Pro-Beijing camp leaders admit Hong Kong government and bloc need to raise their game with excuses wearing thin after electoral shake-up
- They also have to do more to reach out to alienated supporters of the opposition who feel divisions have only deepened, members of the camp admit
- Second-generation tycoon says the pressure on government and pro-establishment bloc to perform is now greater than in the past after ‘all the political cleansing’
The pro-establishment camp and the administration in Hong Kong need to raise their game in the wake of the drastic shake-up of the city’s electoral system as now they have far fewer excuses not to perform, politicians from the bloc have conceded.
They also had to do more to reach out to the alienated supporters of the opposition who felt divisions had only deepened, members of the camp who spoke candidly to the Post said on Wednesday.
A second-generation tycoon, also from the camp and who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the pressure on the government and the bloc to perform now was greater than in the past after “all the political cleansing”.
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A pro-establishment politician agreed, saying both the camp and the administration faced greater pressure to deliver after the shake-up.
“The zero-risk model adopted by the central government has unavoidably disappointed supporters of the pan-democrats,” the politician said. “After eliminating the risk of unpatriotic people entering the establishment, there is an urgent need to nurture more competent people to serve in the administration, the legislature and the Election Committee.
