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Tung Chee-hwa GBM (Chinese: 董建華; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July.
May 25, 2024 · Tung Chee-hwa (born May 29, 1937, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese businessman and politician and, upon the completion of the handover of Hong Kong back to China on July 1, 1997, he became the first chief executive (1997–2005) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (S.A.R.) of China.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · Tung Chee Hwa is the eldest son of shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung, who founded what became one of Hong Kong's largest shipping companies. After running Orient Overseas for 14...
Jul 2, 2017 · Former shipping tycoon Tung Chee-hwa was seen as a surprise choice. A low-key businessman, rather than a civil servant or politician, he had seemingly emerged from nowhere to become the city’s...
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In a pageant of political theater and Chinese Communist choreography, 400 of Hong Kong's business and pro-China elite carefully chosen by Beijing solemnly marked yellow ballots giving the magnate,...
Tung Chee-hwa, a billionaire and the eldest son of a shipping magnate, was the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, presiding over the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule in 1997.
Learn about Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong after the handover of sovereignty in 1997. He is also a vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a founder of two think tanks, and a holder of the Grand Bauhinia Medal.
