If Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's "low-profile" meet-the-people sessions meant only buying fish with his wife and having curry meals, as he was proud to tell the public in August, he should perhaps look at what his top aide, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, is doing. The chief secretary paid a secret visit to some subdivided flats in Yau Tsim Mong District ahead of the government's poverty summit last month, a social worker who focuses on the issue revealed. "She was concerned about the situation and asked to check out some subdivided cubicle homes in Yau Tsim Mong," said the social worker, who lined up the visit a week before the summit on September 28. "But I was asked to keep her visit confidential." Perhaps Leung needs to rethink his definition of "low profile".
Who do the lawmakers fear more - reporters, protesters or staff from Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV)? Since the government rejected HTV's application for a free-to-air television licence two weeks ago, its employees have been rallying outside the government headquarters in Admiralty, and some even camped out there. This week, they switched their "attack target" from the Leung administration to the Beijing loyalists who vetoed a motion to invoke the Legislative Council's powers to request the official documents on which the government based its decision. HKTV staff tried to film interviews with any pro-establishment lawmakers who were walking past the government offices, asking them why they had voted against the motion. The video clips were then uploaded to Facebook. The motion will again be tabled in Legco on November 6. In the meantime, some of the Beijing loyalists might look for another route to get to work.
