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  "id": 6580824,
  "title": "Hong Kong’s first leader Tung Chee-hwa to be honoured with state funeral",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hong-kongs-first-leader-tung-chee-hwa-to-be-honoured-with-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T11:25:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3367075/hong-kongs-first-leader-tung-chee-hwa-be-honoured-state-funeral"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong authorities are planning a state funeral for Tung Chee-hwa, the city's first chief executive. According to the South China Morning Post, preparations are underway, coordinated by the city government, to honour his legacy as a deputy national-level leader and his contributions to the \"one country, two systems\" framework.\n\nIn other news, a Hong Kong court has found Dow Jones guilty of trying to deter a reporter, Selina Cheng, from taking a union role. The court ruled that the company's requirement for Cheng to seek prior permission to take a union role was an \"unjustified deterrent\" of her rights. However, the judge acquitted Dow Jones of unlawfully terminating Cheng's employment, citing corporate restructuring as the reason for her redundancy.\n\nThe city's Department of Health has also announced that Hong Kong will introduce standardised cigarette packaging from March next year, with a nine-month transition period before full enforcement in December. This move aims to reduce smoking rates by stripping all branding and decorative design from packs and updating health warnings.",
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        "published": "2026-09-10T05:46:42.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong to roll out plain cigarette packs from March, full enforcement by December",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hong-kong-to-roll-out-plain-cigarette-packs-from-march-full",
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher for seeking to block reporter from union role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hong-kong-court-convicts-wall-street-journal-publisher-for-seeking-to",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:24:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers given sentences of up to 7 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-organizers-given-sentences-of-up-to-7-years",
        "published": "2026-09-11T01:30:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "More Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced to prison in Hong Kong security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/more-tiananmen-vigil-activists-sentenced-to-prison-in-hong-kong",
        "published": "2026-09-11T02:57:20.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}