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| name = Sir Donald Tsang
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| office = [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]
| term_start = [[25 June]], [[2005]] <br> <small>Acting Chief Executive from [[13 March]] - [[24 May]], [[2005]].</small>
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| predecessor = [[Tung Chee-Hwa]]
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Sir '''Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen''',
<ref>Tsang was knighted in June 1997 hours before the handover. As he was a [[Commonwealth citizen]] (specifically, [[British nationality law and Hong Kong|British Dependent Territories Citizen]]) at the time, his membership in the [[Order of the British Empire]] is substantive and not [[List of honorary British Knights|honorary]]. A non-honorary recipient of a KBE is entitled to style himself 'Sir' before his name. However, Tsang does not use the title in official capacity as a preference [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DF1230F935A25751C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/T/Tsang,%20Donald],[http://www.economist.com/background/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9359174]. He appears on Hong Kong Government publications as "The Honourable Donald TSANG Yam-Kuen, GBM, JP" without his British honour [http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2004/en/app_01.htm]. The British Government states it has no policy on the use of Donald Tsang's title, which derives from the KBE awarded to him in 1997 for his 30-year service to Hong Kong and that it is for the individual concerned to decide whether they use or wish to be known by their title. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050712/text/50712w09.htm#50712w09.html_sbhd3][http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4091570]. </ref>
<small>[[Hong Kong honours system|GBM]], [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[justice of the peace|JP]]</small>, born [[October 7]], [[1944]]) is the current [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] and Head of Government of the Hong Kong.
Often referred as ''Bow-Tie Tsang'' (煲呔曾) due to his preference of wearing a [[bow tie]], he assumed the the office of Chief Exceutive of Hong Kong since 2005. Tsang began his [[civil servant]] career in 1967, since then had occupied various positions in finance and trade in the [[Hong Kong Civil Service]], and was appointed [[Financial Secretary of Hong Kong]] in 1995, becoming the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position under British administration. He remained in that position after the [[transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong]] before being appointed [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] after the resignation of [[Anson Chan]]. Known for his flamboyant style, Tsang has won praise for his handling of the Hong Kong economy both as Chief Executive in the mid-2000s and as Financial Secretary in the late 1990s, but has been under pressure to push for democratic reforms.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4335331.stm BBC Profile: Donald Tsang]</ref>
On [[25 March]] [[2007]], Tsang was re-elected as Chief Executive in a [[Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2007|contested small-circle election]] arranged by [[Communist Party of China]] for the post for a second and final term, from 2007 to 2012.
==Personal background==
===Early life and family===
Donald Tsang was born in Hong Kong on [[October 7]], [[1944]]. His father was a police officer of the [[Royal Hong Kong Police Force]] and Donald Tsang is the eldest of the five sons and one daughter. After completing his secondary education at [[Wah Yan College, Hong Kong]] in [[1964]], he worked briefly as a salesman at [[Pfizer|Pfizer Corporation]] before joining the civil service.
Tsang is married to Selina Pow Siu Mei, Lady Tsang, and has two sons. His younger brother, [[Tsang Yam Pui]], was the [[Commissioner of Police (Hong Kong)|Police Commissioner of Hong Kong]] until [[December 2003]], and had been a career police officer who worked his way through the ranks from probationary inspector. Tsang is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Latin-rite Catholic]] and goes to the Church every morning, though his political viewpoints are criticised at times by [[Joseph Cardinal Zen]], the [[cardinal bishop]] of [[Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|the local Catholic Diocese]].
