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Newshour: New Hong Kong Leader Promises To Heal Divide

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New Hong Kong Leader Promises To Heal Divide

26/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, New Hong Kong Leader Promises To Heal Divide

Carrie Lam vows to heal divisions as pro-democracy activists dismiss election as a sham

Carrie Lam, a long-time civil servant, vowed to heal divisions in Hong Kong but pro-democracy activists dismissed the election as a sham. Mrs Lam won more than half the votes of a specially-appointed committee of nearly 1,200 people, most of them loyal to the Chinese government.

Also in the programme: UN aid reaches western Yemen; and what's up with WhatsApp - should technology companies allow access to encrypted material in terrorism cases?

(Photo: Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Credit: AP)

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