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<div>{{Short description|Hong Kong philanthropist}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| order = [[List of spouses of chief executives of Hong Kong|1st Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]<br />
| term_label = In role<br />
| term_start = 1 July 1997<br />
| term_end = 12 March 2005<br />
| president = [[Tung Chee-hwa]]<br />
| predecessor = ''office created''<br />
| successor = [[:Simple:Selina Tsang|Selina Tsang]]<br />
| order2 = Vice Patron of [[Hong Kong Red Cross]]<br />
| term_label2 = In role<br />
| term_start2 = 2019<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| president2 = [[Carrie Lam]]<br />
| predecessor2 = ?<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| birth_name = Betty Chiu Hung-ping<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|5|6|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sai Ying Pun]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
| occupation = [[List of spouses of chief executives of Hong Kong|Former Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]<br />
| alma_mater = <!--[[women|As a women in hong kong]]---><br />
| children = Alan Tung Lieh-sing<ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />Andrew Tung Lieh-cheung<ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />Audrey Slighton Tung Lieh-yuan<ref>[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</ref><br />
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| spouse = {{marriage|Tung Chee-hwa|1981}}<br />
| father = Chiu Cheuk-Yue<br />
}}<br />
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'''Betty Tung''' (born '''Betty Chiu Hung-ping'''; born 6 May 1936; {{zh|t=董趙洪娉}}) is a Hong Kong philanthropist and the former president of [[Hong Kong Red Cross]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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|St.Paul's Co-educational College]] and went to [[United Kingdom]] study [[Nursing]].<br />
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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 [[Mainland China|Chinese mainland]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> She was also an honorary sponsor of the All-Hong Kong Federation of Women.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/205186/first-lady-go |title=First Lady on the go <br />
|website=scmp.com |date=25 July 1997 |accessdate=1 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In 1998, she was appointed president of the Hong Kong Red Cross.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
In 1981, 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 and Juliana Yam.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:21st-century Hong Kong people]]<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]</div>CodeTalkerr