Secretary for Home Affairs Tak-sing Tsang of China

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Tsang is regarded as pro-Beijing with a long history of supporting the Communist Party of China.

Tsang is a leftist who participated in the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots, when he was a Form Six student at St Paul's College.

Tsang has served as Member of the Central Policy Unit since 1998.

Tsang received his primary and secondary education at prestigious St.

Tsang is elected into the Legislative Council from the Kowloon West Geographical Constituency via direct election.

In 2008 Tsang was elected to be President of the Legislative Council by the newly elected legislators from the 2008 election.

Tsang was the founder of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in 1992.

What's more apparent, Tsang has revealed his bias and deep hostility to Hong Kong's democracy.

After Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997, Tsang was immediately recruited into the Central Policy Unit, which was created in 1989 as a government advisory body.

30 years before joining the Government.

Fellow at Harvard University from 1994 to 1995.

And besides, Tsang is partly right.

You can see why Tsang is feeling tetchy.

But it must also be pointed out that where Chan is a sudden democrat, Tsang is a hardline supporter of the vehemently anti-democratic Communist Party.

Tsang is now director of the Chief Executive’s Office.

attached great importance to the equestrian events.

John Tsang was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong from 2006 to June 2007.

John Tsang was the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of Hong Kong.

John Tsang was appointed as the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology in August 2003.

Prior to the present post, John Tsang was Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) Secretary from 2002 to 2003 and had taken an active role in assisting Michael Suen in implementing the housing policy of Hong Kong.

Before the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in July 2002, Tsang was Secretary for Planning and Lands.

John Tsang joined the Hong Kong civil service in November 1982 and had long experiences in handling finance and trade issues.

After July 1997, John Tsang was appointed Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London.

John Tsang is a working partner of the Chief Executive Donald Tsang (not related.

Speaking at a press conference this afternoon on Hong Kong's preparation for the Paralympic Equestrian Events, Mr Tsang said he was delighted to see that the preparatory work had been completed.

Mr Tsang has earlier visited the Hong Kong Paralympic Village and the Paralympic Equestrian Events competition venue in Sha Tin.

PROFILE: Beijing’s most influential manBy Tom MitchellPublished: October 24 2006 13:20 | Last updated: October 24 2006 13:20In 1967, the same year that Donald Tsang joined Hong Kong’s colonial administration as a junior civil servant, the British convicted Tsang Yok-sing’s younger brother for the innocuous offence of handing out communist leaflets at his school and sentenced him to two years in prison.

It was the usual kind of propaganda,” Mr Tsang says of his younger brother’s apparent misdemeanour.

Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday that security arrangement at the equestrian venues will be tightened when necessary.

Tsang said the riders will be able to deal with the hot weather in Hong Kong.

According to the statement by Singaporean Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts on Monday, Tsang met Singapore's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang earlier Monday and both sides had a good discussion on the developments in the arts, design and heritage sectors.

Mr Tsang said the successful launching of the Olympic Live Sites in Hong Kong owed much to enthusiastic and strong support from all government departments, local dignitaries and community organisations.

Tsang said the athletes' perseverance and hunger to excel are what spectators appreciate.

At the same time, Donald Tsang has promoted a close personal ally, John Tsang, to the job of finance secretary.

Mr Tsang met members of the All-China Youth Federation, youth federations of various provinces and cities, and the Hong Kong United Youth Association this morning to discuss and exchange views on youth development and national education.

Mr Tsang said the Government encouraged non-government organisations to organise various youth activities and national education programmes such as flag-raising and parades to help strengthen the public's, in particular youngsters', sense of national identity.

Noting that the Commission on Youth's "Community Participation Scheme for Organising Study Tours to the Mainland" has been operating for 11 years, Mr Tsang said the amount of subsidy granted and the number of participants had increased over the years.

Mr Tsang said long-term efforts and support from different sectors were required to promote youth development and national education.

Aged 58, Tsang has served as Member of the Central Policy Unit since 1998.

Before joining the Government, Tsang was engaged in journalistic work for nearly 30 years.

Tsang is a Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress.

Tsang was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 1994 to 1995.

Tsang joined the civil service in 1982.

Tsang is now director of the Chief Executive's Office.