Lee scores sweeping win in HK vote

786 nominations

Lee announced his bid for the city's top job on April 9 and eventually secured 786 nominations from Election Committee members.

He has exchanged opinions with people from various sectors since joining the race. Besides holding numerous meetings with industry leaders, he also invited members of the general public to leave comments online, and he reached out to communities to listen to the demands of grassroots residents.

More than 47,000 views and suggestions were collected from HK residents through an online platform.

Lee said he would adopt result-oriented approaches, tackle deep-seated social problems and make the city more competitive.

Later he also announced his political platform, which prioritizes the work in four areas－strengthening governance, boosting housing and land supply, improving the city's competitiveness and building a caring society that aids young people moving up the social ladder.

Shadow Li, Oasis Hu, Oswald Chan and George Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this story.