Henry Tang Should Quit Hong Kong Leadership Race, Poll Shows

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Henry Tang, facing a public outcry over a basement built illegally, should quit the race to be Hong Kong’s next leader, according to two-thirds of respondents in a South China Morning Post poll.

The former chief secretary won the support of 16 percent of 506 respondents in the poll conducted on Feb. 20 and 21. Leung Chun-ying, a former government adviser, was favored by 63.9 percent, the paper said today. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.