By Chris Yeung
Perhaps inspired by the 21 straight wins of Hong Kong’s “magic kid” Rex Tso Sing-yu in the early hours of Sunday, John Tsang Chun-wah was an uncharacteristic fighter at the first all-three chief executive election forum in the afternoon.
Mr Tsang, known as a fencing player and a fan of the city’s hero fighter, hit hard at two vulnerable areas of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, namely her weakness in the sphere of social media and reluctance in reviving political reform after the 2014 electoral fiasco.
At the forum, he rebuked claims by his main rival that she was a victim of “white terror” on social media after she got into the ring. She lamented Josephine Siao, a Canto film household name, has also been vehemently attacked by netizens because she supported her candidacy. The Hong Kong society, Mrs Lam said, should not accept nor tolerate “such white terror.”
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