[KnowItAll]

Finally, Uncle Tung has confirmed his resignation.

Will champagne flow?

Ok ...

[kostas]

Hm.. I read this since this morning

[kombuchakid]

Last tuesday theStandard already had "T U N G R E S I G N S ! " but to no avail

some musing over the last 200 hours

What if he [ch] 'forgets' to tell us that he has resigned untill next March?
What if he forgets to come back from the CCPPCCCPCPC meeting and goes off on a jaunt down the old silk road? What if he is 'elected' to a third term?

But more importantly what will become of poor Betty-will she have to resign cause of hubby's poor health?- Or she might insist or solidering on for the remainder of her term [as CE'wife]
Poor Donald's stress levels must be stratospheric so perhaps they [ch & betty] could resign because of his[donald's] health?

interesting that no one has linked the mass demos in Beirut to the cabinet
there stepping down pronto with the mass demos here in 03 and 04 and the
rumour of a gradual and a possible stepping down down of ch in the dim and
distant future

what if , just what if the Queen conferred a knighthood on cht - would he
be called sir c or sir ch or sir t? he would probably just have a fit

[kombuchakid]

Tung Chee Wah -- Good bye

Good one Kia-The man's name is Tung , Tung Chee Hwa-Good Thing you didn't call our Dear Leader President Who
BUT!!
this is a great opportunity to check out CHT the muppet

http://english.paris-hongkong.com/

[kombuchakid]

I guess it is too much to hope for a blank front page on the SCMP on Friday
Actually we should still be on tentherhooks as the Central Government has only just been informed of the sudden resignation and , we have been repeatedly warned that it could be days if not weeks before it is clear whether our CE can cease his daily seventeen hours of unraveling paper clips, and take his 365 days of well earned leave.

http://www.asianews.it/view_p.php?l=en&art=2741

[sabi]

This may be politically incorrect but I rather like the outgoing CE (as well as the incoming one)....

[KnowItAll]

Both are lame ducks. Does it matter anymore?

[kostas]

The King is dead. Long live the King!

I guess you got my point..

[kombuchakid]

I'm sure that Mr . Tung is a very nice fellow, but........... that is the why almost everyone starts of their opinion of CH. Now show me a single other leader whose description starts of in this way.
I wonder why?

After the march of July 03, he went on record with his "It is so easy to resign" speech; contrast that with his "It was a dificult desicion to resign" speech yesterday. Obviously he had been hanging on by his fingernails since his mentor retired and in fact did not even last 24 hours after Mr Jiang resigned from his last official office on Wednesday.

a must read esp if you have missed a lot of the earlier part of CH's 7 year term

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/s.../GC11Aa10.html

[DocBird]

with Mr Tung going (resignation must still be accepted?), weather forecast today includes:
"Temperatures are expected to drop further... Fresh to strong northeasterly winds.

Outlook: Cold "
already a bit blustery in some areas from what I gather