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Hong Kong elections: Olympic senior official launches Legislative Council campaign for sport and culture seat
- Olympic Committee vice-president Kenneth Fok to represent pro-establishment in September vote
- He is contesting election against Herbert Chow, a former president of Hong Kong Tennis Association and owner of children’s clothing store chain Chickeeduck
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Hong Kong Olympic Committee vice-president Kenneth Fok Kai-kong entered the race for the Legislative Council elections on Thursday, criticising the government for a lack of support for sport and culture, while noting artistic freedoms were protected by law.
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Fok, who married retired diver and Olympic gold-medal winner Guo Jingjing in 2012, will represent the pro-establishment camp in September’s contest for the seat of the functional constituency of sports, performing arts, culture and publication.
He is being challenged by Herbert Chow Siu-lung, a former president of Hong Kong Tennis Association, and the owner of children’s clothing store chain Chickeeduck, who sparked a political controversy last month by displaying an anti-government statue at one of his shops.
The pair are fighting to replace incumbent lawmaker, Ma Fung-kwok, 65, who is retiring.
Fok, 41, a delegate to the national advisory committee, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, is the grandson of the late tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung, and the son of Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, who represented the sector in Legco from 1998 to 2012.
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