Explained: Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, dies at age 89

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, died at age 89, passing away peacefully with family present on Tuesday

One country, two systems

The framework under which Hong Kong was to keep civil liberties and autonomy from British rule while Beijing retained final say on political change

SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome, a disease outbreak that hit Hong Kong in 2003 and killed nearly 300 people

Article 23 legislation

A proposed anti-subversion law in Hong Kong seen by many as a threat to civil liberties

Orient Overseas Container Line

Tung's family's shipping company, which was rescued by Chinese state-run banks in the 1980s

National security law

A law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 that outlawed subversion amid the 2019 protests