Lam, 64, said she was giving priority to her family and felt it was time to step down, insisting that the role of CEO was “her sole concern”. Her term has been marked by a steady erosion of freedoms under the Beijing-backed government. It ends months of speculation about whether Lam would seek another term. When she told the mainland that she would resign, Lam said yesterday that the news was treated with “respect and understanding”. Her successor will be chosen in May and John Lee, the city’s head of security during 2019
