New lawmaker makes her mark
With 150,000 views on YouTube, DAB's Ann Chiang Lai-wan's passionate and biting speeches have put her in the spotlight
Among Legco's 28 new lawmakers, Ann Chiang Lai-wan of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) did not take too long to make her name known - for better or worse - among the city's internet users.
One YouTube video showing how she slammed rival pan-democrats one by one at a Legislative Council meeting has drawn almost 150,000 hits so far - along with nearly 2,000 negative comments.
Another clip in which she offers her support to beleaguered Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim - in a thunderous voice - earned her the not-so-elegant moniker of Yuen Qiu, a Chinese martial arts actress who played the shrew in Stephen Chow's movie Kung Fu Hustle.
Love her or not, the DAB vice-chairwoman won more than a fifth of the votes cast in Kowloon West in September, more than any other candidate in the constituency.
"To me, the most important thing in politics is to be candid, my real self," Chiang, 57, said. "You can't put on a mask everyday to show a happy, smiley face."
Speaking of her remarks to defend the education chief, Chiang said she was furious that pan-democrats kept calling for the heads of officials.