Her successor will be picked in May, with the city's hard-line security chief during the 2019 protests seen as a likely choice.
Her time in office will likely be remembered as a turning point during which Beijing firmly established control over the former British colony, which was returned to China in 1997. For years, the city rocked back and forth between calls for more freedom and growing signs of China extending its reach, chipping away at a promise by the mainland government to give Hong Kong the power to govern itself semi-autonomously for 50 years.
Later, Lam strongly backed the national security law initiated by Beijing and implemented by her government that was seen as eroding the "one country, two systems" framework that promised after the handover from Britain that city residents would retain freedoms not found in mainland China, such as a free press and freedom of expression.
Hong Kong's leader is elected by a committee made up of lawmakers, representatives of various industries and professions, and pro-Beijing representatives such as Hong Kong deputies to China's legislature. One of the unfulfilled demands of the 2019 protests was direct election of the city's chief executive.
Hong Kong has reported nearly 1.2 million cases, 99% of them during the wave driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. It has strained the healthcare system, with hospitals at times placing patients on beds outdoors. More than 8,000 people have died in the latest outbreak, and mortuaries operating at capacity have used refrigerated containers to temporarily store bodies.
I think she's on the wrong side.
Not her fault
The installed puppet you mean ...😏😏
Hey hows Antarctica these days
Does cp24 ever cover local stuff besides Covid
Her time will likely be remembered as a turning point during which Beijing firmly established control over the former British colony, which was returned to China in 1997. The city rocked back & forth between calls for more freedom & growing signs of China extending its reach