Hong Kong Mourns Passing of First Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa
Hong Kong leaders and citizens have paid tribute to Tung Chee-hwa following his death. He is remembered as the pioneering first chief executive of the Special Administrative Region.
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Tributes flow in as Hong Kong mourns Tung Chee-hwa, pioneering first leader
Hong Kong is mourning the death of Tung Chee-hwa, the city’s first leader after its return to Chinese sovereignty and a respected elder statesman, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Tung was surrounded by his family when he “passed away peacefully” at 9.57pm, according to state news agency Xinhua. Tributes and messages of grief poured in on Wednesday from across Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as from overseas, with top officials, politicians, business leaders and others praising his...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee has joined a chorus of senior politicians and local grandees paying tribute to Tung Chee-hwa, the city’s first leader after its 1997 handover to China. In a statement published on Wednesday, Lee praised Tung for steering Hong Kong through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and helping the city overcome various […]
By Irene Chan
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