CY makes a quiet visit to Sha Tin new year fair
There were no protesters so he and his wife had time to buy plants and chat with visitors
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his wife dropped into a Lunar New Year fair on Thursday, their second in a week, without the drama of their first outing in which they were mobbed by protesters.
The visit, made hours before he left for Britain for an 11-day holiday with his children there, was not publicised until it was disclosed in his blog last night.
In a one-minute video clip attached to the blog entry published last night, Leung and his wife Regina Tong Ching-yee were seen at the Sha Tin fair at Yuen Wo playground in the afternoon.
They visited several flower stalls, talked with fair visitors and stall operators, and paid a total of HK$878 for four plants including gladiolus and Yokohama Bean. He said it was a rewarding outing.
The scene is in stark contrast to his visit to the Lunar New Year fair at Victoria Park on Monday, when the couple was mobbed by protesters demanding that he resign. They had to cut their visit to 15 minutes.
His Monday tour followed a tradition set by his predecessors. He and his wife were encircled by more than 20 police officers and security guards yet Tong was jostled and almost hit by a cushion thrown by a protester at a florist's stall. Leung had planned to visit two florist shops and a New Year decoration store, but had to skip the other two.