Tsang is cousin of [[Daniel Heung]], chairman of the [[Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education]] of [[Hong Kong]], who was the centre of a scandal when the ''[[Oriental Daily News]]'' revealed on [[August 7]] that he had transformed a warehouse site in [[Shatin]] (rented from the government in 1983) into a private residence.<ref>[http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20060820/news_20060820_56_335226.htm CE urged to respond to Heung home controversy] RTHK, August 20, 2006</ref> There had been multiple land-use breaches, but no legal action was taken,<ref>Jonathan Cheng, [http://hk-imail.singtao.com/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=27608&sid=9977922&con_type=1&d_str=20060919 Land cons under the spotlight], ''The Standard'', September 19, 2006</ref> and it was estimated that rent would have cost about HK$840,000 a year as residential property instead of the annual lease payments of HK$200,000 a year over 16 years of his tenancy<ref>{{cite web
| author = Leslie Kwoh
| title = Heung told to get house in order
| date = 2006-08-18
| publisher = Hong Kong Standard
| url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=25317&sid=9369439&con_type=1&d_str=20060818&sear_year=2006
| accessdate = 2007-03-13 }}</ref>. Tsang was subject to questions about his role, as Tsang was the District Officer of Shatin at the time the lease was granted.<ref><ref>{{cite web
| author = Jonathan Cheng
| url = http://www.hk-imail.singtao.com/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=27736&sid=10020251&con_type=1&d_str=20060921
| title = Tsang role in land scandal queried
| publisher = The Standard
| date = September 21, 2006}}</ref> The Chief Executive's Office denied any impropriety.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Jonathan Cheng
| title = Audit Commission steps in
| date = 2006-08-17
| publisher = Hong Kong Standard
| url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=25231&sid=9352503&con_type=1&d_str=20060817&sear_year=2006
| accessdate = 2007-03-13 }}</ref> Heung resigned from his chairmanship position as a result.<ref>[http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060809/187/1r52o.html Yahoo! News]Accessed 25 August 2006</ref>
===Sartorial preference===
Tsang is well-known for his preference of wearing [[bow tie]]. His nickname, ''Bow-Tie Tsang'' (煲呔曾), is widely known among [[Hongkonger]]s. According to an interview with [[Stephen Chan Chi Wan]], the General Manager of [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]], this preference started somewhere between 1988-1993, when Tsang's office was adjacent to Deputy Political Adviser [[Stephen Bradley (diplomat)|Stephen Bradley]]'s. Bradley, who himself wears [[bow tie]], gave Tsang a bow tie as gift and asked him to try to wear it for a week. Tsang felt comfortable with the bow tie after that week's experience, citing bow tie's design brings fewer hurdles to its wearer than [[necktie]]. <ref>Episode 17, [[Be My Guest (TV series)|Be My Guest]], originally broadcast on September 23, 2006</ref>
=== Hobbies===
Tsang is also well-known for keeping [[koi]]. He had a pond built for them in the [[Government House, Hong Kong|Government House]] at a cost of [[Hong Kong dollar|HKD]]300,000.
== Civil service (1967-2005)==
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*[[1965]]-[[1967]] Salesman ([[Pfizer]])
*[[1967]] Executive officer II
*[[1970]] Administrative officer, Islands District
*[[1974]] Finance Branch
*[[1977]] Senior administrative officer, attached to [[Asian Development Bank|ADB]]
*[[1978]] Civil Service Branch
*[[1981]] Government sponsored [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]]
*[[1982]] District Officer, [[Sha Tin]]
*[[1984]] Deputy Director-General of Trade
*[[1985]] Deputy Secretary for General Duties
*[[1989]] Director of Administration
*[[1991]] Director-General of Trade and Chief Trade Negotiator
*[[1993]] [[Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury|Secretary for the Treasury]]
*[[1995]] [[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary]]
*[[2001]] [[Chief Secretary for Administration]]
*[[2005]] [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]
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Tsang joined the civil service in January [[1967]], and he has held positions in many different government departments, ranging from finance, trade to policies relating to the transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the [[People's Republic of China]].
From [[1981]] to [[1982]] Tsang studied in the [[United States]], where he completed a [[Master of Public Administration]] at the [[Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]]. He has also received honorary doctorates from the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], the [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]] and the [[University of Hong Kong]].
He was attached to the [[Asian Development Bank]] in [[Manila]] in [[1977]] for a year and worked on water supply and railway development projects in the [[Philippines]] and [[Bangladesh]].
