John Lee scores sweeping win in Hong Kong vote


John Lee waves to people after winning the election of the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on May 8, 2022. - Xinhua

HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): John Lee scored a resounding victory in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's election on Sunday (May 8), becoming the SAR's sixth-term chief executive-elect.

The former chief secretary won 1,416 votes, about 99 per cent of the Election Committee members who cast their ballots, and far surpassing the threshold of 750 votes needed to win the election.

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