Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: pro-Beijing heavyweight Tam Yiu-chung says ‘all-encompassing’ campaign team to support John Lee’s bid
- Lee’s campaign office includes 16 deputy directors from variety of backgrounds including policy, finance, business, law, social welfare, education and culture
- Sino Group vice-chairman Daryl Ng, lawmaker Kenneth Fok and former constitutional and mainland affairs minister Raymond Tam among those named as deputy directors
John Lee Ka-chiu will be aided by an “all-encompassing” campaign team from diverse backgrounds as he tries ro win public support and develop policy, according to a pro-Beijing heavyweight in charge of his campaign for the Hong Kong leadership race.
Tam Yiu-chung, the sole delegate to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, the country’s top legislative body, will serve as the director of Lee’s campaign office as the former minister officially declared his candidacy for the chief executive election on Saturday.
Lee’s campaign office is composed of 16 deputy directors from a variety of backgrounds including policy think tanks, finance, business, law, social welfare, education and culture.
“We hope to strive for community support for Lee and to raise people’s understanding of his policies by reaching out to the community,” Tam told the Post. “But due to the constraints of the social-distancing rules, we’ll have to study how we can achieve that.”
On a radio programme on Saturday, Tam said the team hoped to get the former chief secretary elected with a very high number of voters from the 1,500-strong Election Committee charged with picking the chief executive.
“We hope to garner over 500 nominations, from about a third of Election Committee members. Then we will fight for a very high voter turnout for Lee,” he said.