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Retired judge now election underdog
Published Wed, Mar 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
HIS two rivals in the race for the city's top job were Hong Kong's No 2 and No 3 officials in the current government before they resigned to hit the campaign trail.
So former judge Woo Kwok-hing, 71, can be considered, despite his lengthy career in the judiciary, the underdog in the trio of candidates.
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