Leung 'betrayed' my support, says veteran social worker Ho Hei-wah
Veteran social worker admonishes leader for a lack of new ideas, accusing his cabinet of being weak, bereft of policies and lacking cohesion
Social work veteran Ho Hei-wah, who backed Leung Chun-ying to be chief executive, says the city's leader "betrayed" his support by breaking his election promises in his "extremely disappointing" policy address.
The director of the Society for Community Organisation (Soco) said he did not regret supporting Leung during his campaign - though neither did he have a "crystal ball".
Ho said Leung's maiden policy address last week contained minimal measures to ease poverty and level the playing field for people who were struggling to survive.
"Now it's time to tell [Leung] loudly that he's done a very bad job and hope that he'll listen," Ho said.
He said Leung had promised a redistribution of resources to the poor and new ways to ease social problems during campaigning, but that the address contained nothing new.
"It was a big disappointment. I feel that he betrayed [my support]," said Ho.
Leung had previously explained there were no immediate "sweeteners" to the community but said Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah would be working hard on the February budget to announce more detailed measures to help the needy.