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HK leadership race: Loyalty and competency the key attributes
Next leader will have to be staunch loyalist as Beijing has indicated the need for stability
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With less than two weeks until the nomination period for candidates seeking to be Hong Kong's chief executive, time is running out for Beijing to signal its preference.
But the city's next leader will most certainly be a staunch loyalist as Beijing has clearly indicated the need for stability in the light of the 2019 unrest and other recent events.
