Hong Kong

April 2005 | Risk Summary

The popularity of Hong Kong's new interim leader, Donald Tsang, has risen to a four-year high just four days after he took over as interim chief executive from Tung Chee-hwa, according to the latest opinion poll carried out in the middle of March. Tsang's popularity rating increased to 70.4 out of 100 in the poll, compared with 63.7 in early March, according to the University of Hong Kong. The unpopular Tung Chee-hwa, who resigned at the beginning of March, had an approval rating of just 47.9 before his resignation. Tsang is due to be confirmed as chief executive for a

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