Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday reappointed Donald Tsang as chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) after he again won a landslide election for the post.

  Chinanews, Beijing, April 2 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday reappointed Donald Tsang as chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) after he again won a landslide election for the post.

 

Tsang, in a statement issued immediately after the appointment, expressed his thanks to the central government, saying the opportunity to serve is "a great honor", Xinhua reported.

 

Tsang will begin serving his new term on July 1, 2007, which will be the third full term since Hong Kong became a special administrative region in 1997.