Hong Kong’s once all-powerful tycoons have been increasingly vocal about subservience to Beijing as their political and economic clout waned in recent years. Beijing’s overhaul of the city’s Election Committee last year also diluted the tycoons’ voting power and the political clout they once had.
Separately, Hong Kong’s sole delegate to the National People’s Standing Committee, Tam Yiu-chung, was tapped by Lee to serve as his campaign manager, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unidentified individuals. Former constitutional and mainland affairs minister Raymond Tam, would service as the campaign’s deputy director, according to the SCMP.