Hong Kong food truck boss hopes ‘yellow economy’ can power him to election victory
- Industry chairman Gordon Lam out to secure support of city’s catering operators as he explores bid to unset pro-establishment incumbent
- Lam also announces he has joined opposition Civic Party, but says talk of representing them in Legislative Council vote is premature
A food truck operator and member of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp has vowed to consider challenging the pro-government catering veteran in this year’s Legislative Council elections, if enough workers in the sector can be mobilised to register as voters to support the cause.
Riding on the emergence of the so-called “yellow economy”, Gordon Lam Sui-wa, who is also Hong Kong Food Truck Federation chairman, hopes to win the backing of some 5,000 like-minded food shop operators.
Lam announced his ambitious plan at a press conference on Tuesday where, flanked by party leaders and lawmakers, he also revealed he had joined the opposition Civic Party.
However, he stopped short of committing to represent the party to contest the seat in the functional constituency of catering in September’s poll.
“It is academic to talk about running or not at this stage,” Lam said. “The first thing we would like to do is to encourage like-minded food shop operators to register as voters first. If we can have enough voters, say, 5,000, I will consider running.”
