Hong Kong's leader expected to quit

Hong Kong’s leader Tung Chee-hwa is expected to resign tomorrow according to news reports, as high-ranking Chinese officials heaped praise on him in an apparent send-off after seven rocky years in office.

Hong Kong's leader expected to quit

Hong Kong’s leader Tung Chee-hwa is expected to resign tomorrow according to news reports, as high-ranking Chinese officials heaped praise on him in an apparent send-off after seven rocky years in office.

Most of Hong Kong’s major newspapers today quoted unidentified sources as saying Tung planned to announce his resignation before flying to Beijing tomorrow to take over a new post on an elite advisory group to the Chinese legislature.

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