Hong Kong by-election: 2 tech experts, traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, company director win poll to fill 4 seats in legislature
- Six candidates in all competed in race, with only 1,400-strong Election Committee eligible to vote
- City politicians ahead of vote stressed need for winners to improve governance and take on socio-economic issues
Two technology experts, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and a company director on Sunday won a by-election to fill four seats in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council.
They were among six aspirants who contested in the poll, with only the 1,400 members of the Election Committee eligible to vote from 9am to decide on replacements for those who quit earlier this year to take up senior posts in the administration.
The winners were technology company chief Shang Hailong, engineering professor William Wong Kam-fai, Adrian Ho King-hong of the New People’s Party (NPP), and Chan Wing-kwong, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
In a statement, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu congratulated the four winners, saying he hoped they would “assume their duties with due diligence”.
“I hope that the four newly elected members will … create and develop an environment conducive for constructive policy debates and join hands with the government in solving different problems together,” he said. “The government team and I will continue to strengthen the good executive-legislative relationship … with a view to charting a brighter tomorrow for Hong Kong and our people.”
Lee will swear the four winners into office on Monday morning in the Legco chamber.
