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John Tsang backed by almost 92 per cent of voters in mock poll for Hong Kong’s next leader
Vote held as privacy chief cites security breaches as poll closes with far fewer ballots than one million organisers had expected
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Chief executive candidate John Tsang Chun-wah was backed by 91.9 per cent of the votes in a mock ballot for the city’s next leader, as those who do not have a say in the coming chief executive election got a last chance to cast their unofficial votes.
About 65,000 people had voted as the mock ballot closed on Sunday night, with 96.1 per cent of respondents also saying they opposed contender Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. The number of votes was far short of the one million target set by organiser Citizens United in Action, led by Occupy Central founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting, since the exercise was launched on March 10.
Dr Chung Kim-wah, a political scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, believed the votes against front runner Carrie Lam would put pressure on the new administration.
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“There would be no honeymoon for the new government, if Lam gets elected.”
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Sunday again warned of a “security loophole” in the mock ballot system.
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