First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
| First Donald Tsang Government | |
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 3rd cabinet of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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| Date formed | 25 June 2005 |
| Date dissolved | 30 June 2007 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Donald Tsang |
| Head of state | Hu Jintao |
| Number of ministers | 14 |
| Status in legislature | Pro-Beijing camp |
| Opposition party | Pan-democracy camp |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2005 Chief Executive election |
| Legislature term(s) | 3rd Legislative Council |
| Predecessor | Second Tung government |
| Successor | Second Tsang government |
The First term of Donald Tsang 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 25 June 2005 and 30 June 2007. Former civil-servant Donald Tsang was elected on 25 June 2005 to fill the position vacated by the resignation of his predecessor, Tung Chee Hwa.
The Executive Council was expanded with adding 8 new non-official members to the Executive Council, which balanced the ratio of composition to 14 official members (3 secretaries of the department and 11 secretaries of the bureaux) and 15 non-official members.
After 80% of fish from mainland China was found to contain malachite green, forcing many fish stalls to close, fishermen and businessmen criticised the Tsang administration for acting too slowly. Subsequently, the approval rating of Tsang and his administration fell in polls.
Fearing H5N1 bird flu would come back to Hong Kong one day, Tsang announced that free fresh chicken sale would be replaced by a system of central slaughtering starting from 2009. A slaughter house will be built in Sheung Shui.
On 30 August 2005, Tsang announced that the Guangdong Provincial Government invited all 60 members from the Legislative Council to visit Guangdong between 25 September to 26 September 2005. This was the first chance for most of the pro-democrats such as Martin Lee to visit the mainland China since 1989.
Tsang has talked of discriminatory treatment of political parties and politicians, describing their relationships with him as either intimate or distant. This is what is known as the policy of friend-or-foe dichotomy (親疏有別). In June 2008, through praising Frederick Ma, the former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, for his even-handedness with all political parties, pan-democratic politicians landed an indirect attack at Tsang's style. Tsang explained that he had been quoted out of context. He explained in the Legislative Council that what he meant was he would “stay close” to what was representative of mainstream public opinions, and “stay away” from what was against mainstream public opinions.
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