Tung Chee-hwa has failed economics and scraped a pass in politics, according to a report card by academics and parties on his first year's performance.
Reviewing the past 12 months, speakers at a forum unanimously said Mr Tung and his top aides were to blame for the economic downturn.
'Mr Tung clearly was not sensitive to the potential danger when he delivered the first policy speech last year,' said Ivan Choy Chi-keung, social division lecturer at City University.
Liberal Party legislator-elect Ho Sai-chu was particularly critical of Financial Secretary Donald Tsang Yam-kuen. 'He first said the situation would improve last Christmas. He was so frivolous and slow.
'Those on the top echelon just don't know the difficulties of the public,' he said.
Democrat vice-chairman Anthony Cheung Bing-leung added that Mr Tung lacked leadership qualities in defending the economy.
But the Chief Executive faced few challenges on the political front.
