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April 11, 2005

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Hong Kong flip flops part 42

The SCMP:

Wang Zhenmin, senior research fellow at the Institute of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said Tung Chee-hwa's successor shuold be entitled to run for two full five-year terms, in addition to serving the remainder of Mr Tung's term.

He said he had never changed his position on the maximum term a chief executive could serve...However in an article for Ming Pao, he wrote that Article 46 of the Basic Law said no individual could serve as chief executive more than twice - meaning whoever wins in July could serve seven years at most in the job.

Yesterday he reverted to his original stance, saying that if the remaineder of an outgoing chief executive's term was less than half the full ters, or 2.5 years, then it would not be considered a full term.

It's getting embarrassing, all these flip flops. You'd think Beijing would work out its plan and let all the appropriate lackeys know. If they have one.

 posted by Simon on 04.11.05 at 01:06 PM in the




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