Political parties have shifted their battlefield from the Legislative Council to the Lunar New Year fair at Victoria Park.
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the New People's Party unveiled their booths yesterday afternoon at the park where their pan-democrat rivals had already set up stalls.
In the opening ceremony, members of the DAB, including chairman Tam Yiu-chung and Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing, cut a piece of cloth instead of a ribbon.
The act symbolised the halting of filibustering in the legislature because "filibuster" in Chinese means "pulling the cloth". Other political messages were also seen on products with slogans taking potshots at the opponents.
For example, their HK$50 lucky bags carried the slogan "It's not just about the snake feasts, vegetarian banquets, biscuits and rice dumplings."
Critics of the party had said that the party's frequent feasts were a way to woo voters.
New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee said the fair was an important place to reach out to the public.