Wild card Checkley Sin says he has no Beijing connections, official blessing for Hong Kong chief executive race
- In public speech at Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Checkley Sin admits, ‘I have no connections or relations to get a blessing’
- Chief executive hopeful says he has waited ‘a bit too long’ for political opponents to emerge for election race
Making his first public speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club after declaring he would run for the race last month, film producer and kung fu master Checkley Sin Kwok-lam on Monday said he had received lots of criticism in the past two weeks, accusing him of seeking exposure and having little prospect of winning.
“So many people told me it’s mission impossible. They told me if I want to run for the chief executive election, I need to have a blessing from someone, but I have no connections or relations to get a blessing,” Sin said.
“I do not care about [whether I can win]. It’s a service to society,” Sin said, adding that he had hoped to show his daughter how much he cared about Hong Kong after he separated from his wife last year.
Sin, 64, said he had only discussed the idea with two friends before deciding to participate in the race, and that he has waited for some time for other opponents to show up.
