There is little doubt that Carrie Lam, the former head of Hong Kong’s civil service and the candidate preferred by Beijing, will be chosen on Sunday as the city’s next chief executive. But she won’t have popular support and will inherit an economy facing numerous challenges, including an overheating property market and a rapidly aging population.
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