Tsang Tak-sing
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Tsang Tak-sing
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Tsang Tak-sing, JP (Chinese: 曾德成; born 1949, Guangzhou, China) is the Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong. Formerly an adviser to the Central Policy Unit, he assumed office on 1 July 2007, replacing Patrick Ho. He is the younger brother of Tsang Yok-sing, aka Jasper Tsang, who was the legislative councillor and former chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong. Tsang is regarded as pro-Beijing with a long history of supporting the Communist Party of China.
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[edit] 1967 HK riot participant
Tsang is a leftist who participated in the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots[1], when he was a Form Six student at St Paul's College.[2]
[edit] Arrest
He was arrested after distributing anti-government and Communism promotion leaflets, which condemned "the education system aiming at enslavement", around the entrance of his school. He was reported by the schoolmaster, arrested, trialed and convicted for two years for distributing leaflets that promote public order crime [1], and deprived of his chance of getting university education due to his criminal record.[2]
[edit] Career
A younger brother of Tsang Yok-sing, he joined the New Evening Post after his release from Stanley Prison in 1969. He became chief editor of Ta Kung Pao in 1988. He has been a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress since the same year and was appointed an adviser to the Central Policy Unit in 1998.
In December 2007 just days after Anson Chan's pro-democratic party victory in the 2007 Hong Kong island by-election, he accused her of being a "sudden democrat" who "suddenly cares about people's livelihood".[1] He further commented "Our new legislator today is a former official ... [U]nless she believes that colonial rule was democracy, I don't know whether she has worked for people's livelihood or officials' livelihood."[1]
On March 30, 2009 Tsang made a historical visit to Taipei. This is the first visit to the island by a senior Hong Kong official since the 1997 transfer of sovereignty.[3]
[edit] Source
- "From jail to cabinet contender", South China Morning Post, 19 June 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Chan 'flabbergasted' by attack" South China Morning Post, Thursday, 6 December 2006
- ^ a b Fu, Hualing; Petersen, Carole; & Young, Simon N.M. National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong's Article 23 Under Scrutiny (2005), Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9622097324.
- ^ Asiaone. "Asiaone.com." HK official sees improved Taiwan ties during rare visit. Retrieved on 2009-05-03.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Patrick Ho |
Secretary for Home Affairs 2007 – present |
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