HONG KONG: China has named a party "strongman” as its new top official based in Hong Kong, signalling its intention to restore law and order after almost seven months of social unrest.
Luo Huining will take over from Wang Zhimin as the Hong Kong liaison office director, the government said in a two-sentence statement officially on Sunday but it didn’t elaborate on the changes in the semi-autonomous financial hub.
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