41.   Executive Councillor Leung Chun-ying, also a provisional legislator, said Hong Kong should not block the deal.

42.   He admitted he had delayed making his decision because independent provisional legislator Ma Fung-kwok was expected to run.

43.   He referred to the hostility harboured by provisional legislator Wong Siu-yee, of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Progressive Alliance, to RTHK.

44.   He also scotched the suggestion that there was a gap in the Article for provisional legislators to fill in.

45.   He said his case was similar to the appointments of Leung Chun-ying and Tam Yiu-chung, both of whom are also provisional legislators.

46.   He said that concerns raised by some provisional legislators and consumer rights groups were justified.

47.   He listened to provisional legislators and heeded their calls, underlining this public consultation not once but at least three times in his speech.

48.   Head of the FTU and provisional legislator Cheng Yiu-tong has said he will not be in the race.

49.   Hong Kong Progressive Alliance provisional legislator Wong Siu-yee supported the motion, saying the review was necessary.

50.   However, ousted legislators from the Democratic Party and Frontier, have accused provisional legislators of redundancy and time wasting.