Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong
| Second Tung Chee-hwa Government | |
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 2nd cabinet of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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| 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.
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.
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.
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, 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."
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