New leadership at Journalists Assoc. as 2 nominees seek withdrawal and security chief admonishes ‘foreign’ members
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) voted in a new Executive Committee (ExCom) and chair on Saturday as Channel C’s Ronson Chan stood down as head of the press group. The Wall Street Journal’s Selina Cheng took the helm at the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Jordan, having secured 100 votes, with two voting against. Two candidates, the Justice Centre’s Preston Cheung and the BBC’s Danny Vincent, dropped out of the race for Executive Committee seats, though both were voted in on Saturday with Chan saying there was no mechanism for them to withdraw. Cheung told HKFP he wou...