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Blanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong

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Ma, J., & Cheung, S. (2026, September 18). Blanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3367908/blanket-security-planned-state-funeral-tung-chee-hwa-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-18 · by Jess Ma, Simpson Cheung

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Hong Kong is preparing for a state funeral this weekend for Tung Chee-hwa, the city’s first chief executive. Beijing officials Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng, and Xia Baolong are scheduled to attend on Saturday. Due to venue limitations, the memorial service will be invitation-only rather than open to the public. Police have established extensive security measures, including stationing officers at every road junction along the route from the funeral home in North Point to the crematorium in Chai Wan. A vigil is planned for Saturday afternoon and a memorial service on Sunday morning.
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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial chief executive who died on September 8 at age 89, was honored with a state funeral in Hong Kong on Sunday. The ceremony followed an invitation-only vigil held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point on Saturday and drew top officials including Beijing’s Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng, and Xia Baolong, along with current chief executive John Lee and former leaders Leung Chun-ying, Carrie Lam, and Donald Tsang. Hong Kong police established high security measures for the event, setting up a command center at their headquarters in Wan Chai to guard the route from the funeral home to Cape Collinson Crematorium in Chai Wan. The public could sign condolence books at three community halls until Sunday noon, though initial plans for an open memorial service were scaled back due to venue constraints. Tung is remembered as a pioneering figure under "one country, two systems," steering Hong Kong through significant challenges like the 1997 Asian financial crisis and Sars outbreak.

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Beijing Hong Kong Wan Chai the Office of Former Chief Executives the South China Morning Post

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Beijing GPE · 2× Hong Kong GPE · 2× Tung Chee-hwa PERSON · 2× Shi Taifeng PERSON · 1× Tung PERSON · 1× Wan Chai GPE · 1× Wang Dongfeng PERSON · 1× Xia Baolong PERSON · 1× the Office of Former Chief Executives ORG · 1× the South China Morning Post ORG · 1×

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ExclusiveBlanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong Beijing officials Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng and Xia Baolong to arrive on Saturday, but memorial service will be invitation-only, sources say Hong Kong police will establish a high level of security for this weekend’s state funeral of the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, including guarding the three top Beijing officials attending the event, the South China Morning Post has learned.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-18
🔮 ExclusiveBlanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong Beijing officials Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng and Xia Baolong to arrive on Saturday, but memorial service will be invitation-only, sources say Hong Kong police will establish a high level of security for this weekend’s state funeral of the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, including guarding the three top Beijing officials attending the event, the South China Morning Post has learned.
2026-09-18 · South China Morning Post
Blanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong · assertive framing

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ExclusiveBlanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong Beijing officials Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng and Xia Baolong to arrive on Saturday, but memorial service will be invitation-only, sources say Hong Kong police will establish a high level of security for this weekend’s state funeral of the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, including guarding the three top Beijing officials attending the event, the South China Morning Post has learned. asserted
Post → plan → event
However, the original public memorial service will instead be limited to invitation-only due to venue constraints, the Office of Former Chief Executives announced on Thursday. asserted
Office → limit → Thursday
A command centre would be set up at the police headquarters in Wan Chai, and officers would be stationed at “every road junction and on every flyover” on the route taking the hearse carrying Tung’s body from the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point to the Cape Collinson Crematorium in Chai Wan, sources said. asserted
sources → set → Wan
A vigil will be held from 3pm to 10pm on Saturday at the funeral home and a memorial service will start at 9am on Sunday. asserted
service → hold → Sunday
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