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
Date dissolved	12 March 2005
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-hwa	1 July 2002	12 March 2005	Nonpartisan
Chief Secretary for Administration		Donald Tsang	1 May 2001	31 May 2005	Nonpartisan
Financial Secretary		Antony Leung	1 May 2001	16 July 2003	Nonpartisan
		Henry Tang	5 August 2003	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Justice		Elsie Leung	1 July 1997	Tsang I	DAB
Secretary for the Civil Service		Joseph Wong	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology		Henry Tang	1 July 2002	3 August 2003	Nonpartisan
		John Tsang	5 August 2003	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs		Stephen Lam	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Economic Development and Labour		Stephen Ip	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Education and Manpower		Arthur Li	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works		Sarah Liao	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury		Frederick Ma	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food		Yeoh Eng-kiong	1 July 2002	11 October 2004	Nonpartisan
		York Chow	12 October 2004	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Home Affairs		Patrick Ho	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands		Michael Suen	1 July 2002	Tsang I	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Security		Regina Ip	1 July 2002	24 July 2003	Nonpartisan
		Ambrose Lee	5 August 2003	Tsang I	Nonpartisan

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

• First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

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.