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Your questions: Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, dies at age 89
Compiled Sep 9
Was Beijing pressure the real reason for Tung's 2005 resignation, despite his denial?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.
Why did Tung give a different birth date (July 7) to mainland media in 2017 than the official 1937 biography?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.
What specific health problems did Tung have that led to his resignation?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.
How did Tung's later role as a Beijing loyalist during the 2019 protests affect his legacy?
He proposed the Article 23 anti-subversion law in 2003, which was later scrapped after mass protests