Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying abruptly announced on the afternoon of December 9 that he would not bid for re-election because he wanted to take care of his family. The news made the whole society in Hong Kong boil. Some people feel stunned, some people feel pity. He also became the first chief executive not to be re-elected since Hong Kong's return to the motherland. With his abandonment, people from all walks of life who had previously discussed the "intentional and powerful" selection of the chief executive have made statements. For example, Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam, who has previously said that she wants to retire, told the media on the 10th that she is willing to reconsider whether to run. Former Legislative Council President Tsang Yuk-shing also said he would seriously consider whether he needed to run. New People's Party Chairman Ip Lau Suk-yee even showed her heart to serve Hong Kong early on, and Hong Kong people have always known that they only waited a few days to officially announce their candidacy.
According to Leung Chun-ying's own account, the reason for abandoning the race for re-election was to concentrate on taking care of his family, and the decision has been reported to the central government and understood. The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Cpc Central Committee of the People's Republic of China have also expressed their regret and respect for Leung Chun-ying's decision to abandon the election, and have highly affirmed the work of his chief executive.
On December 10, Hong Kong's Xinbao, Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily and other newspapers reported on Leung's decision in a flat manner. The "Letter" editorial believes that in view of the rumors that his daughter Leung Chi-sin was recently admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment in November, the reason for withdrawing from the election in order to take care of her family is believed to be in line with the facts, but from various clues, this may not be the whole truth, no matter what, Leung Chun-ying's demeanor of taking a step back from the sea and the sky has always been decent, and looking at the work performance during his tenure, although it has caused a series of controversies of all sizes, directly or indirectly led to unprecedented social disputes, it is fair to say Indeed, he has made considerable efforts in the governance of "no small matter in the people's livelihood". As Tang Yingnian, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), who lost to Leung Chun-ying in the last chief executive election, said that Leung has devoted himself to serving the community in the past four years, and his housing and livelihood policies have helped alleviate social problems and lay the foundation for Hong Kong's future development; I believe that his decision not to be re-elected will give other interested and capable people more room to participate in the next chief executive election.
Under Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong's unemployment rate has remained low at around 3.4 percent for a long time, and the economy has remained roughly positive, and these hard indicators have given him some positive results. As for other policies, the introduction of the Old Age Living Allowance, the Low-Income Working Family Allowance, the establishment of the Poverty Alleviation Committee, the establishment of the Poverty Line, the formulation of a long-term housing strategy, the construction of additional public housing and HOS housing, etc., show the chief executive's willingness to sympathize with the people. However, in the tug-of-war of the political reform plan, the hard-line Liang Zhen inched in, causing the pan-democrats to shout out ABC (Anyone but CY) (Leung Chun-ying abbreviated as CY in English).
In the case of the chief executive election without Leung Chun-ying, who has the higher odds? That's where the focus comes from. Regardless of who succeeds him, the policy of bailouts for the benefit of the people must be sustained, the much-maligned social rift must be smoothed out, the strengths of the beams must be taken to make up for their weaknesses, and Hong Kong must be given an opportunity to recuperate.
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