The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong party has put forward 14 candidates for the coming Legislative Council election, while one of its lawmakers has joined a wave of legislators opting not to seek another term, bringing the total to 28.
The party announced the line-up on Monday, as 41-year-old legislator Benson Luk Hon-man revealed he had no plans to run for re-election.
Luk said on Monday that the decision was made after careful consideration and discussions with fellow party colleagues and his wife.
โI will continue to serve with a grateful heart in my new role, connecting various sectors to promote economic, cultural, sports and tourism development, support youth upward mobility and contribute to the nation and Hong Kong,โ he said.
The new role he was referring to was not immediately clear.
Luk, who first took office after the 2021 election, is the fifth of the partyโs nine lawmakers in the current Legco to bow out. The others are Legco president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, party chairman Lo Wai-kwok, Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung and Louis Loong Hon-biu, all of whom are in their seventies.