Pro-Democracy Candidates Set to Take Majority: Hong Kong Update

(Bloomberg) -- A record number of Hong Kongers cast ballots in district council elections Sunday, seizing the first opportunity to vote after months of increasingly violent protests calling for greater democracy.Pro-democracy candidates took the lead with almost half of the seats for district council, according to the South China Morning Post. RTHK says the group had won the election. More than 2.94 million people, or roughly 71% of the financial hub’s electorate, had voted, according to B