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Hong Kong's New CE Gets Off to a Rocky Start

Hong Kong's New CE Gets Off to a Rocky Start

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Mar 27, 2012
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Leung Chung-ying has been selected as Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive by a large margin of the 1,200 mostly elite voters entitled to make the choice – 690 votes compared with 285 for his only real rival Henry Tang, 80 for Democratic Party candidate Albert Ho and a significant 143 absentees and spoiled ballots.

But the circumstances of his win will not m…

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