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Through his teens and twenties, Tsang lived in the United States and worked as an architect. In November 1982 he returned to Hong Kong after working with the [[Boston Public Schools]] Board as a special advisor, at the midst of the Sino-British negotiation over Hong Kong sovereignty, and joined the civil service under the encouragement of [[Donald Tsang]], with whom he became friends when they were at Harvard together.<ref name="Stan1" /> He started his civil service as an Administrative Officer, in which first position was a two-year stint as [[Districts of Hong Kong#The role of the District Officers|Assistant District Officer]] for [[Shatin]], serving under Donald Tsang, the District Officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn60/60e/know_1c.html |title=Civil Service Newsletter Issue 60 |publisher=Csb.gov.hk |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> He went on to positions in the former Finance Branch, Monetary Affairs Branch and the former Trade Department. From 1987 to 1992, he was first Administrative Assistant to then Financial Secretary, [[Piers Jacobs|Sir Piers Jacobs]].<ref name="customsgovhk"/> |
Through his teens and twenties, Tsang lived in the United States and worked as an architect. In November 1982 he returned to Hong Kong after working with the [[Boston Public Schools]] Board as a special advisor, at the midst of the Sino-British negotiation over Hong Kong sovereignty, and joined the civil service under the encouragement of [[Donald Tsang]], with whom he became friends when they were at Harvard together.<ref name="Stan1" /> He started his civil service as an Administrative Officer, in which first position was a two-year stint as [[Districts of Hong Kong#The role of the District Officers|Assistant District Officer]] for [[Shatin]], serving under Donald Tsang, the District Officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn60/60e/know_1c.html |title=Civil Service Newsletter Issue 60 |publisher=Csb.gov.hk |accessdate=27 March 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220123/http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn60/60e/know_1c.html |archivedate=27 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He went on to positions in the former Finance Branch, Monetary Affairs Branch and the former Trade Department. From 1987 to 1992, he was first Administrative Assistant to then Financial Secretary, [[Piers Jacobs|Sir Piers Jacobs]].<ref name="customsgovhk"/> |
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He was Assistant Director-General of Trade from 1992 to 1995 and Private Secretary to the [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]], [[Chris Patten]], from March 1995 to June 1997.<ref name="customsgovhk" /> In July 1997, Tsang was appointed Director-General of the [[Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London|Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London]]. In 1999 he returned from London and assumed the office of [[Commissioner of Customs and Excise]], appointed by then [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Tung Chee-hwa]].<ref name="customsgovhk" /> Tsang was Secretary for Planning and Lands from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="gov.cn">{{cite web|url=http://english.gov.cn/2006-01/24/content_169910.htm |title=Three HK officials named to new posts |publisher=English.gov.cn |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> After the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] was introduced in July 2002, his title was changed to the Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), [[Permanent Secretary]] having become the highest ranking in the [[Hong Kong Civil Service]]. |
He was Assistant Director-General of Trade from 1992 to 1995 and Private Secretary to the [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]], [[Chris Patten]], from March 1995 to June 1997.<ref name="customsgovhk" /> In July 1997, Tsang was appointed Director-General of the [[Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London|Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London]]. In 1999 he returned from London and assumed the office of [[Commissioner of Customs and Excise]], appointed by then [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Tung Chee-hwa]].<ref name="customsgovhk" /> Tsang was Secretary for Planning and Lands from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="gov.cn">{{cite web |url=http://english.gov.cn/2006-01/24/content_169910.htm |title=Three HK officials named to new posts |publisher=English.gov.cn |accessdate=27 March 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211145/http://english.gov.cn/2006-01/24/content_169910.htm |archivedate=13 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] was introduced in July 2002, his title was changed to the Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), [[Permanent Secretary]] having become the highest ranking in the [[Hong Kong Civil Service]]. |
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From August 2003 Tsang was [[Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology]].<ref name="gov.cn" /> In this role he was also Chair of the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005|Sixth Ministerial Conference]] (MC6) of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) held in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005.<ref name="Stan1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=8851&sid=6075939&con_type=1&d_str=20051230 |title=John Tsang will get WTO reward with new posting |work=The Standard |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref> For his outstanding performance in the WTO, he even earned praise from [[PRC President|Chinese President]] [[Hu Jintao]].<ref name="Stan1" /> |
