Mention the name Leung Chun-ying, and you'll likely hear one of two seemingly diametrically opposed views of the new chief executive.
To some, he is a caring, trustworthy politician who stands up for the poor. To others, he is a cunning and calculating man who can never be taken at face value.
Leung, known to most Hongkongers as CY, achieved yesterday what seemed unimaginable six months ago. He won the support of a majority of the 1,193 Election Committee members to become the city's third post-colonial leader.
That support was in part driven by his popularity among the public. Yet as recently as June last year, he was polling in the single digits. Since October, he has led in every poll.
Not everyone was happy. Some members of the business community had taken to saying their favoured candidate was 'ABC' - Anyone But CY. They feared Leung would show a populist streak in office and might retaliate against those who had tried to block his path to the top job.
Sing Tao News chairman Charles Ho Tsu-kwok, who supported the other pro-establishment candidate, Henry Tang Ying-yen, went to the extent of saying: 'I would vote for [pan-democrat] Albert Ho Chun-yan' ahead of Leung - who was a non-executive director of the company until December. 'I would not vote for Leung. I have no way to understand his personality and his political platforms ... At least Albert Ho will strive hard to liaise with the different parts of the society,' he said when asked whom he'd prefer if only Leung and Ho were left in the race.
'If there are two swimming pools, one clear and one turbid, which one will you jump into?'