Tsang Tak-sing

Tsang Tak-sing
GBS, JP
曾德成
Secretary for Home Affairs
In office
1 July 2007 – 21 July 2015
Chief ExecutiveSir Donald Tsang
Leung Chun-ying
Chief SecretaryHenry Tang
UndersecretaryFlorence Hui
Permanent SecretaryRaymond Young
Political AssistantCasper Tsui
Preceded byPatrick Ho
Succeeded byLau Kong-wah
Personal details
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Canton, China
NationalityHong Kong Chinese
Alma materSt Paul's College
University of Hong Kong (MIPA, M.A.)
Harvard University (Nieman Fellow)
Tsang Tak-sing
Traditional Chinese曾德成
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZēng Déchéng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJāng Dāk-sìhng
JyutpingCang4 Dak1sing4

Tsang Tak Sing GBS JP (Chinese: 曾德成; born 1949, Canton, China) is the former 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 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 Chinese Communist Party.