As Deputy Secretary of the General Duties Branch between [[1985]] and [[1989]], Tsang was responsible for the implementation of the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]] and the promotion of the "[[British Nationality Selection Scheme]]". He served as Director-General of Trade between [[1991]] and [[1993]], and was responsible for all facets of trade negotiation and administration affecting Hong Kong. In May 1993, he was promoted to Secretary for the Treasury, where he was responsible for the overall allocation of resources, the taxation system and the cost effectiveness of the Hong Kong government.
In September [[1995]], Tsang was appointed [[Financial Secretary]], becoming the first [[Zhonghua Minzu|ethnic Chinese]] to hold the position. He was created a [[Order of the British Empire|Knight Commander in the Order of the British Empire]] in 1997 for his long-time service to Hong Kong, being knighted by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] in Government House hours before the handover. Tsang was also awarded the [[Hong Kong honours system|Grand Bauhinia Medal]] by the Hong Kong government in June [[2002]]. During his term as Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Hong Kong's public spending grew steadily as public revenue remained robust and government budget in surplus. Public expenditure to GDP rose to as high as 23%, though still the lowest among developed economies. He also approved a raise in civil servants' salary at the beginning of the Asian economic crisis. The salary raise was finally reversed, aligning civil servants' salary to 1997 levels.
During his six-year tenure, he steered Hong Kong through the [[Asian financial crisis]] that swept across the region in [[1997]] and [[1998]]. He worked with [[Joseph Yam]], chief executive of the [[Hong Kong Monetary Authority]] and waged war on the speculators attacking the [[Hong Kong dollar|Hong Kong currency peg]].
On [[May 1]], [[2001]], former Chief Secretary for Administration [[Anson Chan]] resigned her post, citing personal reasons. Tung then appointed Tsang to become the Chief Secretary and invited a civil service outsider, [[Antony Leung]], to take up the post of Financial Secretary.
As Chief Secretary, Tsang ranked second to the then [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]] [[Tung Chee Hwa]], advising him on matters of policy and deputising for him during his absence. He was also a member of the Tung's inner cabinet, the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]], which is also the highest policy-making body in Hong Kong. He assumed the post of acting Chief Executive when Tung's resignation was approved by the [[Central People's Government]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] on [[March 12]], [[2005]].
==Acting Chief Executive==
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According to <ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/basic_law/fulltext/content0204.htm Hong Kong Basic Law, Chapter IV, Section 1, Article 53]. Retrieved on 20-02-2007.</ref> of the [[Basic Law of Hong Kong|Basic Law]], if the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief executive]] resigns, the Chief Secretary will assume the duty as acting Chief Executive for a maximum of six months. At 17:30 (HKT) on [[March 10]], [[2005]] in Hong Kong, [[Tung Chee Hwa]] announced his resignation due to "health problems". The resignation was endorsed by the Central People's Government on [[March 12]], which also confirmed Tsang as Acting Chief Executive. Tsang then assumed power as head of the Hong Kong government. As Chief Secretary he served as acting [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] until [[May 25]], [[2005]], following [[Tung Chee Hwa#Resignation|Tung Chee Hwa's resignation]] on [[March 12]], [[2005]]. He resigned as Chief Secretary on the afternoon of [[May 25]], after the Chief Executive Election (Amendment) (Term of Office of the Chief Executive) Bill was passed at the [[Legislative Council]], and went on leave. Financial Secretary [[Henry Tang]] took up as acting Chief Executive. His resignation was accepted by the [[Central People's Government]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] on [[June 2]], [[2005]].
It was always clear that Beijing had already endorsed Tsang as the new Chief Executive and that he would be elected unopposed by the 800 members of the Election Committee on [[June 16]] [[2005]]. He was formally appointed by the [[Central People's Government]] as the Chief Executive on [[June 21]], [[2005]]. However, an interpretation of the Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made it clear that Tsang would only serve out the remaining two years of Tung Chee Hwa's term, rather than the full five years originally mooted. In 2007, he was re-elected for a full 5 year term.
On [[May 25]], [[2005]], Tsang resigned as [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] because of his intention to run for the post of Chief Executive<ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200505/25/05250244.htm SARG Statement on Resignation of CS], Hong Kong government press release, 25-05-2005. Retrieved on 20-02-2007.</ref>.
