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Hong Kong chief executive tests positive for COVID-19 after APEC summit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
John Lee is now in isolation and will work from home, attending meetings via videoconference, according to the Monday release .
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Xi backs new Hong Kong leader John Lee who oversaw crackdown on democracy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met newly appointed Hong Kong chief executive, John Lee and thanked him for achieving a major transition in the city what he described as from "chaos to order."
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China's State Council appoints John Lee as Hong Kong Chief Executive
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 20 (ANI): China's State Council, which is equivalent to the country's cabinet on Friday appointed John Lee as the next chief executive of Hong Kong, after a dubious election on May 8 in which Lee was the sole candidate.
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Global parliamentarians call for sanctions against new Hong Kong Chief Joh
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 9 (ANI): A global alliance of parliamentarians has called for sanctions on new Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and his predecessor Carrie Lam for denying the city its autonomy and fundamental freedoms.
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Hong Kong leader appointment violates democratic norms: EU foreign policy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 8 (ANI): EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles on Sunday expressed regret over the election of John Lee as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong and said his appointment violates the democratic norms of the city-state.
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Hong Kong's new chief executive has an abusive past, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 8 (ANI): John Lee, the only candidate for Hong Kong's top post, has been elected for the sixth term as the chief executive of the city-state.
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Hong Kong's former security head leading the race to be city's next Chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 9 (ANI): Known for defending, promoting and advancing Hong Kong's most controversial laws, the city state's former Secretary for Security John Lee is the most likely contender for becoming the next Chief Executive, taking over from Carrie Lam.
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Hong Kong leaders struggle to control resurgent COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 20 (ANI): With the COVID-19 cases rapidly rising, the Hong Kong administration is finding itself unable to manage the pandemic with some fearing the government's failure to get the virus under control has accelerated Beijing's creeping authority over the semi-autonomous terr
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Hong Kong to exclude large companies 'unaffected by COVID fifth wave' from
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 19 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the country will exclude the large supermarkets and pharmacy chains, as well as other businesses from the next round of government wage subsidies, who remain "unaffected" from the fifth-wave of Covid-19 outbreak.
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Hong Kong postpones chief executive election to May amid COVID-19 surge
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 18 (ANI): The election of Hong Kong's chief executive which was earlier scheduled to be held on March 27, will be postponed to May, amid the increasing COVID-19 infections.
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Hong Kong's Chief Executive to skip Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 31 (ANI): Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam is set to skip the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic and stay at home to manage the fight against a surge in untraceable COVID-19 cases.
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HK Chief Executive slams Blinken's remark on pro-democracy media outlet
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 30 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday slammed the remarks on independent media Stand News made by some Western government officials including one by US State Secretary Anthony Blinken.
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