Several consecutive years of economic sluggishness, the government's poor management of Hong Kong-China relations in 2003, and all the dissatisfactions that had accumulated since the handover finally pushed the public over the edge.
連年經濟不振，加上 2003 年特區政府對於港、中關係的處理不當，回歸以來的種種不如意終於轉為民怨，大舉引爆。