From August 2003 Tsang was [[Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology]].<ref name="gov.cn" /> In this role he was also Chair of the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005|Sixth Ministerial Conference]] (MC6) of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) held in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005.<ref name="Stan1">{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=8851&sid=6075939&con_type=1&d_str=20051230 |title=John Tsang will get WTO reward with new posting |work=The Standard |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015163730/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=8851&sid=6075939&con_type=1&d_str=20051230 |archivedate=15 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> For his outstanding performance in the WTO, he even earned praise from [[PRC President|Chinese President]] [[Hu Jintao]].<ref name="Stan1" /> |
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Tsang then became the director of the [[Office of the Chief Executive]], working directly for his friend Donald Tsang. He held the post from 2006 to June 2007.<ref name="Stan1" /> |
Tsang then became the director of the [[Office of the Chief Executive]], working directly for his friend Donald Tsang. He held the post from 2006 to June 2007.<ref name="Stan1" /> |
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After seven consecutive years of budget surplus, Tsang's 2011 annual budget came under heavy fire from the Legislative Council.<ref>Legco.gov.hk. "[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/press/papers/pr20110315-1-e.pdf Legco.gov.hk]." ''Legco finance committee to scrutinize the 2011–12 budget next week.'' Retrieved on 27 March 2011.</ref> His original proposal of putting HK$6,000 directly into workers' [[Mandatory Provident Fund]] (MPF) accounts was condemned. About 10,000 protesters showed up at [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] to demonstrate. The mismanagement of the funds opened a number of controversies.<ref name="axe">{{cite web|url=http://ax3battery.com/2011/03/06/hk-citizens-protest-against-governments-6000-giveaway |title=HK Citizens Protest Against Government's $6000 Giveaway | AX3 | Global Asian Lifestyle + Pop Culture Webzine |publisher=Ax3battery.com |date=6 March 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> Tsang eventually backed down and carried out the [[Scheme $6,000]], to give HK$6,000 cash handout all adult holders of a [[Hong Kong permanent identity card]]. In the same budget, Tsang also initiated [[iBond]], a [[Hong Kong dollar]] retail [[inflation-indexed bond]] to further develop the local bonds market, attracting 155,835 applications in 2011, which rose to 525,359 by 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Record iBond subscription means many Hong Kong investors will face allocation limit|date=5 August 2015|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1846842/record-ibond-subscription-means-many-hong-kong-investors-will|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> |
After seven consecutive years of budget surplus, Tsang's 2011 annual budget came under heavy fire from the Legislative Council.<ref>Legco.gov.hk. "[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr10-11/english/press/papers/pr20110315-1-e.pdf Legco.gov.hk]." ''Legco finance committee to scrutinize the 2011–12 budget next week.'' Retrieved on 27 March 2011.</ref> His original proposal of putting HK$6,000 directly into workers' [[Mandatory Provident Fund]] (MPF) accounts was condemned. About 10,000 protesters showed up at [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] to demonstrate. The mismanagement of the funds opened a number of controversies.<ref name="axe">{{cite web|url=http://ax3battery.com/2011/03/06/hk-citizens-protest-against-governments-6000-giveaway |title=HK Citizens Protest Against Government's $6000 Giveaway | AX3 | Global Asian Lifestyle + Pop Culture Webzine |publisher=Ax3battery.com |date=6 March 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> Tsang eventually backed down and carried out the [[Scheme $6,000]], to give HK$6,000 cash handout all adult holders of a [[Hong Kong permanent identity card]]. In the same budget, Tsang also initiated [[iBond]], a [[Hong Kong dollar]] retail [[inflation-indexed bond]] to further develop the local bonds market, attracting 155,835 applications in 2011, which rose to 525,359 by 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Record iBond subscription means many Hong Kong investors will face allocation limit|date=5 August 2015|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1846842/record-ibond-subscription-means-many-hong-kong-investors-will|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> |
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In January 2011 the government's IT [[chief information officer]] Jeremy Godfrey stepped down from his job for "personal reasons". On 10, May 2011 in a letter to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]], he said those personal reasons were not real, and that the real reason he quit was related to Permanent Secretary for [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau|Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]] Elizabeth Tse and John Tsang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=111449&sid=32509376&con_type=1&d_str=20110526&fc=4 |title=Former top official warned in net row |work=The Standard |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref> It turns out there were arguments over the implementation of the Internet Learning Support Program (ILSP). It was revealed that Tse and Tsang forced the HK$220 million contract to be awarded to a company called [[Internet Professional Association]] (iProA). The company turned out to be founded by [[Elizabeth Quat]], a member of the [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]] [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB).<ref name="scmp5">{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa190fe4b5230310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News |title=Whistle-blower tells of HK$220m deal pressure|work=South China Morning Post |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref> Tsang responded that the accusations were ridiculous and absurd.<ref name="scmp5" /> Godfrey then stated that Quat herself had nothing to do with the ILSP controversy,<ref>{{cite web|last=Godfrey |first=Jeremy |url=http://ilsp.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-complaint-about-elizabeth-quat.html |title=ILSP selection: No complaint about Elizabeth Quat |publisher=Ilsp.blogspot.com |accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref> but said the IT decision was politicised.<ref name="scmp5" /> |
