First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

First Tung Chee-hwa Government
1st cabinet of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Date formed	1 July 1997
Date dissolved	30 June 2002
People and organisations
Head of government	Tung Chee-hwa
Head of state	Jiang Zemin
Number of ministers	18
Status in legislature	Pro-Beijing camp
Opposition party	Pro-democracy camp
History
Election(s)	1996 Chief Executive election
Legislature term(s)	1st Legislative Council 2nd Legislative Council
Predecessor	Patten government
Successor	Second Tung government

The First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, officially considered part of "The 1st term Chief Executive of Hong Kong", relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, between 1 July 1997 and 30 June 2002. Tung Chee-hwa was elected in early 1997 by 400-member Selection Committee as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

Cabinet

Ministry

The policy bureaux were under several reorganisations during the term as following:

• Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau was replaced by Information Technology and Broadcast Bureau on 1 April 1998 and
• Health and Welfare Bureau and Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau transformed into Environment and Health Bureau and Planning and Lands Bureau on 1 January 2000.

Notable change in office was the Chief Secretary Anson Chan resigned and stepped down on 30 April 2001. The post was taken by Financial Secretary Donald Tsang.

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Chief Executive		Tung Chee-hwa	1 July 1997	Tung II	Nonpartisan
Chief Secretary for Administration		Anson Chan	1 July 1997	30 April 2001	Nonpartisan
		Donald Tsang	1 May 2002	Tung II	Nonpartisan
Financial Secretary		Donald Tsang	1 July 1997	30 April 2001	Nonpartisan
		Antony Leung	1 May 2001	Tung II	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Justice		Elsie Leung	1 July 1997	Tung II	DAB
Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture and Sport		Chau Tak-hay	1 July 1997	30 March 1998	Nonpartisan
Secretary for the Civil Service		Lam Woon-kwong	1 July 1997	31 July 2000	Nonpartisan
		Joseph Wong	1 August 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Commerce and Industry		Denise Yue	1 July 1997	March 1998	Nonpartisan
		Chau Tak-hay	31 March 1998	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs		Michael Suen	1 July 1997	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Economic Services		Stephen Ip	1 July 1997	12 June 2000	Nonpartisan
		Sandra Lee	13 July 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Education and Manpower		Joseph Wong	1 July 1997	3 July 2000	Nonpartisan
		Fanny Law	3 July 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Environment and Food		Lily Yam	1 January 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Financial Services		Rafael Hui	1 July 1997	31 May 2000	Nonpartisan
		Stephen Ip	13 June 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Health and Welfare		Katherine Fok	1 July 1997	19 September 1999	Nonpartisan
		Yeoh Eng-kiong	20 September 1999	Tung II	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Home Affairs		David Lan	1 July 1997	9 July 2000	Nonpartisan
		Lam Woon-kwong	10 July 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Housing		Dominic Wong	1 July 1997	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting		Kwong Ki-chi	April 1998	June 2000	Nonpartisan
		Carrie Yau	1 July 2000	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Security		Peter Lai	1 July 1997	30 August 1998	Nonpartisan
		Regina Ip	31 August 1998	Tung II	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Transport		Gordon Siu	1 July 1997	4 August 1997	Nonpartisan
		Nicholas Ng	4 August 1997	1 April 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Treasury		Kwong Ki-chi	1 July 1997	31 March 1998	Nonpartisan
		Denise Yue	1 April 1998	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands		Bowen Leung	1 July 1997	4 November 1998	Nonpartisan
		Gordon Siu	21 January 1999	31 December 1999	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Planning and Lands		Gordon Siu	1 July 1997	30 June 2001	Nonpartisan
		John Tsang	16 July 2001	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan
Secretary for Works		Kwong Hon-sang	1 July 1997	7 August 1998	Nonpartisan
		Lee Shing-see	7 August 1998	30 June 2002	Nonpartisan

Executive Council members

The Executive Council was presided by President Tung Chee-hwa and consisted of total 14 members: three official members including Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary and Secretary for Justice and 11 non-official members. All members are appointed by the Chief Executive from among members of the Legislative Council and other influential public personnels.

The Convenor of the non-official members was Chung Sze-yuen until his retirement on 30 June 1999. The title was succeeded by Leung Chun-ying.

Antony Leung became the official member of the ExCo on 30 April 2001 when he took the Financial Secretary post.

	Members	Affiliation	Portfolio	Took Office	Left Office	Ref
	Chung Sze-yuenChung Sze-yuen	Nonpartisan	Non-official Convenor of the ExCo (1997–99); Former Senior Unofficial Member of ExCo & LegCo	1 July 1997	30 June 1999
	Yang, Ti-liangYang Ti-liang	Nonpartisan	Former Chief Judge of Hong Kong	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Leung, CYCY Leung	Nonpartisan	Non-official Convenor of the ExCo (1999–2011); Chartered surveyor	1 July 1997	Tung II
	Fong, NellieNellie Fong	Nonpartisan	Accountant	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Wong, RosannaRosanna Wong	Nonpartisan	Chairwoman of Housing Authority	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Tam, Yiu-chungTam Yiu-chung	DAB	Legislative Councillor	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Chien, RaymondRaymond Chien	Nonpartisan	Director of HSBC and Wharf	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Lee, CharlesCharles Lee	Nonpartisan	Chairman of HKEx	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Tang, HenryHenry Tang	Liberal	Provisional Legislative Councillor	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
	Leung, AntonyAntony Leung	Nonpartisan	Chairman of Education Commission	1 July 1997	30 April 2001
	Chung, Shui-mingChung Shui-ming	Nonpartisan	Chairman of Housing Society	1 July 1997	30 June 2002

See also

• Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong

References