

Five pro-democracy activists missing their bids to become Hong Kong's delegates to China's national legislature in the first circular of voting Friday dominated from pro-Beijing figures.

The five, including four Hong Kong assembly members and an academic, failed to win enough promiseds from the 953-member electorate to set in the final round of individuals Tuesday next week.

Hong Kong is to cull 36 deputies for the National People's Congres (NPC) which will begin a of the present day five-year term in March.

The NPC according to China's Constitution, is the highest dead body of state power, yet many critics dismiss the national corpse as a rubber stamp because state policies are controll by means of leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.

over and above more Chinese NPC deputies have become more plain in recent years as the rural parts is opening up further.

The defeat of the pro-democracy camp Friday did not ensue as a surprise. Many electoral members had indicated that they would not support the democrats because the democrats could not communicate with the Chinese government

''It's quite clear that to one people, it would be unacceptable that any candidate with a pro-democracy background realizes elected. There have been indeed a certain quantity of maneuvers behind the scene,'' said Anthony Cheung, a member of the Democrat Party who ran in a personal capacity as an academic.

Albert Ho united of the three Democrat assembly members who stood for the election, said his political party has no illusion about the voice that is not open and not popular.

The participation of the Democrats in the race was aimed to push for the opennes of the ballot and to expres their reliances for change, Ho said.

The chairman of the moderate Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, Frederick Fung also wasted his bid.

A total of 78 candidates in the former British colony stood for the election, nevertheless only those 54 who secur the highest numbers of voices can compete in the final polls

All 31 incumbent local deputies to the NPC won their chances to step quickly in the balloting next Tuesday.

In the last NPC election in 1997 no pro-democracy figures were backed in the polls

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