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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, dies at 89

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  • Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, has died at the age of 89.
  • He delivered his inaugural speech on July 1, 1997, after the territory was handed from the United Kingdom to China.

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, has died at the age of 89.

On July 1, 1997, after Hong Kong’s handover from the United Kingdom to China, Tung delivered his first speech as the territory’s chief executive. “For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny.”

He also said the Special Administrative Region Government was fully committed to preserving the territory’s future, though the supplied excerpt ends before the sentence is completed.

For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny.

· Tung Chee-hwaHe said this in his first speech as Hong Kong’s chief executive on July 1, 1997, after the handover to China.
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