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Central government appoints Leung as new Hong Kong chief

China's State Council, or cabinet, today appointed Leung Chun-ying as the new chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

The decision was made at a meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.

The HKSAR held the election for the fourth-term chief executive on Sunday morning. Leung won 689 votes of the 1,132 votes cast by members of the 1,200-member Election Committee.



 

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