In January 2011 the government's IT [[chief information officer]] Jeremy Godfrey stepped down from his job for "personal reasons". On 10, May 2011 in a letter to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]], he said those personal reasons were not real, and that the real reason he quit was related to Permanent Secretary for [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau|Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]] Elizabeth Tse and John Tsang.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=111449&sid=32509376&con_type=1&d_str=20110526&fc=4 |title=Former top official warned in net row |work=The Standard |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015195634/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=111449&sid=32509376&con_type=1&d_str=20110526&fc=4 |archivedate=15 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It turns out there were arguments over the implementation of the Internet Learning Support Program (ILSP). It was revealed that Tse and Tsang forced the HK$220 million contract to be awarded to a company called [[Internet Professional Association]] (iProA). The company turned out to be founded by [[Elizabeth Quat]], a member of the [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]] [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB).<ref name="scmp5">{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa190fe4b5230310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News |title=Whistle-blower tells of HK$220m deal pressure|work=South China Morning Post |location=Hong Kong |accessdate=28 May 2011}}</ref> Tsang responded that the accusations were ridiculous and absurd.<ref name="scmp5" /> Godfrey then stated that Quat herself had nothing to do with the ILSP controversy,<ref>{{cite web |last=Godfrey |first=Jeremy |url=http://ilsp.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-complaint-about-elizabeth-quat.html |title=ILSP selection: No complaint about Elizabeth Quat |publisher=Ilsp.blogspot.com |accessdate=28 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818093235/http://ilsp.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-complaint-about-elizabeth-quat.html |archivedate=18 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> but said the IT decision was politicised.<ref name="scmp5" /> |
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In the 2013 budget, Tsang said he understood the people's concern as himself was also a middle class. By supporting his claim, he said that the middle class are those who drink coffee and like French films. He was ridiculed by the public for the remarks, as he earned a basic monthly salary of HK$302,205 and lived in a luxury government residence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bitter Starbucks lesson for Hong Kong|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitter-starbucks-lesson-for-hong-kong-2013-03-03|work=Market Watch|date=3 March 2013}}</ref> |
In the 2013 budget, Tsang said he understood the people's concern as himself was also a middle class. By supporting his claim, he said that the middle class are those who drink coffee and like French films. He was ridiculed by the public for the remarks, as he earned a basic monthly salary of HK$302,205 and lived in a luxury government residence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bitter Starbucks lesson for Hong Kong|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitter-starbucks-lesson-for-hong-kong-2013-03-03|work=Market Watch|date=3 March 2013}}</ref> |
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Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology | |
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| In office 4 August 2003 – 24 January 2006 | |
| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Henry Tang |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mui Chun-wah John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| Signature |  |
| John Tsang | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Zēng Jùnhuá |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jāng Jeun wàh |
| Jyutping | Zang1 Zeon3 waa4 |
John Tsang Chun-wah,
Born in Hong Kong and raised and educated in the
In July 2007, he was appointed Financial Secretary by Donald Tsang. He proposed the
Early life and education
Tsang's great grandfather was from Taishan, Guangdong. He made his fortune as a labourer in San Francisco. His grandfather was a well-off Chinese physician-turned-businessman. His father, Tsang Chuek-ho, was the eldest child of eight siblings. Graduated from normal schools, Tsang Chuek-ho and his wife Li Pik-sheung planned to move to the United States, where his sister was living, through Hong Kong in the 1940s.
While waiting for the immigration process, the family settled in Hong Kong and had four children. Tsang Cheuk-ho and his children adapted the surname Mui when he was adopted by a relative in Hong Kong; they reverted to their original surname after emigrating to the United States.[1] John Tsang, the eldest child, was born as Mui Chun-wah in Hong Kong on 21 April 1951 and lived in Sai Yeung Choi Street in his childhood.[1][3]
Tsang was a primary and secondary school student at
He then studied architecture at the
Civil service career
Through his teens and twenties, Tsang lived in the United States and worked as an architect. In November 1982 he returned to Hong Kong after working with the
He was Assistant Director-General of Trade from 1992 to 1995 and Private Secretary to the
From August 2003 Tsang was
Tsang then became the director of the Office of the Chief Executive, working directly for his friend Donald Tsang. He held the post from 2006 to June 2007.[6]
Financial Secretary
In 2007 Tsang became
After seven consecutive years of budget surplus, Tsang's 2011 annual budget came under heavy fire from the Legislative Council.
