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Beijing is making contingency plans for the inauguration of Hong Kong’s new government next Friday, such as sending a senior official to the city to officiate at the swearing-in ceremony and having a state leader give a speech via teleconferencing, according to a veteran local politician. Hong Kong’s mainland affairs minister Erick Tsang Kwok-wai and incoming chief secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki were on Thursday confirmed as infected with the coronavirus , sparking speculation on whether a state leader such as President Xi Jinping would attend the ceremony on July 1, the 25th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule....
