Tung needs more than platitudes of blame

Today is a day in which the Hong Kong Government is meant to fill a vacuum. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is to make a big policy speech, which implies that at least it's now been decided who sets policy.

It has been far from certain so far. There is the Anson Chan school of thought that setting policy is the job of the civil service with the Executive and Legislative Councils left to say 'Yeah' or 'Nay'.

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