[HK guessing game: why is Beijing still silent on the chief executive race? And does Carrie Lam have its backing?] As speculation on Hong Kong’s next chief executive mounts, an announcement of the traditional two-week nomination period has been delayed along with the release of polling guidelines in a move to reduce bickering within the pro-establishment camp, sources have told the Post. The sources said Beijing told the city’s government to delay these announcements even as it signalled to insiders it would prefer to see a contest rather than a one-person show on March 27, the designated election day. In...