Pan-democrats step up plans to strengthen hand on body that picks next Hong Kong leader
The camp may field 20 candidates in the architectural, surveying and planning sub-sector of the Election Committee
In a move to widen its participation in the chief executive election, the democratic camp may field 20 people to contest a professional sub-sector of the Election Committee that selects the Hong Kong leader and was the stronghold of Leung Chun-ying in the last election.
The camp fielded only two candidates in the architectural, surveying and planning sub-sector in 2011.
This time it is forming two teams to contest the 30 seats of the sub-sector. The first team, co-ordinated by three senior architects and planners, said on Monday they were “actively considering” submitting their bids when the nomination period started on November 8.
“We do not support Leung Chun-ying to seek re-election because he has much to blame for a society that has been seriously torn apart,” architect Steve Chan Yiu-fai said.
He has joined hands with planner Stanley Ng Wing-fai, a Democratic Party member, and Lee Yuet, a retired government architect. They are looking for people who work in the trades to join the race.
The 1,200-strong committee comprises four sectors: industry, commercial and financial; professions; labour, social services and religion; and political. The sectors are further divided into 38 sub-sectors.