HOLDING BY-ELECTION TO REPLACE DISGRACED LAWMAKER LOW PRIORITY, JOHN LEE SAYS

Holding a by-election to fill a seat vacated by former lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai after he resigned over a drink-driving arrest is a lower priority than preparing for three important polls over the next 18 months,… Weighing in on the issue for the first time nearly a month after Wong’s resignation, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu stressed that electoral authorities needed to weigh the “necessity of a poll”, alongside manpower…

News - South China Morning Post reports that holding a by-election to fill a seat vacated by former lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai after he resigned over a drink-driving arrest is a lower priority than preparing for three important polls over the next 18 months,…

The report adds: Weighing in on the issue for the first time nearly a month after Wong’s resignation, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu stressed that electoral authorities needed to weigh the “necessity of a poll”, alongside manpower…

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