Ex-security boss Ambrose Lee likely to run for NPC seat
Former security chief expected to seek election as one of 36 Hong Kong delegates to national legislature, with vote predicted for December 19
Former security minister Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong is likely to run in next month's election of local deputies to the National People's Congress, along with various business and community leaders.
Around 10 of the 36 local delegates are not expected to seek re-election. Eyeing those seats, professionals from various sectors - widely seen as Beijing loyalists - are showing interest in running for the national legislature.
A person close to Lee, 64 - who was secretary for security from 2003 to this June - said he was likely to put his name forward.
Lee's experience would be an asset in the job, said Chan Yung, chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies. "If he is elected, he could be of great help with the delegates' policy discussions. While serving as secretary, he specialised in cross-border issues like the traffic of parallel goods and the boom of babies born to mainland parents in Hong Kong."
Both Chan and Bunny Chan Chung-bun, of the Kowloon Federation of Associations, said they were considering running. Henry Choi, of the Hong Kong Island Federation, has already said he would run.
NPC officials will brief 1,621 local electors today on the details of the election, which will decide the 36 deputies representing Hong Kong in the NPC for the next five years.