Hong Kong's first ever election for a chief executive was held on 11 December 1996. Tung Chee Hwa emerged the easy winner from a four-cornered contest for leadership of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Other contestants were Peter Wu Kwong- Ching (left) Simon Li Fook Sean (second left) and Chief Justice Yang Ti-liang, seen here with Mr Tung, just weeks before the election, at the annual dinner of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance on 7 November 1996.