Songwriter Adrian Chow vies for hotly contested functional constituency seat against pro-Beijing incumbent
Adrian Chow is aiming for place in Legislative Council to represent sports, performing arts, culture and publication sector
Competition is expected to be fierce among candidates vying for functional constituency seats in the upcoming Legislative Council elections on September 4. With 12 candidates in 10 functional constituencies being returned unopposed, 43 candidates will run for seats in 18 trade-based constituencies – four more contested functional constituencies than in the 2012 Legco polls. Here, we look at the sports, performing arts, culture and publication sector.
He even picked a difficult battlefield – the functional constituency representing sports, performing arts, culture and publication – an electorate open only to selected groups and associations, many of which are considered friendly to the government.
“When you have a pool of dirty water, someone has to get inside and pull the plug,” Chow said. “If no one does so, it will stay dirty forever.”
It is almost David versus Goliath for Chow to face a rival like the incumbent pro-Beijing lawmaker, Ma Fung-kwok, who scooped nearly 65 per cent of about 1,600 votes cast in the 2012 poll.
Ma, he said, had failed to focus on how Hong Kong could move forward in terms of cultural development.