Mainland China got into mix by donating 1 million masks to city-state's pro-Beijing camp. FMTNews HongKong
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s rival political camps have embraced a new tactic to woo potential voters as the city hunkers down during the coronavirus pandemic: Free face masks.
Already riding high after last year’s huge anti-government protests, three pro-democracy parties were the first to pull off something of a public relations coup – securing 1.2 million masks form Honduras. “That we started earlier and kept bringing supplies to the community, in some ways, forced all parties to join the competition,” he told AFP.
“As long as the public can be benefitted, it’s fine for different parties in society to do their own part,” said Bunny Chan, a well-connected politician within the pro-Beijing side and one of about 30 conveners of the Link. The 23-year-old political novice has distributed 10,000 masks since January, gathered through donations and paid for out of his own pocket.Beijing continues to full-throatedly back chief executive Carrie Lam even though she is grappling with historic low approval ratings.
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