From The Standard – China’s Business Newspaper:
Tung Chee-hwa is citing poor health and stress as reasons for his resignation.
Tung Chee-hwa’s frustrating and unpopular career as Hong Kong’s leader is over.
Sources in Beijing say the Chinese Communist Party’s politburo has accepted his resignation as chief executive due to poor health and stress.
The beleaguered Tung will announce his departure immediately after his nomination as vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is approved on March 12.
