21.   Several deputies have recommended parliament temporarily freeze an agreement on tourism and similar pacts by not pushing them forward for ratification.

22.   Speaking after the forum Mr Lee refused to comment on whether incumbent deputies had an edge.

23.   Still, the retired Air Force general said in an interview that the new deputy will have a difficult assignment.

24.   The delegation would let the deputies have free votes.

25.   The newly elected Communist deputies had vermilion marks placed on their foreheads by relatives and friends in keeping with an ancient Hindu tradition that once honored victorious warriors.

26.   The newly elected deputies now have little choice but to pass proposed legislation or face another dissolution.

27.   The newly elected Communist deputies had vermilion marks placed on their foreheads by relatives and friends in keeping with an ancient tradition that once honored victorious warriors.

28.   The Socialists withdrew their motion of censure, but deputies had to vote on a separate censure motion presented by the right-wing Europe of Nations group.

29.   When his former deputy Aravinda de Silva had a row with a cameraman trying to film him while he was using his cell phone, the board reprimanded him.

30.   Hong Kong deputies have to date been chosen by the Guangdong provincial legislature, as Hong Kong was considered part of the southern province.