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...Sheet: What's Next for Tung...
Hong Kong's leader, Tung Chee-hwa, 66, is under intense pressure to quit. Here are the options facing him?and who may replace...
...Option 1: Stay in Power Tung could weather the storm by sacking the more unpopular members of his Cabinet. Topping that list would be Secretary for Security Regina Ip, the public face of Article 23, and Financial Secretary Antony Leung, under fire for the ailing economy?and for trying to avoid a hefty new car tax that he himself introduced...
...Option 2: Impeachment Critics point to Tung's tardy response to the SARS epidemic and his bungling efforts to revive the economy to claim that he has been derelict in his duty?one requirement for impeachment under Hong Kong's mini-constitution. A two-third vote by lawmakers would be needed to recommend to Beijing that he be removed...
...Sheet: What's Next for Tung...