A Hong Kong election committee named self-made billionaire Leung Chun-ying as the former British colony's new chief executive on Sunday.

The policeman's son picked up 689 votes of the 1,132 ballots cast.

Members of the committee are senior business leaders, politicians and academics.

Leung, a former government adviser, is seen as being close to Beijing.

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