Mr Michael Suen. the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, became Acting Chief Secretary for Administration as soon as Tsang's resignation was accepted by the Central People's Government.
==Chief Executive election==
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Tsang's resignation as Chief Secretary was accepted by the [[Central People's Government]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] on [[June 2]], [[2005]]. [[David Li|David Li Kwok-po]] acted as his election campaign manager. Tsang stood on a platform of "Resolute, pragmatic action".
On June 15, he handed in his nomination form which bore the signatures of 674 of the approximately 800 members of [[Election Committee of Hong Kong|Election Committee]] which the [[Returning Officer]] determined that his nomination was valid<ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200506/15/06150310.htm Nomination for Chief Executive Election ruled valid], Hong Kong government press release, 15-06-2005. Retrieved on 20-02-2007.</ref>. Two other would be contenders failed to gain the necessary 100 election committee members' endorsements, and their nominations were declared invalid{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
During the Chief Executive election campaign, Donald Tsang received about HK$27.33 million sponsorship Tsang used only HK$4.12 million of the sponsorship. The remaining HK$23.21 million dollars would be donated to 14 charitable organizations.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
On [[June 21]], [[2005]], he was officially appointed Chief Executive of the HKSAR by the State Council of the Central People's Government to complete the remainder of Tung's term, which ended on [[June 30]], [[2007]]. Tsang has used [[Government House, Hong Kong|Government House]], as his residence.
==First term==
===Food safety===
After 80% of fish from the mainland China was found containing [[Malachite green]], forcing many fish stalls to close, fishermen and businessmen criticized the Tsang administration for acting too slowly. Subsequently, the approval rating of Tsang and his administration fell polls.
Fearing [[H5N1]] bird flu would came back to Hong Kong one day, Tsang announced that free fresh chicken sale would be replaced by a system of central slaughtering starting from [[2009]]. A slaughter house will be built in [[Sheung Shui]]<ref>[http://hk.news.yahoo.com/060823/60/1ru1k.html "Central Slaughter House to be built in Hung Kiu, Sheung Shui" (中央屠宰場擬設上水紅橋)], Yahoo Hong Kong News, 24-08-2006. Retrieved on 20-02-2007. (in [[Traditional Chinese]])</ref>.
===Relations with pan-democrats===
On [[August 30]], [[2005]], Tsang announced that the Guangdong Provincial Government invited all 60 members from the [[Legislative Council]] to visit [[Guangdong]] between [[September 25]] to [[September 26]], [[2005]]. This was the first chance for most of the pro-democrats such as [[Martin Lee]] to visit the mainland [[China]] since [[1989]].
Tsang has talked of discriminatory treatment of political parties and politicians, describing their relationships with him as either intimate or distant. This is what is known as the policy of friend-or-foe dichotomy (親疏有別). In June 2008, through praising [[Frederick Ma]], the former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, for his even-handedness with all political parties, [[Pro-democracy camp|pan-democratic politicians]] landed an indirect attack at Tsang's style.<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Yeung|title=A hard act to follow, and a blow to a team in a spot of trouble|publisher= ''[[South China Morning Post]]''|pages=A3|date=26 June 2008}}</ref>
===Political reform===
On [[November 30]], he televised appeal for support on the electoral reform package. Opposing the package publicly, thousands of Hong Kong people demanding immediate universal suffrage(63,000 as reported by the police, 81,000 - 98,000 by HKU-POP research team, at least 250,000 by the organisers) demonstrated against the reform package four days later. It was clear that Tsang would not change the reform package which was supported by about 60% of the population.
On [[December 21]], the Legislative vetoed his reform proposal as the government failed to get support from more than two third councillors. Some lawyers in Beijing said that if the problem can't be solved, Donald Tsang has the power to dissolve the [[Legco]] under the [[Basic Law]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
===Economic policies===
[[Henry Tang]] introduced the [[Goods and Services Tax (Hong Kong)|Goods and Services Tax]] (GST) to the public in early [[2006]]. Despite public opposition and opposition from all pro-Beijing and pan-democracy parties, Tsang publicly supported the GST in September 2006. The plan for the tax was shelved unexpectedly on 5 December 2006, prior to the end of the planned consultation period.<ref name=sunk>Chester Yung, [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=2&art_id=33467&sid=11208287&con_type=3&d_str=20061206&sear_year=2006 "Sales tax sunk"], ''[[The Standard]]'', 6 December 2006</ref>
Besides, Tsang announced that the Government no longer adopted the positive non-intervention policy in September 2006, further harming the relations between the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and the government.
