Tsang wins second term in HK
26 March 2007
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen won a second term as Hong Kong's chief executive.
The incumbent, who was widely expected to win, received 649 votes,
eight more than the nominations he originally received, the South China Morning Post
reported. Challenger Alan Leong Kah-kit of the Civic Party received 123
votes. It took less than three hours of voting Saturday to put Tsang in
office again until 2012. Tsang's smooth sail to victory was ensured by
his popularity among government supporters and Beijing loyalists. Some
11 ballots were cast blank, and were seen as a sign of dissatisfaction
with the chief executive and the voting process, which is far from the
universal suffrage many residents of Hong Kong would like. In his
victory speech, Tsang promised to address the concerns of all with a
government that "will have consensus building as its governance style."