Update | John Tsang, Woo Kwok-hing reach magic 150 nominations in Hong Kong chief executive race
Ex-finance chief first to submit his nominations while ex-judge exceeds 150 with pan-democrat backing; Carrie Lam to make her move later this week
Critics say Tsang, who enjoys higher support in opinion polls, has only a slim chance of winning as he secured little backing from the pro-establishment camp, bagging just 10 of his 160 nominees from that sector.
An aspirant needs 150 nominations from the 1,194-member Election Committee to qualify, and at least 601 votes to win.
Tsang, who almost lost his footing on the way to the electoral office on Saturday, declined to give a breakdown of his supporters from the pan-democrat and pro-government camps.
“All along I don’t want to draw a line like this because it would further divide Hong Kong,” Tsang said. “That’s not desirable.”