On the campaign trail he says the public wants a serious contender
On the day when his fate would be sealed on whether he could secure an entry ticket to the chief executive election race, Alan Leong Kah-kit remained upbeat, repeatedly reminding himself that such hopes had not been misplaced.
'I am not a dreamer and my confidence is not the result of a dream,' Mr Leong told a South China Morning Post journalist who was offered a seat in his campaign van throughout a long day on the campaign trail.
While it might seem the barrister-lawmaker holds a rather romantic view on people's enthusiasm for a genuine contest to decide the next chief executive, he insisted his faith rested with the people.
'The majority of the public want a contested chief executive race and voters are obliged to send in a serious contender.'
Knowing full well that it would be a mammoth task to convince many of the 200,000-plus elite voters to select pan-democratic candidates, Mr Leong made an early start to encourage as high a turnout as possible.
