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State funeral honours Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa

Hong Kong held a state funeral for Tung Chee-hwa, its first chief executive after the 1997 handover, who died on September 8 at age 89. The ceremony, the third state funeral since the handover, drew senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials and underscored Beijing’s official recognition of his role in the city’s post-colonial era.