Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and two others were elected vice chairpersons of China's top political advisory body on Saturday.

Tung, 67, announced in Hong Kong Thursday that he had officially submitted to the central government his request for resignation from the post as chief executive of the HKSAR for health reasons.

The Third Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) also elected Zhang Meiying and Zhang Rongming vice chairwomen.

Zhang Meiying, 61, is executive vice chairwoman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and Zhang Rongming, also 61, serves as executive vice chairwoman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association.

The CPPCC National Committee would close its annual full session Saturday afternoon after adopting a political resolution.

(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2005)