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Tsang was approved for the post after the Beijing central government accepted the resignation of former Chief Executive Tung Chee...
Tsang will serve as Chief Executive until July 10, when formal elections will determine who serves the remaining two years of Chee-Hwa’s 10-year term...
Confirming what was common knowledge in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa announced last week that he had resigned. While Tung said he was leaving because the job was wearing him down, China's leaders have clearly telegraphed in recent months their unhappiness with Tung's inability to run Hong Kong to their satisfaction. How will his successor, 60-year-old Chief Secretary Donald Tsang, fare? That's one of the many questions being asked about Hong Kong's new leader. Here are the critical ones, and the answers to them...
...Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, last week's annual Policy Address should have been an opportunity to brag. The economy has revived after seven lean years and the scary days of SARS. Millions of mainland tourists are streaming across the border. And prices for property, the economy's lifeblood, have zoomed up by more than 30% in the last year. Yet last week, Tung stood at the rostrum of the Legislative Council looking like he'd rather be in the dentist's chair. "We fell short of thinking what people think and addressing people's pressing needs...
...Ronzone, director of international scouting for the NBA champion Detroit Pistons, appeared at a basketball clinic in Mexico, where he attempted to teach a young Spanish-speaking prospect how best to position himself around the rim. "Demand the qiu!" Ronzone shouted. "Get your cerveza under the basket!" Qiu (pronounced chee-yo) is Chinese for ball. Cerveza means beer in Spanish. Ronzone may have confused cerveza with cabeza, Spanish for head, though he admits, "I'm not sure I knew that...