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Hong Kong's first leader after British handover dies
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader after the city returned to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89.The former shipping scion too
Summary
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader after the city returned to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89. Despite having little political experience, Tung was believed to be handpicked by Beijing to lead Hong Kong after the handover. Hong Kong's former chief executives have paid tribute to Tung.
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People
- Tung Chee-hwa2
- Tung. Leung Chun-ying
- Chris Patten
- Jiang Zemin
Organisations
- Chinese Communist Party
- Liverpool University
- Orient Overseas
- Electric
Places
- Hong Kong2
- Great Hall of the People
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- China
- Kong
Keywords
- leader2
- first2
- dies2
- colonial
- handover
- british
- scion
- aged
- post
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