Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong's First Post-Colonial Leader, Dies at Age 89

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s First Chinese Leader, Dies at 89

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader after Britain handed the city back to China in 1997, has died. He was 89.

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, dies at age 89

Hong Kong’s first post-handover leader, Tung Chee-hwa, has died at age 89. His office announced that Tung passed away peacefully on Tuesday with his family present.

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

Tung Chee-hwa, who served as Hong Kong’s first chief executive and oversaw the 1997 return of the city to Chinese rule, has died. The former vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), died on Tuesday at the age of 89, according to a statement from his office issued in the early hours on Wednesday. He was last seen in public in July 2021 when he attended the premiere of a …