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Hong Kong's Ex-Chief Secretary John Lee Arrives at Election Office
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0:38Now PlayingFormer Hong Kong Chief Secretary John Lee arrives at the election office to hand in his formal application to stand for the city’s chief executive.
Lee resigned last week as Hong Kong’s No. 2 official to run, with China’s cabinet approving his departure. During a press briefing Saturday, he declared “loyalty is the basic requirement. The chief executive must be a patriotic person.” Current Chief Executive Carrie Lam said April 4, just after the start of a two-week period to obtain nominations, that she wouldn’t seek another 5-year term.
While widely considered as lacking in knowledge of and connections in the finance and business sectors, Lee said that would instead allow him to make “fair and just” policies. He did not give further details on how he plans to strengthen the city’s international hub status.
Tam Yiu-chung, director of Lee’s campaign office, said the team will develop a political manifesto by the end of April, the SCMP reported.
Despite sweeping support for Lee from Hong Kong’s tycoons in their latest show of loyalty to China, Beijing’s backing of Lee raised concerns that President Xi Jinping plans to prioritize tightening security in the former British colony over rebuilding the city’s status as an international financial hub.
The next chief executive will take office July 1, the halfway mark in China’s 50-year pledge to preserve the city’s liberal financial and political systems. Approximately 1,500 people, mostly Beijing loyalists, will vote May 8 to select Lam’s successor.
Meanwhile, a government spokesman said that Lee’s position being vacant won’t impede the administration’s work.
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