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Carrie Lam selected as Hong Kong's next leader

Reuters
Reuters
26/03/2017
05:01 MYT
Carrie Lam selected as Hong Kong's next leader
Carrie Lam visits a resident area during an election campaign in Hong Kong, China March 23, 2017. - REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Former senior Hong Kong government official Carrie Lam was on Sunday elected the city's next leader by a 1,200-member election committee stacked with Beijing loyalists, according to broadcaster Cable TV.
Most of Hong Kong's 7.3 million voters have no say in the choice of leader in the former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, at a time when tensions with Beijing have been on the rise.
READ: Hong Kong chooses new leader amid accusations of China meddling
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