Anson Chan was slammed in her legco debut in what was an apparent personal attack.

Chan was labeled a "sudden supporter for livelihood" after her maiden Legco speech on an innocuous social enterprise motion debate by the Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing who is also Hong Kong deputy to the National People’s Congress, i.e. very pro China.

Chan won in a landslide victory against pro-Beijing opponent Regina Ip which was an important victory needed for the democratic Camp in Hong Kong and is not without its detractors.

Mr. Tsang’s comments would have perhaps been better received if it wasn’t so obvious that he represented an opinion that was pro-Beijing and therefore labelled anti-democractic. This is a tactical and infantile blunder if the intent was to discredit Anson Chan because all it did was create more support for the need of a stronger democractic voice, most likely because Hong Kong Government that is very pro-Beijing fears the influence Ms. Chan has, and her landslide victory is a surprise for them.

It is hard to not imagine this as a concerted attempt by the Government to attack an influential pro-democrat, how silly.