Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam has said she consciously chose to win by 777 votes after reviewing and accepting a problematic ballot, adding one more vote to the 776 she already had. The Cantonese word for “seven” is phonetically similar to an obscene word meaning a flaccid penis, or refers to “stupidity” or a “blunder.” But Lam, … Continue reading Chief Exec.-elect Carrie Lam chose to win by ‘perfect number’ 777 votes after reviewing problematic ballot