Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, was widely viewed as a wise choice. The Western-educated heir to a shipping fortune, and unusually well connected with the global elite, Tung was thought to be a conservative, thoughtful, cosmopolitan man imbued with liberal values and free of ties to the powerful families that dominated the real-estate industry in the territory.
香港首任行政长官董建华被广泛视为明智之选。他身为船王继承人，受西式教育，与全精英保持良好关系。董建华被认为是一个保守、睿智、开放的人，受过自由价值灌输，与主宰房地产业的大家族没有瓜葛。