Erick Tsang
Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, IDSM (Chinese: 曾國衞; born 1 September 1963) is a Hong Kong government official. Since 2020, he has been Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, one of the principal officials of Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was Director of Immigration.
Tsang joined the Immigration Department in 1987 and rose through the ranks to Principal Immigration Officer in 2009. He was Assistant Secretary for Security from 2003 to 2006. In 2012, he became Assistant Director of Immigration and then in 2014, Deputy Director of Immigration. In April 2016, he was appointed Director of Immigration.[1]
In April 2020, State Council of the People's Republic of China appointed Tsang Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs,[2] replacing Patrick Nip, days after the department had failed to reflect Beijing's controversially changed position on the status of the Liaison Office under Hong Kong's Basic Law.[3][4] He also drew criticism for a prominently positioned photograph of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in his office.[5]
His wife, Losise Ho, is the Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Excise of Hong Kong.
References
- ^ "Mr Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, IDSM, Director of Immigration".
- ^ "Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)". Hong Kong Government. 20 April 2020.
- ^ Ho, Kelly (2020-04-21). "Mainland affairs minister Patrick Nip replaced following apology over Beijing office row". