Unionist legislator Leung Yiu-chung faces a dilemma in his bid for a district council seat in Kwai Tsing.
Mr Leung, running in the Kwai Fong constituency under the Neighbourhood and Workers' Service Centre banner, said he wanted to stick to the promise of no canvassing on election day he made at a Legco debate in July.
But he was also eager to ensure voters heard his policies. He also did not want voters to think he had withdrawn.
Mr Leung, an incumbent Kwai Tsing District Board member, supported an amendment to designate election day a no-canvassing day. The amendment was defeated.
He has said he will not canvass on Sunday because he claims it would 'disturb residents'.
'Although they like home visits and like you to talk to them, they feel annoyed on election day when team members knock on the door, ask for votes and then run away,' Mr Leung said.
But his statements in election pamphlets that he would not canvass on election day had created the impression in some quarters that he wanted to withdraw.