Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man says he won’t shy away from public interactions in his effort to promote the government’s political reform package, after he got into a shouting match on Saturday with an elderly man during a visit to a public housing estate.
While he acknowledged he should learn and improve from the experience, he explained his intention was to talk to the man who shouted at him.
“I do not feel regret about going up and talking to him. I would still do the same in the future if I had the chance, “ Ko said in an OurTV.hk video interview conducted by lawmaker and Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing on Thursday.
Ko has been ridiculed online, where people have compared him to the Incredible Hulk after Saturday’s uncharacteristic outburst.
He has admitted that he “lost control of his emotions” in the incident because the man did not allow him to express himself after shouting accusations and insults at him.
Ko said Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam Chi-yuen told him that the government would think of some other ways for officials to reach put the public.