Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping | |
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1st Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong | |
In role 1 July 1997 – 12 March 2005 | |
President | Tung Chee-hwa |
Preceded by | office created |
Succeeded by | Selina Tsang |
Vice Patron of Hong Kong Red Cross | |
In role 2019 | |
President | Carrie Lam and John Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Betty Chiu Hung-ping 6 May 1936 Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong |
Spouse | |
Children | Alan Tung Lieh-sing
[1] Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung [2] Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan [3] |
Parent |
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Occupation | Former Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong |
Betty Tung (born Betty Chiu Hung-ping; born 6 May 1936; Chinese: 董趙洪娉) is a Hong Kong philanthropist and the former president of Hong Kong Red Cross. [4]
Tung was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. She is the daughter of Chiu Cheuk-Yue, an architect, who had three wives. Her mother is second wife of her family. Tung finished her secondary school at St.Paul's Co-educational College and went to United Kingdom study Nursing.
Tung held a number of philanthropic roles in Hong Kong, including founding member and honorary adviser of the Concerted Efforts Resources Centre, an organisation providing support for young people and migrants from the Chinese mainland. [5] She was also an honorary sponsor of the All-Hong Kong Federation of Women. [6] In 1998, she was appointed president of the Hong Kong Red Cross. [4]
In 1961, Tung married politician Tung Chee-hwa, who later became the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2005, together they have three children. At Mid-Levels she was friends with Catherine Yung, Juliana Yam, and Irene LEE Yun Lien. [7]
Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping | |
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1st Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong | |
In role 1 July 1997 – 12 March 2005 | |
President | Tung Chee-hwa |
Preceded by | office created |
Succeeded by | Selina Tsang |
Vice Patron of Hong Kong Red Cross | |
In role 2019 | |
President | Carrie Lam and John Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Betty Chiu Hung-ping 6 May 1936 Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong |
Spouse | |
Children | Alan Tung Lieh-sing
[1] Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung [2] Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan [3] |
Parent |
|
Occupation | Former Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong |
Betty Tung (born Betty Chiu Hung-ping; born 6 May 1936; Chinese: 董趙洪娉) is a Hong Kong philanthropist and the former president of Hong Kong Red Cross. [4]
Tung was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. She is the daughter of Chiu Cheuk-Yue, an architect, who had three wives. Her mother is second wife of her family. Tung finished her secondary school at St.Paul's Co-educational College and went to United Kingdom study Nursing.
Tung held a number of philanthropic roles in Hong Kong, including founding member and honorary adviser of the Concerted Efforts Resources Centre, an organisation providing support for young people and migrants from the Chinese mainland. [5] She was also an honorary sponsor of the All-Hong Kong Federation of Women. [6] In 1998, she was appointed president of the Hong Kong Red Cross. [4]
In 1961, Tung married politician Tung Chee-hwa, who later became the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2005, together they have three children. At Mid-Levels she was friends with Catherine Yung, Juliana Yam, and Irene LEE Yun Lien. [7]