A leading Taiwanese envoy yesterday joined politicians in paying tribute to controversial pro-China figure Dorothy Liu Yiu-chu, who died of cancer two weeks ago.
Susie Chiang Su-hui was among the 200 people from across the political spectrum at yesterday's Christian funeral at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point.
Among the mourners were Chief Executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa, Xinhua (New China News Agency) Director Zhou Nan and his deputies Zhang Junsheng and Qin Wenjun.
From the liberal camp were Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, and the Democratic Party's Dr Yeung Sum, Lau Chin-shek and James To Kun-sun.
Ms Chiang, director of the semi-official Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre, described Liu, who died on March 30 aged 63, as a woman of outstanding ability.
Liu, a lawyer, was a long-standing Chinese patriot involved in the drafting of the Basic Law, and a National People's Congress deputy.
While she campaigned for an end to colonial rule she was also a strident critic of the Chinese Government.