Hong Kong Chief Executive Election

30 Jun 2012

Commanding the helm of a small but sophisticated city like Hong Kong is no easy task. Our first post-handover leader could not even make it to the end of his term after a landmark mass protest...

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I've been as clean as a whistle: Tsang

15 Jun 2012

Facing his final grilling in the legislature, chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen assured lawmakers yesterday he had been behaving himself lately.

5:38PM

Tsang leaves legacy of love of the high life

1 Jun 2012

A wave of scandals in his final days in office mean Hongkongers are likely to remember Donald Tsang Yam-kuen as a chief executive whose love of the high life led him to accept lifts on tycoons'...

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A long way to fall

2 Mar 2012

Act contrite, say sorry. That was the script Donald Tsang Yam-kuen followed closely when he went to the legislature to explain himself.

8:52AM

Tsang faced with mission impossible, says FTU chief

21 Feb 2012

Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing is unlikely to enter the chief executive race as there is too little time for him to come up with a feasible platform, a Beijing loyalist says.

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7:58AM

Legco president eyes chief race

18 Feb 2012

Beijing-friendly heavyweight and Legislative Council president Tsang Yok-sing is considering whether to step into the chief executive race.

7:41AM

Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

Updated 2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

Updated 2:53AM

John Tsang berated for leaving budget 'mess'

The financial secretary has not made best use of the city's vast reserves with his repeated handouts, which will make it difficult for his successor to do his job, a public forum heard yesterday...

6:49AM

Thumbs down on final policy speech for Tsang

Five to two. That is the final score for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's policy addresses after his last one failed to receive a vote of thanks in the Legislative Council yesterday.

Since...

11:16PM

Heed public's view when picking chief

A week is a long time in politics, it is often said. So it is not surprising that the last few months have seen some twists and turns in the race to become our city's next leader.

10:50PM

Why Wong jibe so angered Tsang

Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen says he was deeply offended 'as a religious man' by aggressive questioning from People Power lawmaker Wong Yuk-man in Legco last week.

10:41PM

An honest public servant who just wants a quiet life

When Donald Tsang Yam-kuen completes his tenure as chief executive on June 30 next year, he'll have notched up 16,240 days as a public servant - 2,567 of them in the 'pressure cooker' office of...

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Letters

Legco being treated like marketplace

I used to watch the brawls in the Taiwanese legislature on television and think to myself how lucky we were to have Hong Kong lawmakers who...

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