Thousands show support for John Tsang at campaign rally
Crowds gathered on Friday evening to show their support for the popular underdog in Hong Kong’s chief executive election race
Thousands of supporters of the popular underdog in the chief executive race, John Tsang Chun-wah, attended his election rally on Friday evening.
The crowd gathered in the open area at Edinburgh Place, and on the roof of a nearby two-storey car park.
As Tsang arrived at 6.30pm, the crowd gave the former minister a round of applause and cheered “Tsang Chun-wah, keep it up!”
Some 18,000 people watched the rally on his Facebook page, and more than 13,000 comments were left on the page.
Giving an emotional speech on an open-top double-decker bus at the end of the hour-long event, Tsang said: “We are here to show our love for this city of ours ... I hope the election committee members, who have the power to vote, would heed our call and heal the rift, and make Hong Kong the home we imagined it should be.”