Tung Chee-hwa Passes Away: From 'Hong Kong People Ruling Hong Kong' Promise to Article 23 Storm, What Kind of Political Legacy Does the First Chief Executive Leave Behind?

Hong Kong's first Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa has passed away at the age of From taking the reins of Hong Kong in 1997 to the large-scale protests triggered by the Article 23 legislation in 2003, his political career has witnessed the tension between the promise of 'one country, two systems' and Beijing's increasingly tightened control over Hong Kong.