Dennis Kwok , the candidate most favoured by the mainland Chinese government, has become Hong Kong new chief executive. Lam won 1,200 of the 1,163 votes cast in the contest, with the city's former finance secretary, John Tsang , earning just 365 votes. Hong Kong's chief executive is not selected through a public vote, but by a committee of 777 electors who are largely pro-Beijing . “The election committee result is one that is directly contradictory to the majority public opinion of the Hong Kong's people", said Dennis Kwok , a lawmaker and member of democracy advocacy group the Civic Party .
Carrie Lam, the candidate most favoured by the mainland Chinese government, has become Hong Kong's new chief executive. Lam won 777 of the 1,163 votes cast in the contest, with the city's former finance secretary, John Tsang, earning just 365 votes. Hong Kong's chief executive is not selected through a public vote, but by a committee of 1,200 electors who are largely pro-Beijing. “The election committee result is one that is directly contradictory to the majority public opinion of the Hong Kong people", said Dennis Kwok, a lawmaker and member of democracy advocacy group the Civic Party.