Editing Tung Chee-hwa (section)

==== Accountability system ====
{{Main|Principal Officials Accountability System}}
In an attempt to resolve the difficulties in governance, Tung reformed the structure of government substantially starting from his second term in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last = Yau |first = Cannix |title = Legco green light for accountability system |work = The Standard |date = 31 May 2002 |url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=17188&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020531&sear_year=2002 |access-date = 11 January 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080430051402/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=17188&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020531&sear_year=2002 |archive-date = 30 April 2008 }}</ref> In a system popularly called the Principal Officials Accountability system, all principal officials, including the [[Chief Secretary for Administration|Chief Secretary]], [[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary]], [[Attorney General of Hong Kong|Secretary for Justice]] and head of [[List of Hong Kong government agencies|government bureaux]] would no longer be politically neutral career civil servants. Instead, they would all be political appointees chosen by the Chief Executive. The system was portrayed as the key to solve previous administrative problems, notably the cooperation of high-ranking civil servants with the Chief Executive. Under the new system, all heads of bureau became members of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]], and came directly under the Chief Executive instead of the Chief Secretary or the Financial Secretary. The heads of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong]], two pro-government parties in the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]], were also appointed into the Executive Council to form a "ruling alliance," a ''de facto'' coalition.<ref>{{cite web |last = DeGolyer |first = Michael |title = Stating the obvious |work = The Standard |date = 1 January 2003 |url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=5877&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20030101&sear_year=2003 |access-date = 11 January 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080430051542/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=5877&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20030101&sear_year=2003 |archive-date = 30 April 2008 }}</ref> This practically shut out the [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democratic parties]] and individuals.