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Legco oaths mischief will see Yau and Leung counting the cost for years

Feng Chi-shun says public outrage over the oath-taking fiasco may well jeopardise future employment prospects for the young localist pair

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Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Baggio Leung speak to reporters outside the High Court in Hong Kong on November 15, after the court ruled to disqualify the two lawmakers-elect. Photo: AFP

There is an amusing side to the swearing-in saga involving the young would-be legislators Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang.

The duo have a goody-two-shoes appearance. Leung could be a clean-cut professional and Yau the pretty girl next door. But both have shown glimpses of a rough edge. After all, the political party they founded, Youngspiration, was the product of a brainstorming session in a karaoke bar.

The interior of their Legislative Council offices, aired on TV after their eviction, had empty bottles of wine and half-empty whisky bottles lining the shelves.

They don’t shy away from colourful language, either. The whole world heard their notorious pronunciation of China as “Cheena”, and calling the motherland the “Ref***king” of China.
Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching display banners reading “Hong Kong is not China” as they take their respective Legislative Council oaths on October 12. Photo: AFP
Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching display banners reading “Hong Kong is not China” as they take their respective Legislative Council oaths on October 12. Photo: AFP

What the people who voted for Hong Kong’s Youngspiration pair think now

Accused of disrespecting the Chinese race by saying “Cheena”, Leung said it was the fault of his Ap Lei Chau accent. That chicken came home to roost when, during a City Forum programme, someone in the audience called him “Lun Chung-hun” (“itching of private parts” in Cantonese), blaming the mispronunciation of his name on their Causeway Bay accent.
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