Vote to disband Hong Kong’s Democratic Party looms as members weigh ‘rough ride’
Once the biggest opposition party, the Democrats are close to folding, with members reflecting on their struggles since political changes of 2020
But Chong has struggled to manage the workload.
“I used to be able to handle 90 per cent of the cases I received in the past, but now I think I can only tackle around 10 or 20 per cent,” Chong told the Post last week.
The 51-year-old was referring to the days when the Democrats – once the biggest opposition party in Hong Kong – held seven seats in the Legislative Council, with dozens of district councillors across the city equipped with the resources to handle residents’ appeals for help.
That was until Beijing’s imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong in 2020, following months of social unrest the year before, and the ensuing electoral system overhaul, which stipulated that only “patriots” could hold political power in the city.