Henry Tang and supporter nominated for CPPCC

Failed chief executive contender Henry Tang Ying-yen and one of his supporters have been nominated as new delegates to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, one delegate said on Wednesday.

Tang and Hospital Authority chairman Anthony Wu Ting-yuk appeared on a list of suggested Hong Kong delegates for the next five-year term, said Chan Wing-kee, a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee.

The list will be finalised during the committee’s four-day meeting, which ends on Friday.

Tang, a former chief secretary, lost in the chief executive election in March, when Wu supported him.

Chan was speaking in Beijing on Wednesday morning after attending a Standing Committee meeting in the capital, in which members discussed the list of delegates for the nation’s top political advisory body in the new term.

Also missing from the suggested line-up is Hong Kong businessman Lew Mon-hung, who made a scathing attack on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying last week, Chan said.