Hong Kong Votes in Test of China's Influence Over Finance Hub.

That power held by the opposition "is the only thing preventing the government from reintroducing the political reform package against the will of Hong Kong people", said Chung Kim-wah, a political scientist at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The professional seats are dominated by Beijing loyalists, damping the fractious pro-democracy camp's hope of winning a majority for the first time since the U.K. handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. To contact the reporter on this story:David Tweed in Hong Kong at dtweed@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story:Daniel Ten Kate at dtenkate@bloomberg.netBrendan Scott, Stanley James. [Extracted from the article]