===Environment===
Tsang has been criticized for not doing enough to improve Hong Kong's environment. In recent years high [[air pollution in Hong Kong|air pollution]] levels have been an increasing concern for people in Hong Kong, with pollutants from factories and power stations in China's industrial hinterland mixing with the fumes of the region's growing fleet of vehicles and wafting into the city on prevailing winds.The city has fallen in the rankings in several quality of life indices and there are worries that foreign firms will relocate to cleaner cities such as [[Singapore]] and [[Kuala Lumpur]]. Concerns over the pollution's effect on public health and the tourism industry are also rising. In mid-2006 Tsang launched the "[[Action Blue Sky Campaign]]" and outlined a comprehensive plan to tackle air pollution in Hong Kong and in collaboration with the neighbouring [[Guangdong province]]. Scepticism however remained among the expatriate and local population of Hong Kong and, in late November 2006, they ridiculed Tsang for citing the long life expectancy of Hong Kong residents as evidence of Hong Kong's high quality of life relative to other major cities in the East Asian region. <ref>{{cite web
| last = Jonathan Cheng
| title = Lot of hot air on pollution, claims Tien
| date = 2006-12-04
| publisher = [[The Standard]]
| url = http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=33289&sid=11176569&con_type=1&d_str=20061204&sear_year=2006
| accessdate = 2007-03-13 }}</ref>.
== Second term==
===Political Appointments System===
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The government named eight newly appointed Undersecretaries on 20 May 2008, and nine Political Assistants two days later, out of a total of 24 newly created positions ostensibly to work closely with bureau secretaries and top civil servants in implementing the Chief Executive's policy blueprint and agenda in an executive-led government. Tsang described the appointments as a milestone in the development of Hong Kong's political appointment system.<ref name=highhopes>Diana Lee, [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=66142&sid=19014731&con_type=1&d_str=20080521&sear_year=2008 "High hopes for appointees"], ''[[The Standard]]'', 21 May 2008</ref>
A row endured for three weeks over the appointees' foreign nationalities, experience and remuneration levels, and transparency of the selection process. Tsang apologised for not having arranged for the new appointees to meet the public, whilst maintaining there were important points of principle to defend vis à vis the appointees' remuneration and nationalities.<ref>Gary Cheng & Ambrose Leung, "Tsang offers partial apology on appointees", Pg A1, ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 11 June 2008</ref> Tsang was criticised for the lack of transparency over the appointments, and his apology was seen as 'grudging' and 'reluctant'.<ref>Chris Yeung, "It's going to take more than an apology to end the controversy", Pg A3, ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 11 June 2008</ref> A SCMP poll conducted by [[Taylor Nelson Sofres|TNS]] showed Tsang's popularity declining sharply following the three-week row over the introduction of the [[Political Appointments System]]; his disapproval rating rose from 18% to a record 24%, while his approval rating declined from 66% to 60.8% in the space of three weeks.<ref>Eva Wu, "Chief's ratings fall", Pg A3, ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 11 June 2008</ref> His approval/disapproval rating continued to deteriorate, and stood at 46 percent/37 percent as at early July 2008.<ref name=popularity>{{cite web|url= http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=68301&sid=19683640&con_type=1&d_str=20080709&sear_year=2008|title= Little joy for Tsang in popularity stakes|author= Beatrice Siu|publisher= ''[[The Standard]]''|date= July 9, 2008|accessdate=2008-07-15}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Politics of Hong Kong]]
* [[Alan Leong]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.ceo.gov.hk/eng/biography.htm Official Biography about Tsang]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4335331.stm BBC News: Profile: Donald Tsang]
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