Key seats up for grabs as FTU seeks to expand influence in 2016 Legco elections
City's largest labour union will look to add to the six seats secured in 2012 Legco polls
The city's largest labour union aims to contest at least one more seat in the Legislative Council elections next year to step up its fight for workers' rights.
In the Legco polls of 2012, the Beijing-loyalist Federation of Trade Unions secured six seats, two more than in the previous election. It retained its two seats in the labour sector, won three directly-elected seats - Hong Kong Island, Kowloon East and New Territories West constituencies respectively - and Chan Yuen-han became one of the five "super seat" lawmakers elected by the city's 3.2 million voters.
However, Ip Wai-ming's slate failed to win a seat in New Territories East.
FTU president Lam Shuk-yee said the federation would contest at least four geographical constituencies next year.
"It is our goal to be represented in all five geographical constituencies," Lam said. "But we have to measure our actual strength before making a detailed plan."
Lam said the federation's election plan would depend on the results of the district council elections in November, which will be the first election since the 79-day Occupy protests last year and Legco's vote on the government's political reform package this summer.
