Functional constituency results out; Vivian Kong, others win

Legislative Council election results are being released, with The Standard consolidating the list of functional constituency winners.

In the tourism functional constituency, Paris Olympics gold medalist Vivian Kong Man-wai, who was parachuted into the race, won the seat with 131 votes, defeating travel and technology company director Ma Yat-chiu, who received only 23 votes.

In the wholesale and retail sector, Liberal Party chairman Shau Ka-fai was re-elected with 827 votes, defeating Retail Management Association chairperson Tse Annie Yau, who only received 149 votes.

For the catering sector, Liberal Party's Tommy Cheung Yu-yan successfully handed over the seat to party colleague and Southern District Council member Leung Chun, who defeated Maurice Kong Chi-hang, chairman of the Institute of Chinese Cuisine, to win the seat.

In the real estate and construction sector, Henderson Land executive director Augustine Wong Ho-ming won the seat on his first attempt, securing 316 votes to defeat Chao Sze-ho of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, who received only 150 votes.

Meanwhile, Liberal Party vice-chairman and Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress Nicholas Chan Hiu-fung won the legal sector seat with 1,543 votes, defeating lawyer Virginia Lee Wing-cheung, who received 753 votes.

In a surprise defeat, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong incumbent accounting sector legislator Edmund Wong Chun-sek lost his seat to former Hong Kong Taxation Institute president Webster Ng Kam-wah.

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