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New People's Party to send five to elections, including Regina Ip
The pro-establishment New People's Party will send five candidates, including chairwoman Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, to run in the coming Legislative Council election on December 19.
But Ip said she is not the right person to serve as LegCo president, saying she is not interested in handling "the chores".
Ip will run in the Hong Kong Island West geographical constituency. Also running for this sector are independent Fong Lung-fei and Chan Hok-fung, vice-chair of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
Vice-chair of New People's Party Eunice Yung Hoi-yan and member Judy Chan Ka-pui will run in the election committee sector.
Dominic Lee Tsz-king and Marcus Liu Tin-shing on the other hand will run in the New Territories North East and Hong Kong Island East constituencies respectively.
Ip said each of them has been nominated to file for candidature. When asked if she will contest for Legco's presidency, Ip replied that she is not the "right person" for the job. She added that she is not interested in "handling the chores" of the council, which she referred to as another home.
"It would be best for me to focus on policy-making and being the president of the council is not convenient for me to voice my opinions on the front line," she continued.
Ip pointed out that many supporters hoped she will run in the election as it is the first election after the electoral system was improved.
She also expressed faith in Chan, saying although Chan lost when running in the Hong Kong Island sector in the 2018 by-election, she had performed very well.
Reporters spoke to Liu as well and asked whether he possesses a foreign passport, which Liu denied. He also told reporters not to expect a dog-eat-dog situation despite the fierce competition among the pro-establishment camp.
Liu, to run in the Hong Kong Island East sector, will face Stanley Ng Chau-pei, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union (FTU) and Edward Leung Hei from DAB.
According to the Registration and Electoral Office, a total of 11 candidates have filed nominations under the Election Committee constituency as of Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, there were more pro-establishment candidates handing in their nominations, including Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong lawmaker Priscilla Leung Mei-fun.
Elected in the Kowloon West constituency back in 2016, Leung will change lanes and hope to reenter the legislature through the Election Committee constituency instead of the geographical constituency.
She has secured the maximum 20 nominations, including those from Basic Law Committee vice chairwoman Maria Tam Wai-chu, executive council member Arthur Li Kwok-cheung and former director general of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun.
Central committee member Stanley Li Sai-wing of DAB also submitted his nominations to run in the New Territories South East constituency.
DAB chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king, who is accompanying Li, said Li is quite young, but he has been doing very solid community work, and the upcoming election needs the participation of the new generation.
Two members from FTU also submitted their nominations, including lawmaker Aron Kwok Wai-keung who was elected through the Hong Kong Island constituency, and Dennis Leung Tsz-wing.
CLP’s managing director for China, Chan Siu-hung, has also submitted his nominations, accompanied by Hong Kong deputy to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Samuel Yung Wing-ki.
Ip will run in the Hong Kong Island West geographical constituency. Also running for this sector are independent Fong Lung-fei and Chan Hok-fung, vice-chair of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
Vice-chair of New People's Party Eunice Yung Hoi-yan and member Judy Chan Ka-pui will run in the election committee sector.
Dominic Lee Tsz-king and Marcus Liu Tin-shing on the other hand will run in the New Territories North East and Hong Kong Island East constituencies respectively.
Ip said each of them has been nominated to file for candidature. When asked if she will contest for Legco's presidency, Ip replied that she is not the "right person" for the job. She added that she is not interested in "handling the chores" of the council, which she referred to as another home.
"It would be best for me to focus on policy-making and being the president of the council is not convenient for me to voice my opinions on the front line," she continued.
Ip pointed out that many supporters hoped she will run in the election as it is the first election after the electoral system was improved.
She also expressed faith in Chan, saying although Chan lost when running in the Hong Kong Island sector in the 2018 by-election, she had performed very well.
Reporters spoke to Liu as well and asked whether he possesses a foreign passport, which Liu denied. He also told reporters not to expect a dog-eat-dog situation despite the fierce competition among the pro-establishment camp.
Liu, to run in the Hong Kong Island East sector, will face Stanley Ng Chau-pei, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union (FTU) and Edward Leung Hei from DAB.
According to the Registration and Electoral Office, a total of 11 candidates have filed nominations under the Election Committee constituency as of Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, there were more pro-establishment candidates handing in their nominations, including Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong lawmaker Priscilla Leung Mei-fun.
Elected in the Kowloon West constituency back in 2016, Leung will change lanes and hope to reenter the legislature through the Election Committee constituency instead of the geographical constituency.
She has secured the maximum 20 nominations, including those from Basic Law Committee vice chairwoman Maria Tam Wai-chu, executive council member Arthur Li Kwok-cheung and former director general of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun.
Central committee member Stanley Li Sai-wing of DAB also submitted his nominations to run in the New Territories South East constituency.
DAB chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king, who is accompanying Li, said Li is quite young, but he has been doing very solid community work, and the upcoming election needs the participation of the new generation.
Two members from FTU also submitted their nominations, including lawmaker Aron Kwok Wai-keung who was elected through the Hong Kong Island constituency, and Dennis Leung Tsz-wing.
CLP’s managing director for China, Chan Siu-hung, has also submitted his nominations, accompanied by Hong Kong deputy to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Samuel Yung Wing-ki.
