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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

A state funeral in Hong Kong honors Tung Chee-hwa, the city's first post-colonial leader

Tung Chee-hwa - (Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A state funeral was held Sunday for Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who led the city through the initial years of its transition from British rule after it was returned to China in 1997.

Chinese officials and Hong Kong political leaders attended the service, only the third state funeral in the former British colony since the 1997 handover.

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