{"id":85344,"date":"2016-03-18T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T03:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=85344"},"modified":"2016-07-20T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T05:38:28","slug":"dab-keeps-distance-c-y-slippery-election-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/dab-keeps-distance-c-y-slippery-election-road\/","title":{"rendered":"DAB keeps distance from C Y on slippery election road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>Amid speculation about the fate of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying\u2019s re-election bid, the sudden departure of Starry Lee Wai-king, leader of the pro-government flagship DAB, from the Executive Council has poured oil to fire.<\/p>\n<p>For obvious reasons, the rival pan-democrats have claimed Lee\u2019s resignation was a \u201cjump-out from the (sinking) ship,\u201d referring to Leung\u2019s team. Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun questioned whether the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong is still \u201cpro-Leung.\u201d The Leung ship, he said, \u201cis falling into pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pan-democrat Cyd Ho Sau-lan said Lee is anxious to sever ties with Leung as the September Legislative Council elections is drawing near.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/03\/18\/dab-keeps-distance-from-c-y-on-slippery-election-road\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/03\/18\/dab-keeps-distance-from-c-y-on-slippery-election-road\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Chris Y<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21137,244],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cy0318.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-mcw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111846,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/long-hair-goes-mass-small-circle-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":85344,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Long hair&#8217; goes to mass for &#8216;small-circle&#8217; race","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"February 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Though ridiculed as \u201csmall-circle election,\u201d the chief executive elections in Hong Kong have never seen a dearth of surprises, ironies and entertainment. 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