Jasper Tsang Yok-sing says he wants to reform 2017 election, not run in it
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing admitted he lunched with Antony Leung Kam-chung, now a businessman, on three occasions but said the duo were working to reach out to various sectors to forge consensus on looming political reform.
The legislature president has brushed off a rumour that he is teaming up with a former financial secretary to run for the city's top job in 2017.
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing admitted he lunched with Antony Leung Kam-chung, now a businessman, on three occasions but said the duo were working to reach out to various sectors to forge consensus on looming political reform.
Tsang dismissed an article published yesterday by Chinese-language website Bastille Post, a platform backed by the Sing Tao News Corporation.
The article speculated on his frequent lunches with Leung and others where reform of the chief executive and Legislative Council elections was the main topic.
"These luncheons organised by Tsang and Leung are apparently their warm-up exercises to run for the chief executive race," it says. "Tsang will back Leung to contest the race instead, if he finds the situation does not favour him … They are teaming up and supporting each other."
Tsang said the pair shared the vision that the city "could not afford to stay stagnant constitutionally", a message they were eager to convey to various sectors.