Tsang's contribution to HK has been buried in a cruel effort to destroy him

It is sad to see the last four months of the chief executive's seven years of office being made a time of sorrow, rather than gratitude for an honest leader.

Behind the scenes, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has done much for Hong Kong, but the good he did has been buried in a cruel effort to destroy him. I excuse the young people, who are enjoying their first opportunity to 'fight for democracy'. The question is, are they fighting for democracy, or believing the vicious words of political opponents?

I made acquaintance with Donald Tsang when he was a civil servant in the New Territories. I was representing a group of people whose homes were to be demolished. Donald was a young official in the case, and I found him very polite and sympathetic. In fact, he was quite popular with the people, until he was named successor to the post of chief executive and had to shake hands with leaders in Beijing. Since then, he has been the target of criticism and even throwing of missiles.

Through it all, he remained polite. He went among the people and quietly made changes for their benefit, though he was unable to satisfy his political critics, who vetoed almost all of his proposals, wasting much time in the Legislative Council.

In his position as chief executive, Donald was expected to attend gatherings and celebrations of many kinds. Does that mean what he received amounted to corruption? Certainly not, as anyone on government councils knows.

I wish to thank Mandy Tang for her letter concerning my efforts to challenge the system of corruption, actually for about 40 years ('Disappointed by chief executive', March 1). I would be sad if the Independent Commission Against Corruption were to weaken in its splendid work. On principle, one should not name a person as being corrupt until one has absolute proof . For example, I knew for a long time about [police officer] Peter Godber's corruption, but did not name him until I was able to take photographic proof at the Jordan Road bus terminal.