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March 1999

1998 Award Presentation Ceremony
for Tung Chee-hwa

Ada Yip

Ada Yip
City U
Year 1
Public Administration
     The Most Helpless Person Award
There was nothinng Mr. Tung could do during the recent economic downturn. Nevertheless, anyone being the Chief Executive of Hong Kong would have to face great difficulties.

Man Ka Ming

Elsie Kwan
HKU
Year 1
Mathematics
     Slow Speaker Award
Tung Che-hwa was indulged in paying lip service to everything. His speech was of a very slow pace while his solutions to problems were cliches. Yet, his manner was friendly.

Man Ka Ming

Man Ka Ming
HKUST
Year 1
     Most Embarrassed Man Award
Legislators did not support his policies. He only got a few say in the government.

Jan Wong

Jan Wong
CUHK
Year 3
Chemistry
     Best Oral Presentation Award
It is because he always spends time on idle talks instead of actions. His performance was poor.

Carmen Ling

Carmen Ling
Poly U
Year 2
Accounting
     Big-words-litle-action Award
He addressed his housing policy but could not execute it well. Although he stressed that Hong Kong had a high degree of autonomy, he had always listened to the mainland government.

Tam Siu Yip

Tam Siu Yip
BU
Year 2
Information System
     Best-try Award
Although he tried his best to improve both the economic and social situations of Hong Kong, the results were extremely disappointing. He made the situation of Hong Kong worse.

Veronica Wong

Veronica Wong
Lingnan College
Year 1
BBA
     The Strongest Man Award
He has faces a lot of problems since he took office, and he has always been criticized. However, he has tried his best to handle them.

Reported by:
Wong Po Kwan, Polly Lau, Tom Ho, Kwong Sum Yin, Wong Sze Man, Sarah Leung and Linda Leung
Photos by:
Teny Siu, Pete Yeung, Jenny Chung, Joey Yu, Sophia Wong, Phoebe Lam and Alex Chow

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