Hong Kong Chiu Chow group packed with tycoons ‘disappointed’ by Election Committee snub, demands seats on newly empowered body

Leaders of a local townsmen’s organisation have called on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to grant them seats on a committee that will enjoy broad powers to influence the city’s politics under a Beijing-decreed overhaul.

In a letter sent to Lam last week, the Federation of Hong Kong Chiu Chow Community Organisations expressed disappointment with the government’s decision to exclude it from the newly expanded 1,500-member Election Committee despite the contributions of community members to the city, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.