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State Council appoints Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor HK chief executive

Xinhua, March 31, 2017 Adjust font size:

The State Council decided at a meeting Friday to appoint Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor the fifth-term chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Lam will assume office on July 1, 2017.

Premier Li Keqiang presided over the meeting and signed a State Council decree on the appointment. Endi