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Liz Mak

Jeffie Lam

Banker and former lawmaker David Li Kwok-po, campaign manager for failed chief executive candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen in 2012, does not want his son to go into politics.
“Politics is a luxury. I doubt whether my son will go into it. I don’t encourage him at all,” the Bank of East Asia chairman and chief executive said in an exclusive interview with the Post.
He was talking about his elder son Adrian, a member of Guangdong’s top political advisory body and several other political and business groups.
Li himself represented the finance functional constituency in the legislature from its creation in 1985 until he stepped down in 2012.
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When Tang officially declared himself a candidate in 2011, Li backed him as his campaign manager, just as he had with former chief executive Donald Tsang yam-kuen in 2005 and 2007.

“I no longer speak of politics,” he told the Post. “Politics is very divisive. I basically think Hong Kong is in a testing period it has to go through.” Li dodged the question of if Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying deserved re-election.
“You know I backed Henry Tang,” he said. “No, I’m not backing any other candidate. I’m out of politics completely now.”
Bank of East Asia’s David Li wants the Hong Kong lender to stay independent long after he is gone
In the 2012 race, Li gave Tang a strong boost by telling the public that all 40 local and overseas bankers he had talked with had backed the former chief secretary for chief executive while none supported Leung, who eventually won the race.
Recalling his 27 years in the Legislative Council, Li said he had been “lucky and privileged”, and learned a lot from other lawmakers and the government.
“I represented the banking industry so I fought for banking interests. I was lucky to have served in the Basic Law drafting committee,” he said.


BEA chief David Li washes his hands of Hong Kong politics

David Li represented the finance functional constituency from its creation in 1985 until 2012. Photo: Edward Wong

Interview with former chief secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen. 11MAY16 SCMP/Nora Tam

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Bank’s chairman and chief executive gave Henry Tang a big boost in 2012 by backing him
