The Jockey Club re-elected 7 directors today (September 8). Former vice chairman Li Zihou succeeded Chen Nanlu as the new chairman, and Li Jiaxiang was elected as the vice chairman.
The chairman of Heung Yee Kuk, Lau Ye Keung, tried to challenge the list of 7 people recommended by Lee Tze Hoo, but was unsuccessful.
Liao Changjiang, Chen Zhisi and others were successfully re-elected
There are 8 candidates for the re-election, which is the first time in the past 20 years that a contested election has occurred and caused a disturbance.
It happened that Liu Yeqiang, the chairman of the Heung Yee Kuan, had participated in the election, but Lee Tze Hou sent a letter to all the members on the 5th of last month, and only recommended 7 candidates, but Liu Yeqiang did not mention his name. Liu wrote to Chen Nanlu twice last month, saying Dissatisfied, accusing the election of unfairness, and even claiming to consider taking legal action to challenge the election results.
The Jockey Club issued a press release in the evening. The Legislative Council's "squad leader" Liao Cheung Kong, KPMG Hong Kong chief partner Wei Anzu, and senior chartered accountant Yang Siu Shun were successfully re-elected in this election for three terms each starting from 2022/23. year.
Former Executive Council Convenor Chan Chi Sze was also re-elected for a one-year term commencing from 2022/23.
Fung Wan Mei, former chairman of the Association of Banks, Hu Jiayu, son of Hu Baoxing, founder of Hu Guan Li Luo Law Firm, and Gong Yang Enci, former vice president of Bank of China Hong Kong, were newly elected as directors of the Jockey Club.
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Liu Yeqiang: Discuss the next steps with the lawyer team
When meeting with reporters after the election, Liu Yeqiang said that he believed that he would not be elected due to insufficient votes. He also explained that he was dissatisfied with Li Zihou's letter to members before the election to provide a recommendation list, and sent a lawyer's letter to the Jockey Club because he thought the election procedure was unusual and was worried about causing Injustice, I hope Li Zihou can take back the letter. He will discuss the next steps with the legal team later.
Liu Yeqiang pointed out that although the number of votes has not been announced in the election, it is estimated that he also won a lot of votes, and many people came to the scene to support him.
He pointed out that he was participating in the election to gain experience from a common sense. He pointed out that there were too many authorized votes in this election, and he had already predicted that the chances of being elected were very small, but he emphasized that his love for horse racing would not diminish. Interested in running for the next board election.
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