Archibald Chan Tai-wing, husband of former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang, was mourned by about 700 relatives and friends at his memorial service yesterday.
Mourners included Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, his wife Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei, Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen, Chief Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Police Commissioner Tang King-shing, Legco President Tsang Yok-sing and Hutchison Whampoa chairman Li Ka-shing.
Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, who did not attend the service, had visited Anson Chan in private on Friday, her office said.
Archibald Chan died in Queen Mary Hospital on May 31, aged 76. His wife, their son, Andrew Chan Hung-wai, and daughter-in-law Jessica Lee were at his bedside.
The funeral was held on Sunday. The memorial service began at the Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 11am.
After Father Alfred Deignan said the rites and an opening prayer, Democratic Party veteran Martin Lee Chu-ming, a good family friend, read an excerpt from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible - 'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.'
Joseph Chow Ming-kuen, a friend and former student of Chan, gave a eulogy to the man he called his role model.