Carrie Lam elected as the first female leader of Hong Kong

Carrie Lam the former chief secretary and

deputy to current Chief Executive CY Leun has

been voted to be the first female leader in

Hong Kong. Lam was selected to be the fourth

Hong Kong chief executive, with 777 votes

from the 1,194-person committee.



A total of 1,163 valid votes were cast.

Speaking to reporters after the result was

announced, Lam thanked her rivals and

members of the election committee "no

matter who they voted for.



The first thing I will do is to repair our divided

society so we can move forward together," she

said, "The task in these five years is great, but

I will work with everyone to make a better

Hong Kong" Lam added.