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A week later, Albert Chan moved a motion calling for resignation of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive, [c] [15] citing the "disappointment and suffering" under Tung's rule, including SARS outbreak, Robert Chung affair, Penny Stocks Incident and 1997 bird flu. [16] The motion was defeated with a margin of 19 in the FCs. [17]
Tung Chee-hwa GBM (Chinese: 董建華; born 6 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023.
Tung Chee Hwa had long been an unpopular Chief Executive, especially after the controversies over the Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law which caused more than 500,000 people to march on 1 July 2003. Tung claimed his health was deteriorating early in 2005 and suddenly resigned on 10 March 2005 which triggered the election of the Chief Executive.
Robert Chung Ting-yiu, who led the Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong (HKUPOP), accused Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa of pressuring his pollster through vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to stop publishing government's approval rate. The scandal shocked the public as an attempt to ...
The election was historically significant as it was the first election came after the controversies over the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and the large-scale July 1 protests in mid-2003 against the unpopular Tung Chee-hwa administration. The election saw the devastating defeat of the pro-government pro-Beijing camp.
The previously elected Tung Chee-hwa had long been an unpopular Chief executive. Tung claimed his health was deteriorating early in 2005 and announced he was ready to resign. He filed for resignation on 10 March, [2] and two days later it was approved. An election was scheduled on 10 July to select the new Chief Executive.
Tung Chee-hwa, Ti-liang Yang and Peter Woo all secured more than 50 nominations to enter the race, while Simon Li, to his shock, fell a few votes by winning 43 nominations only and was eliminated. Tung became the leading candidate by winning an absolute majority of 206 votes in the Selection Committee. [4]
In 2002, Tung Chee-hwa who failed from favour with many Hong Kong people was elected as Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the 2002 poll which the pro-democracy camp boycotted. . This time, however, the pro-democracy decided to take part in the Chief Executive election in an attempt to force candidates to care more about the people's livelihood and prevent Donald Tsang reelected uncontest