Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam will not seek second term as chief executive

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3:32Hong Kong leader defends ‘patriots only’ election despite low voter turnout

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday defended the low voter turnout in the recent overhauled “patriots-only” legislative election, but said she was not able to give specific reasons for it. China’s Foreign Ministry also said the 30.2 per cent turnout rate was within a “normal and reasonable range,” but some Hong Kong residents said they were unimpressed by the new electoral arrangements, which completely exclude voices critical of the Chinese central government – Dec 20, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take place on May 8.

(Reporting by Anne Marie Roantree, Twinnie Siu and James Pomfret; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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