South China Morning Post
Tributes pour in as Hong Kong mourns death of Tung Chee-hwa, first chief executive
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who oversaw the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule, has died. According to a statement from his office issued in the early hours on Wednesday, he died on Tuesday at the age of 89, surrounded…
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