Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was photographed last weekend at a Spring gathering at City of Dreams with junket operators and high rollers. The images have led to strong criticism from the media and political opponents who say Mr Tsang should not have joined a dinner with people said to be of “dubious backgrounds”. The banquet was a Spring gathering of the Li Ying Club, a VIP club at City of Dreams. According to a spokesperson from the Hong Kong government, Mr Tsang was in Macau on a private tomb-sweeping trip. The spokesperson added that he and his wife had not done anything improper and that they did not enter the gambling floor. Unlike in Macau, Hong Kong’s doesn’t ban its civil servants from gambling.
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