# Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa dies at 89

https://mins.news/en/item/50723

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 03:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn457lq938jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive after the 1997 handover to China, has died aged 89. His tenure was marked by the Asian Financial Crisis, epidemics and mass protests against a proposed national security law. He resigned in 2005.

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