CRI听力:Leung Chun-ying Elected Third Chief Executive of Hong Kong

In the first round of the voting on Sunday, Leung Chun-ying won 689 votes, a majority of the 1,132 votes cast by members of the election committee. The two other candidates, Henry Tang and Albert Ho, got 285 and 76 votes, respectively.

57-year-old Leung Chun-ying was declared the winner of the election of Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR.

After the announcement, Leung Chun-ying met reporters at a press conference. He extended his gratitude for the trust of the members of the election committee and the support of the public throughout his campaign.

"By their respective general gestures, I'm accorded the privilege of serving our community for the next five years as chief executive of Hong Kong SAR, a privilege which I should accept with humility and gratitude."

Born in 1954, Leung Chun-Ying, is the son of a police officer. He went to Britain to study in 1974 and returned to Hong Kong as a surveyor in 1977.

In the 1980s, Leung was appointed a member of the Basic Law Consultative Committee. After the handover of Hong Kong, he was appointed convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council.

At Sunday's press conference, Leung Chun-ying emphasized that Hong Kong did not need big changes. Instead, he said he would introduce change while maintaining stability. He pledged that after he took office, together with his political team and public servants, he would set a good example and run an honest and clean government. He also promised that he would conduct broad consultations on measures to tackle deep-rooted problems such as the uneven distribution of income, inflation, housing, medical services and education.

As part of his election platform, Leung Chun-ying pledged to build more public housing, offer a free 15-year education for all and increase medical expenditures.

Many Hong Kong residents expressed their expectations for the newly elected chief executive and his policies.

"I'm happy to see that he won the election, because he can introduce some new policies. It would be great if he could find some talented people in Finance to help him."

"I hope he can improve people's livelihoods; for example, introduce more medical welfare."

"I hope he can lower the price of housing and extend the duration of free education for our children."

Leung Chun-ying will officially take office on July 1st.

For CRI, I'm Xu Weiyi in Hong Kong.