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Tough, pro-Beijing Leung to lead wary Hong Kong

<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tough-pro-beijing-leung-lead-wary-hong-kong-075838963.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IV4k76smqBeB.EOyMRD8XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-03-25T075838Z_1_CBRE82O0M5V00_RTROPTP_2_HONGKONG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The next Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung celebrates with his wife Regina Tong in Hong Kong" align="left" title="The next Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung celebrates with his wife Regina Tong in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong picked a Beijing-loyalist and businessman, Leung Chun-ying, as its next leader on Sunday following a scandal-ridden election race that sparked protests and intensified public frustration about a lack of democracy. Leung, 57, is a self-made surveyor, former senior Hong Kong government adviser and known as a suave, and at times ruthless, political operator with close ties to China's Communist party. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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