Betty Tung
{{Short description|Hong Kong philanthropist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping
| image =
| caption =
| order = 1st Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong
| term_label = In role
| term_start = 1 July 1997
| term_end = 12 March 2005
| president = Tung Chee-hwa
| predecessor = office created
| successor = Selina Tsang
| order2 = Vice Patron of Hong Kong Red Cross
| term_label2 = In role
| term_start2 = 2019
| term_end2 =
| president2 = Carrie Lam and John Lee
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_name = Betty Chiu Hung-ping
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sai Ying Pun, British Hong Kong
| occupation = Former Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong
| alma_mater =
| children = Alan Tung Lieh-sing{{Cite web |url=http://www.ooilgroup.com/corporate/corporateinformation/Pages/corporateinformation_AlanTUNG.aspx |title=Corporate Information – Mr. TUNG Lieh Cheung Andrew |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416173032/http://www.ooilgroup.com/corporate/corporateinformation/Pages/corporateinformation_AlanTUNG.aspx |url-status=live }}
Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung{{Cite web |url=http://www.ooilgroup.com/corporate/corporateinformation/Pages/corporateinformation_AndrewTUNG.aspx |title=Corporate Information – TUNG Lieh Sing Alan |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416183908/http://www.ooilgroup.com/corporate/corporateinformation/Pages/corporateinformation_AndrewTUNG.aspx |url-status=live }}
Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/20/style/wedding-planned-by-audrey-tung.html Wedding Planned By Audrey Tung] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011131727/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/20/style/wedding-planned-by-audrey-tung.html |date=11 October 2016 }}, The New York Times, 20 July 1986
| title =
| spouse = {{marriage|Tung Chee-hwa|1961}}
| father = Chiu Cheuk-Yue
}}
Betty Tung (born Betty Chiu Hung-ping; born 4 May 1935; {{zh|t=董趙洪娉}}) is a Hong Kong philanthropist and the former president of Hong Kong Red Cross.{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Hong Kong Red Cross|url=https://www.redcross.org.hk/en/about_hkrc/history.html|access-date=28 April 2021|website=redcross.org.hk}}
Early life
Tung was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong with ancestral roots in Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong. 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/537322/betty-tung-wants-pla-corps-hk-youth |title=Betty Tung wants PLA corps for HK youth |website=scmp.com |date=20 February 2006 |accessdate=1 May 2021 |language=en}} She was also an honorary sponsor of the All-Hong Kong Federation of Women.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/205186/first-lady-go |title=First Lady on the go
|website=scmp.com |date=25 July 1997 |accessdate=1 May 2021 |language=en}} In 1998, she was appointed president of the Hong Kong Red Cross.
Personal life
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.{{Cite web|title=Mr. Tung Chee Hwa, GBM| url=https://www.ourhkfoundation.org.hk/en/node/551|access-date=28 April 2021|website=團結香港基金 OUR HONG KONG FOUNDATION|language=en}}
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Category:21st-century Hong Kong people