Tung Chee — hwa, Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, laid to rest
BEIJING, Sept 20 (Reuters) — Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive after the territory's handover from Britain to China, was laid to rest in a state funeral on Sunday. Tung, who took office in 1997 as Hong Kong emerged from more than 150 years of British colonial rule, died on September 8 at the age of 89. A