I must say I was amused by Fung Wai-kong's article headlined, 'A leader with few allies' (South China Morning Post, March 13) regarding my brother-in-law Tung Chee-hwa.
He criticises Tung Che-hwa for having no 'party ladder' and no 'power base'.
Well, if that is the case, I think it is very fortunate because to me those terminologies connote cronyism and the concept of the 'Old Boys' Club'. He accuses Tung Chee-hwa of having a vision for Hong Kong but no followers, despite the fact that Tung was selected by an overwhelming majority of the 400-strong Selection Committee.
Well, great leaders tend to have a vision and Tung Chee-hwa's vision has appealed not only to the overwhelming majority of the 400-strong Selection Committee, but also to an overwhelming majority of the civil servants who have chosen to remain with him after the handover. Furthermore, a recent opinion poll (Sunday Morning Post, March 16) points to a rise in Tung's popularity among the people of Hong Kong and increase of confidence in Hong Kong post-1997 under his leadership.
Fung Wai-kong dooms Tung Chee-hwa to failure because Tung is an individual and not a political group.
Most people I know would prefer a leader whose decisions are based on clarity of vision and sense of fair play rather than allegiance to one political group. In my opinion Fung Wai-kong's article contradicts itself.
