His predicament would be even more dire if Tsang Yok-sing, the leader of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, another pro-Beijing group, also decides to quit the cabinet something he has not ruled out.

ECONOMIST: Heads roll, but not Tung’s (yet) | The

Tsang Yok Sing, who heads the main pro-Beijing political group, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), announced last week that he was quitting his job as a school principal to devote full time to readying his party for the election.

CNN: The Shift of Power

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) will again be the largest single party in the legislature with 13 members.

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