Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Second Tung Chee-hwa Government

2nd cabinet of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Date formed 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Date dissolved 12 March 2005 (2005-03-12)
People and organisations
Head of government Tung Chee-hwa
Head of state Jiang Zemin (until 2003)
Hu Jintao (since 2003)
Number of ministers 14
Status in legislature Pro-Beijing camp
Opposition party Pro-democracy camp
History
Election(s) 2002 Chief Executive election
Legislature term(s) 2nd Legislative Council
3rd Legislative Council
Predecessor First Tung government
Successor First Tsang government

The Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, officially considered part of "The 2nd term Chief Executive of Hong Kong", relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, between 1 July 2002 and 12 March 2005 until Tung Chee-hwa resigned from the office and the rest of the term was taken up by former Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang.

Cabinet

Under the Principal Officials Accountability System introduced by Tung Chee-hwa in July 2002, there were 3 Secretaries of Department and 11 Directors of Bureau. Under the new system, all heads of bureaux became members of the Executive Council, and came directly under the Chief Executive instead of the Chief Secretary or the Financial Secretary.

Ministry

Two major officials under serve criticisms resigned during the political crisis in July 2003: Financial Secretary Antony Leung resigned in July after the "Lexusgate" scandal and Secretary for Security Regina Ip after the controversial Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 legislation.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa1 July 200212 March 2005Nonpartisan
Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang1 May 200131 May 2005Nonpartisan
Financial Secretary Antony Leung1 May 200116 July 2003Nonpartisan
 Henry Tang5 August 2003Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung1 July 1997Tsang IDAB
Secretary for the Civil Service Joseph Wong1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Henry Tang1 July 20023 August 2003Nonpartisan
 John Tsang5 August 2003Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Economic Development and Labour Stephen Ip1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Education and Manpower Arthur Li1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Sarah Liao1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Frederick Ma1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Yeoh Eng-kiong1 July 200211 October 2004Nonpartisan
 York Chow12 October 2004Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Home Affairs Patrick Ho1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands Michael Suen1 July 2002Tsang INonpartisan
Secretary for Security Regina Ip1 July 200224 July 2003Nonpartisan
 Ambrose Lee5 August 2003Tsang INonpartisan

Executive Council non-official members

The Executive Council was headed by Chief Executive and with total of 19 members: 3 secretaries and 11 directors of the bureaux as official members and 5 non-official members. All non-official members except for Convenor Leung Chun-ying was newly appointed by Tung Chee-hwa.

Tung allied himself with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Liberal Party,[1] by appointing chairmen of the Liberal Party and DAB, James Tien and Jasper Tsang Yok-sing to the Executive Council to form a "ruling alliance."[2]

On 5 July 2003, James Tien resigned from the ExCo to show objection to the legislation of Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, after more than 5 millions people marched on 1 July. Tung later on appointed Selina Chow, also from the Liberal Party to replace Tien.

In October 2004, Tung appointed two additional non-official members to the Executive Council.

Members Affiliation Portfolio Took Office Left Office Ref
Leung, CYCY Leung Nonpartisan Non-official Convenor of the ExCo;
Chartered surveyor		 1 July 1997 Tsang I
Tsang, JasperJasper Tsang DAB Legislative Councillor 1 July 2002 Tsang I
Cheng, Yiu-tongCheng Yiu-tong FTU General secretary of FTU 1 July 2002 Tsang I
Liao, AndrewAndrew Liao Nonpartisan Former deputy judge of High Court 1 July 2002 Tsang I [3]
Tien, JamesJames Tien Liberal Legislative Councillor 1 July 2002 5 July 2003
Chow, SelinaSelina Chow Liberal Legislative Councillor 22 September 2003 Tsang I
Cha, LauraLaura Cha Nonpartisan Non-executive deputy chairman of HSBC 19 October 2004 Tsang I [4]
Chan, BernardBernard Chan Alliance Businessman and politician 26 October 2004 Tsang I

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff reporter (13 June 2002). "Tung set to strengthen power base". The Standard. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  2. ↑ Michael DeGolyer (1 January 2003). "Stating the obvious". The Standard. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "The Honourable Andrew LIAO Cheung-sing, GBS, SC, JP". Executive Council. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Honourable Mrs Laura CHA SHIH May-lung, GBS, JP". Executive Council. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
Preceded by
Tung I		 Government of Hong Kong
2002–2005 		Succeeded by
Tsang I
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