3 qualify to run for HK chief executive

The nomination period for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's fifth-term chief executive election ended on Wednesday, and three candidates qualified to run for the vote in late March.

During the nomination period, which began on Feb 14, the Returning Officer at the Registration and Electoral Office received nomination forms from Tsang Chun-wah, former financial secretary of the SAR government, Woo Kwok-hing, a retired justice, and Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, former SAR chief secretary. Those nomination forms have been ruled valid.

Ip Lau Suk-yee, a lawmaker, said she would end her campaign for chief executive as she lacked sufficient Election Committee nominations.