Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam heaps praise on Beijing-imposed electoral overhaul as she chats with guests on debut TV talk show

Chief executive’s programme, aired on government-run RTHK TV31 channel, features guests from industries represented on powerful selection body

There will be 40 episodes in the series, titled ‘Get to Know the Election Committee Subsectors’, with two new ones aired daily

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Carrie Lam talks to Professor Wong Yuk-shan, a local deputy to the National People’s Congress. Photo: Handout

Published: 11:39pm, 28 Apr 2021Updated: 2:49am, 29 Apr 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor heaped praise on an overhaul of the city’s electoral system on Wednesday as she hosted a television talk show to explain the Beijing-imposed changes.

The programme Get to Know the Election Committee Subsectors aired on the government-run RTHK TV31 channel, featuring Lam chatting with guests from various industries that are represented on the powerful body that selects the city’s chief executive.

The first sitting Hong Kong chief executive to host a talk show, Lam announced her debut on Facebook two days ago, stressing that the restructured Election Committee was a core element in the impending reforms.

There will be 40 episodes in the series, with two new ones aired daily.

On Wednesday’s instalment, Lam and Professor Wong Yuk-shan, a local deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC) as well as a member of the Basic Law Committee, hailed the care shown by the central government to Hong Kong, in endorsing the electoral overhaul last month.

Carrie Lam is the first sitting Hong Kong chief executive to host a talk show. Photo: RTHK

Wong, as a Basic Law Committee member, will be given a seat on the Election Committee.