Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah (R) gestures as Hong Kong's leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying writes notes during a press conference in the Central Governement office in Hong Kong on September 21, 2016, on the scaling down of a housing project in Wang Chau, New Territories. Hong Kong's embattled leader Leung Chun-ying choked up during a public grilling September 21 over a housing controversy as questions remain whether Beijing will back him for a second term. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACEANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images