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LegCo race sees one more pro-democracy candidate
One more pro-democracy politician, Sai Kung district council vice chairman Daryl Choi Ming-hei, has joined the Legislative Council race.
A centrist think tank member, Allan Wong Wing-ho from Path of Democracy, has also managed to secure sufficient nominations a day after his party made open appeal calling for support from Election Committee members.
They were among 14 who submitted their nominations on Monday to stand in the Legco elections to be held on December 19.
Running in the New Territories South East constituency, Choi would be the third pro-democracy candidate to have secured sufficient nominations to stand in the elections, even though he said it was very challenging as he hopes he can be the pro-democracy voice in the legislature.
“Although I think the room for political discussion has shrunk, I can keep exerting pressure towards the government,” he said.
Choi left Civic Party in 2019 before being elected as district councillor, and he was one of the district councillors who was arrested February last year during the social unrest in Sheung Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O during the anti-fugitive bill movement that started in 2019.
The other candidate running in the same constituency is Stanley Li Sai-wing from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
Wong was the first candidate from his “third way” think tank to secure sufficient nominations as he will be facing DAB’s Gary Chan Hak-kan and Dominic Lee Tsz-king from the New People’s Party to fight for the two seats up for grabs in New Territories North East.
On the other hand, Reverend Peter Koon Ho-ming, who has been relaying messages for alleged murderer Chan Tong-kai, could become the first lawmaker from a religious background as he will run in the Election Committee constituency.
Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun hopes to reenter the legislature from the Election Committee constituency, as Hong Kong deputy to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Tu Hai-ming will run in the same constituency, which currently sees 44 candidates fighting for 40 seats.
For functional constituencies, former Law Society president Ambrose Lam San-keung, who resigned after the society passed a non-confidence motion against him in 2004, will run in the legal sector.
President at the Pharmaceutical Society Scarlett Pong Oi-lan will run in the medical and health services sector, going against DAB’s Chan Wing-kwong and Medical Conscience chairman David Lam Tzit-yuen who is expected to submit nominations on Tuesday.
They were among 14 who submitted their nominations on Monday to stand in the Legco elections to be held on December 19.
Running in the New Territories South East constituency, Choi would be the third pro-democracy candidate to have secured sufficient nominations to stand in the elections, even though he said it was very challenging as he hopes he can be the pro-democracy voice in the legislature.
“Although I think the room for political discussion has shrunk, I can keep exerting pressure towards the government,” he said.
Choi left Civic Party in 2019 before being elected as district councillor, and he was one of the district councillors who was arrested February last year during the social unrest in Sheung Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O during the anti-fugitive bill movement that started in 2019.
The other candidate running in the same constituency is Stanley Li Sai-wing from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
Wong was the first candidate from his “third way” think tank to secure sufficient nominations as he will be facing DAB’s Gary Chan Hak-kan and Dominic Lee Tsz-king from the New People’s Party to fight for the two seats up for grabs in New Territories North East.
On the other hand, Reverend Peter Koon Ho-ming, who has been relaying messages for alleged murderer Chan Tong-kai, could become the first lawmaker from a religious background as he will run in the Election Committee constituency.
Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun hopes to reenter the legislature from the Election Committee constituency, as Hong Kong deputy to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Tu Hai-ming will run in the same constituency, which currently sees 44 candidates fighting for 40 seats.
For functional constituencies, former Law Society president Ambrose Lam San-keung, who resigned after the society passed a non-confidence motion against him in 2004, will run in the legal sector.
President at the Pharmaceutical Society Scarlett Pong Oi-lan will run in the medical and health services sector, going against DAB’s Chan Wing-kwong and Medical Conscience chairman David Lam Tzit-yuen who is expected to submit nominations on Tuesday.
