首任特首董建华于2003年面对50万人的抗议；2005年，在第二任任期过半的时候，对他不断增长的民众不满迫使他辞职。
The first, Tung Chee-hwa, faced a half-million protesters in 2003; in 2005, halfway through his second term, his ever-growing unpopularity drove him to resign.