Fishermen, Tycoons Choosing Leaders Fuel Student Protests

In a former fishing village now packed with high-rise apartment blocks, Law King-shing reflects on the quirk of history that made him one of the 1,200-strong elite that chose Hong Kong’s leader.

Law is one of 60 people on Hong Kong’s election committee representing the agricultural and fisheries sector that thrived in the city 40 years ago, but which now makes up less than 1 percent of Hong Kong’s economy. Law, a local politician, is neither a fisherman nor a farmer though his father grew flowers.