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Former HKSAR chief executive Tung Chee-hwa dies at 89

Xinhua | Updated: 2026-09-09 12:39

A file photo of Tung Chee-hwa. Former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Tung Chee-hwa, died of illness at the age of 89 in Hong Kong at 9:57 pm Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - Tung Chee-hwa, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, died of illness at the age of 89 in Hong Kong at 9:57 pm Tuesday.

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