Mr Tung hopes to change that impression when he delivers Hong Kong's equivalent of a state-of-the-nation address, in early October.

ECONOMIST: Hong Kong: Blundering through | The

The new electoral college will also meet annually - rather than once every five years as mandated under Suharto's presidency - to hear the president's accountability speech (like a state-of-the-nation address) and, it is expected, evaluate the government's performance.

CNN: THE NEW ELECTION MATH