Fresh from being snubbed for place in Leung Chun-ying's cabinet, lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee will soon be out courting middle class votes in her Hong Kong Island constituency as she readies for a run in the Legislative Council elections.
The New People's Party chairwoman and former secretary for security said she would be fighting 'many candidates' for the key voting bloc, such as Liberal Party chairwoman Miriam Lau Kin-yee and Democratic Party vice-chairman Sin Chung-kai, in the September poll.
Ip is expected to be joined in the elections by her deputy chairman Michael Tien Puk-sun, who may contest the polls in New Territories West. He won a district council seat in the constituency last year.
'As the NPP is a fairly new party, we won't be fielding candidates in all five districts,' Ip said.
Long rumoured to be one of Leung's choices for an executive councillor, Ip was left off the list days after she helped veto the government's plans to have Leung's restructuring plan marked as a priority item in the legislature's agenda.
The NPP's announcement came as more candidates threw their hats in the ring for the race on the 70-seat Legco race.
