Yau Tsim Mong is an exception amid a line-up of district council elections that many analysts are calling 'dull'.
Chinese University political scientist Ivan Choy Chi-keung said the political temperature on the campaign trail had been lukewarm since so much attention was being paid to the upcoming election of the chief executive.
'The media have had to be dragged in to pay attention ... and the parties are either unwilling or unable to catch the public's attention,' Choy said.
But that is not the case for Yau Tsim Mong, where 51 candidates are battling for the 16 seats in Sunday's elections. Only Fu Pak constituency has a single, unopposed candidate.
Known as the heart of the city's ethnic minorities, Tsim Sha Tsui East has five contenders including three South Asians competing for the seat.
Merchant Monesh Gopaldas Ahuja is seeking to regain the seat his father Gopaldas Holaram Ahuja lost eight years ago. 'I want to continue my father's service and win back the seat on his behalf,' said Ahuja, a 32-year-old Indian born and raised in Hong Kong.
