Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s First Post-Handover Leader, Dies at 89
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- Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive after the 1997 handover from Britain, has died at 89.
- Tung resigned in 2005, citing health reasons, and Donald Tsang succeeded him as chief executive.
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader after the city’s 1997 handover from Britain, has died at the age of 89.
His office said Tung passed away peacefully on Tuesday. He resigned as chief executive in 2005, citing health reasons, and was succeeded by his chief secretary, Donald Tsang.
Tung was born in Shanghai in July 1937.
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