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As it happened: Hong Kong’s sole chief executive candidate gets backing from student, Olympian, business chief and ethnic minorities leader at high-profile rally

Sole chief executive candidate held election rally at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai

Some of the city’s highest-profile developers, businessmen and pro-Beijing figures were among the 1,000-strong crowd

John Lee waves during his rally at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Photo: Felix Wong

Published: 3:56pm, 6 May 2022Updated: 7:42pm, 6 May 2022

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Hong Kong’s sole chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu’s election rally on Friday was attended by more than 1,000 people, including business tycoons and political heavyweights, as well as ordinary residents, two days before the city’s leadership poll.

Although the former chief secretary is expected to win Sunday’s vote – the city’s next leader will be chosen by a 1,461-member Election Committee – Friday’s event, nonetheless, offered a glimpse into who the former policeman’s biggest supporters are.

Members of his presidium, or council of chairpersons, and panel of advisers, made up of some of the city’s highest-profile developers, businessmen and pro-Beijing figures, were present at the event, themed on Lee’s election slogan, “We and Us – A New Chapter Together”.

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Reporting by Natalie Wong, Chris Lau, Tony Cheung and Nadia Lam.