Advertisement calls on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to step down
Chief executive rubbishes idea as organiser says his policies don't live up to his promises
More than 300 people have put their signatures to a newspaper advertisement published both locally and in Taiwan, calling for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to step down.
The half-page ad accuses Leung's policies of "mainlandising Hong Kong". It was a warning to Taiwan of the side effects of opening up cross-border tourism and other policies that jeopardised local interests, the co-signers said.
The ad ran in two Hong Kong newspapers and The Liberty Times in Taiwan.
Leung described the move as incomprehensible.
"To arouse so-called international attention by placing an identical advertisement in Taiwan, this is incomprehensible for Hongkongers and the Taiwanese," he said.
The notice cited the development plan for the northeastern New Territories, close to Shenzhen, and the rapid expansion of an individual visit scheme that encouraged visitors from across the border.
It questioned Leung's insistence that his top priority in governing the city lay in the interests of Hongkongers.