His predicament would be even more dire if Tsang Yok-sing, the leader oftheDemocraticAlliancefortheBettermentofHongKong, another pro-Beijing group, also decides to quit the cabinet something he has not ruled out.
Tsang Yok Sing, who heads the main pro-Beijing political group, theDemocraticAlliancefortheBettermentofHongKong (DAB), announced last week that he was quitting his job as a school principal to devote full time to readying his party forthe election.