HONG KONG—On September 30, 2007, former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan won a primary election inside the Pan-Democratic party making her the sole representative for the party in the December 2 by-election to the Legislative Council. Mrs. Chan will run against Regina Suk-yee Ip Lau, the former Secretary of Security for Hong Kong.
The votes were counted in Hong Kong University right after the election. Chan won the election with a sizable lead of 179 votes over her opponent Lo Wing-lok, Vice Chair of the League of Social Democrats who had 88. At the same time, results from a Hong Kong University Web survey from September 25 to 27 were announced—47 percent of voters supported Chan and 10.9 percent supported Lo.
After winning the primary, Chan called on pan-democrats to unite, “All the people who support democracy will gain power if they unite. Unity is the our hope to wining the 2012 Chief Executive Election.”
