CE 'sorry' For Making Democratic Party Donation
"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("
"); jQuery(document).ready(function() { jwplayer.key='EKOtdBrvhiKxeOU807UIF56TaHWapYjKnFiG7ipl3gw='; var playerInstance = jwplayer("jquery_jwplayer_1"); playerInstance.setup({ file: "http://newsstatic.rthk.hk/audios/mfile_1388112_1_20180327154240.mp3", skin: { url: location.href.split('/', 4).join('/') + '/jwplayer/skin/rthk/five.css', name: 'five' }, hlshtml: true, width: "100%", height: 30, wmode: 'transparent', primary: navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Trident")>-1 ? "flash" : "html5", events: { onPlay: function(event) { dcsMultiTrack('DCS.dcsuri', 'http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1388112-20180327.mp3', 'WT.ti', ' Audio at newsfeed', 'WT.cg_n', '#rthknews', 'WT.cg_s', 'Multimedia','WT.es','http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1388112-20180327.htm', 'DCS.dcsqry', '' ); } } }); }); });
2018-03-27 HKT 11:31
Share this story
Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday apologised for her recent HK$30,000 donation to the Democratic Party, saying she was willing to say sorry for the move if it's "causing inconvenience" to the party and "unease" for the pro-government camp.
The move drew flak from government allies such as executive councillor Regina Ip of the New People's Party, who described the donation as grossly inappropriate and warned it could amount to "vote buying".
The CE said she had agreed to make the donation at the party's annual dinner after Democrat Fred Li said he would sing her a song. Lam said she has known the former legislator for more than 20 years and she wanted to "help a friend" by boosting the donation figures.
Lam said it was a member of staff's idea to write the words "big reconciliation" on an Instagram post of her appearing at the dinner last week.
But she said she found those words to be "very inappropriate" being as there has never been any major bust up between her and a political party, and therefore there is no need for any reconciliation.
Lam said the employee responsible for the Instagram post has apologised to her.
She said she will show more restraint in future if people don't want her to be so personable.
XTransfer Partners With Bank SinoPac HK To Expand Cross-Border Payment Services
XTransfer has entered into a collaboration with Bank SinoPac, through its Hong Kong Branch, to expand international ope... Read more
Standard Chartered To Launch Bitcoin And Ethereum Custody Services By 2026
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) participated in Hong Kong Fintech Week 2025 (HKFTW25) as a strategic partner, annou... Read more
HashKey And Kraken Form Partnership On Institutional Tokenised Assets
HashKey and Kraken have announced a strategic partnership to promote institutional adoption of tokenised assets. The co... Read more
Reap Expands Global HQ With New Office In Hong Kong
Reap, a global fintech company providing stablecoin-enabled financial infrastructure, has expanded its global headquart... Read more
HeyMax Debuts In Hong Kong, Partnering With Cathay To Drive Regional Growth
Loyalty and travel rewards platform HeyMax has made its first international launch in Hong Kong, partnering with Cath... Read more