Hong Kong's first LegCo president suggests reviewing number of legislative seats

Hong Kong’s first Legislative Council president suggested reviewing the number of seats in the city’s legislature, citing the need to use public funds properly.

Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai also said on Sunday that Hong Kong and Shenzhen authorities had discussed the development of a plot at the two cities’ border before the handover to Chinese rule in 1997, but the plan failed because of opposition within the government.

Fan made the remarks during an appearance on a radio show, in which she was asked by the host whether the current 90 seats in Legco were “too many”.

“A friend of mine always says keeping 90 seats costs a lot more than 60, and I kind of agree with that,” she said.