In January 2011 the government's IT
In the 2013 budget, Tsang said he understood the people's concern as himself was also a middle class. By supporting his claim, he said that the middle class are those who drink coffee and like French films. He was ridiculed by the public for the remarks, as he earned a basic monthly salary of HK$302,205 and lived in a luxury government residence.[15]
On 7 December 2013, Tsang was hit on the head by an egg thrown by a League of Social Democrats (LSD) protester Derek Chan Tak-cheung when he attended a government forum. Tsang joked about the incident, saying that a doctor had advised him not to eat too many eggs. "Luckily I'm not wearing a good suit today. I appear to have foreseen the incident."[16]
To distance himself from the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying who took the hardline stance against localism in Hong Kong, Tsang expressed his affection for local culture, especially showing his support to the Hong Kong national football team against China during the World Cup football qualifiers. He also wrote in his blog that localism could become a "strong and constructive force" that binds society together. His popularity rating had been over 60 out of 100 in 2015 and 2016, according to tracking polls by the University of Hong Kong public opinion programme, being the most popular principal official in the government.[8]
Tsang resigned as Financial Secretary on 12 December after months long speculation of him running in the
2017 Chief Executive bid
Tsang officially declared his candidacy on 19 January with a slogan of "Trust, Unity, Hope", after more than a month-long pending of his resignation by the central government which put his campaign in limbo. There were reports that central government officials had given "red light" to John Tsang running in the election and had allegedly asked John Tsang not to run for more than ten times, including rumours of him being offered the deputy governor post at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in return for not joining the race. Tsang refuted such claims, only saying that there were "friends" who supported him and some who did not.[19] To contrast his archrival former Chief Secretary Carrie Lam who was perceived to follow Leung Chun-ying's hardline and divisive policies, Tsang described himself as a good listener who accepted different views, appealing to "all 7.35 million Hongkongers so that together we can make Hong Kong a better place."[20] Tsang also launched his election Facebook page, which drew more than 100,000 likes in a day.
Tsang unveiled his 75-page election platform entitled "Convergence of Hearts, Proactive Enablement" on 6 February, with the promise of revisiting the possibility of the
Amid the alleged pressure from the
Tsang performed well in the election debates. In a two-hour televised debate co-organised by seven electronic media outlets on 14 March, Tsang quoted Lam's nickname "CY 2.0", which meant the second version of the divisive incumbent Leung Chun-ying, saying that people fear society will suffer "split 2.0" if Lam wins. Former candidate Regina Ip and political scientist Ma Ngok said that Tsang won the debate.[26] According to a poll conducted by the University of Hong Kong Public Opinion Programme (HKUPOP) after a forum co-organised by a group of Election Committee members on 19 March, 62 per cent out of the 717 respondents said they would vote for Tsang if eligible, against 24 per cent for Lam and seven per cent for Woo.[27]
Ahead of 26 March election, Tsang held a rally on 24 March evening in Edinburgh Place, Central, the final stop on his half-day bus parade on Hong Kong Island. Around 3,500 showed support at the rally, with some 449,000 people watched the rally on his Facebook page and more than 18,700 comments were left on the page. Film director Johnnie To, Tsang’s wife Lynn and his former political assistant Julian Law Wing-chung were among the six guests who spoke at the rally. In Tsang's speech, he said: "We are here to show our love for this city of ours ... I hope the Election Committee members, who have the power to vote, would heed our call and heal the rift, and make Hong Kong the home we imagined it should be." He also made a reference to the 2014 Occupy protests, saying: "Here we stand near Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road, Occupy happened near this place in more than two years ago, but I hope our rally today can give a new meaning to this place. I hope you will remembered that on 24 March 2017, we gathered here for the unity of Hong Kong."[28][29]
On 26 March, Tsang received 365 votes in the 1,194-member Election Committee, losing to Carrie Lam who received 777 votes. His votes came from 98 percent of the 325-member "Democrats 300+" coalition, who voted as masse for the candidate leading in opinion polls, as well as a few pro-Beijing electors. Tsang fought back tears as he implored supporters to carry on the dream for democracy and not to give up on Hong Kong in his concession speech. "I believe this dream to turn Hong Kong more democratic ... has made every Hongkonger willing to dream on – till our dream comes true one day."[30]
Post-election life
In late October 2017, Tsang again gained media attention when it was reported that a RTHK 10-episode show titled Hong Kong Stories in which Tsang was a voluntary guest host would be suspended from airing as he had failed to declare this employment after leaving the government. Chief Executive Carrie Lam urged Tsang to "respect the system" like other officials to declare his employment accordingly. Tsang revealed that he had been in touch with permanent secretary Jessie Ting Yip Yin-mei at Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s office as early as mid-September regarding the television series and provided information as requested.[31]
Personal life
Tsang is married to Lynn Tsang (曾黃蓮華; née Wong) who he met as a nurse while doing volunteer work in the United States in 1975.[32][33] The couple has a son Terence Tiu-lung (雕龍; literally "carving of dragons") and a daughter Prudence Man-sum (文心; literally "literary mind"); the combination of the siblings' names alludes to The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, a Chinese classic on literary aesthetics. The family remained a low profile despite Tsang's senior political position.
Tsang is a practicing
In 2009, Tsang suffered a health scare on his return from a
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External links
- John Tsang on Facebook