the pro-democrat candidates challenged the heavyweights of the democratic alliance for the betterment of hong kong (dab), the flagship pro-government party in many constituencies, including the party vice-chairman ip kwok-him's kwun lung, choy so-yuk's kam ping, yeung yiu-chung's mei foo south and lau kong-wah's kam to. lau kong-wah stood in kam to, challenging democratic party's shirley ho suk-ping. as lau was the legislative councillor for new territories east, pro-democrats saw kam to as a crucial target. icons like audrey eu, alan leong and cheung man-kwong took turns campaigning for shirley ho. standing in the traditional hokkien community kam ping, choy so-yuk faced the challenged from leung kwok-hung of the april fifth action, while the frontier's cyd ho stood in kwun lung against ip kwok-him. both ho and ip were members of the legislative council, while ip chaired the legco committee on the national security bill. ho was supported by article 45 concern group's ronny tong and ip was supported by the dab chairman tsang yok-sing.