2 official in the city, received more than half of the votes cast to become the next chief executive, as Hong Kong?s leader is called.
The local legislature rejected the proposal, meaning that a small committee again chose the city?s leader this year.
But in November, Beijing took the extraordinary step of intervening in a Hong Kong court case to prevent them from taking their seats, after they pledged allegiance to the ?Hong Kong nation? during their swearing-in ceremony and inserted an anti-China snub into their oaths of office.
Hong Kong?s housing is routinely ranked as even more unaffordable than London?s and New York?s, in part because of relentless demand from wealthy buyers in mainland China.
Such concerns are unlikely to be eased by the choice of Mrs. Lam, who was a loyal deputy to Leung Chun-ying, the unpopular departing chief executive.
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