Candidates for HK leadership race square off in heated TV debate

Hong Kong

THE first debate among the three candidates vying to be Hong Kong's next leader turned out to be a heated affair, with analysts saying that former financial secretary John Tsang came out ahead of his two other rivals.

The 65-year-old Mr Tsang squared off against former chief secretary Carrie Lam, 59, and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, 71, in the two-hour televised debate on Tuesday evening.