Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee recruits 150 political, business heavyweights to steer final campaign push
- Top names among John Lee’s star-studded campaign team include businessmen Li Ka-shing and Allan Zeman, as well as past chief executive hopeful Regina Ip
- Insider says pro-Beijing heavyweights ‘have been responsive to Lee’s invitation to showcase the solidarity of the pro-establishment camp’
A Post analysis of the list released on Tuesday found at least half of the people on his 148-member team came from the commercial or industrial sectors, 15 were from academic institutions or think tanks and at least 16 were closely affiliated with mainland Chinese companies.
“Heavyweights have been responsive to Lee’s invitation to showcase the solidarity of the pro-establishment camp,” the insider said.
Among Lee’s advisers are several of the city’s richest tycoons, such as CK Hutchison founder Li Ka-shing, Henderson Land Development founder Lee Shau-kee, Sun Hung Kai Properties chairman Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, Wharf Holdings chairman Peter Woo Kwong-ching and New World Development chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun.
They were among 58 heavyweights named as advisers to Lee’s campaign, according to the list published by his election office. The chief executive candidate’s bid will also feature a 90-member presidium, or council of chairpeople.
