New chairman of Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK’s board a former lawmaker with strong ties to Beijing
- Lam Tai-fai represented the industrial functional constituency and is a member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
- Top lawyer Thomas So, who backed national security law, also named to board alongside former i-Cable executive Raymond Chiu
Two pro-establishment figures with ties to Beijing have been handed roles on the board of advisers to Hong Kong’s public broadcaster.
Former pro-establishment lawmaker Lam Tai-fai has been named the new chairman, while Thomas So Shiu-chung, a lawyer who backed the implementation of the new national security law, has been made a board member.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor also named former i-Cable executive Ronald Chiu Ying-chun to the board, with the trio replacing Eugene Chan Kin-keung, the outgoing chairman, Walter Chan Kar-lok, and Mohan Datwani.
Lam, a former lawmaker for the industrial functional constituency, and So, a former president of the Law Society, are, respectively, current and former members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Beijing’s top advisory body.