Hong Kong's new Beijing-backed leader was sworn in amid
rising public discontent over widening inequality and lack of full democracy
in the semiautonomous southern Chinese financial center. Tens of thousands
of people are expected to take to the streets later in the day on Sunday in
an annual protest that is an occasion for ordinary people to air their
grievances over a range of issues. Leung Chun-ying took office in a morning
ceremony overseen by Chinese President Hu Jintao, becoming Hong Kong's third
chief executive since more than a century of British colonial rule ended and
China regained control of the city 15 years ago. There were sporadic
scuffles between demonstrators and police outside the convention center
where the event took place. Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from Hong Kong.
