{"id":107574,"date":"2016-12-12T08:40:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=107574"},"modified":"2016-12-12T08:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:40:30","slug":"certainties-uncertainties-ce-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/certainties-uncertainties-ce-race\/","title":{"rendered":"The certainties and uncertainties of CE race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n

Make no mistake. The shocking departure of Leung Chun-ying, now the outgoing Chief Executive, from the 2017 election does not mean the race for the top post is now a free-for-all. For example, anyone being labelled as pan-democrat will remain a non-starter. The only certainty is that the next leader will not be CY. But it will not be ABC, Anyone But CY.<\/p>\n

To say the March 26 election is fraught with uncertainties is stating the obvious. After Friday afternoon, it is truer than ever.<\/p>\n

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  By Chris Yeung Make no mistake. The shocking departure of Leung Chun-ying, now the outgoing Chief Executive, from the 2017 election does not mean the race for the top post is now a free-for-all. For example, anyone being labelled as pan-democrat will remain a non-starter. The only certainty is that the next leader will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":103688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8,6855],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cy1031.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-rZ4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92999,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/blame-the-system-or-cy-leung\/","url_meta":{"origin":107574,"position":0},"title":"Blame the system or CY Leung?","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"June 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung Like the spring weather in Hong Kong, whether former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa supports Leung Chun-ying for his second term is unclear, at least for now. 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