Hong Kong Election Unlikely to Produce Clear Winner, Tien Says
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Neither of the top two candidates running for Hong Kong chief executive may garner enough support to win the March 25 election outright, necessitating a fresh ballot, honorary Liberal Party chairman James Tien said.
The Liberal Party will probably cast blank votes because Henry Tang, the candidate it once backed, has become too unpopular after a series of scandals, Tien said in an interview today. A second vote would be necessary if neither Tang nor his main rival, Leung Chun-ying, gets an absolute majority in Hong Kong’s 1,200-member election committee.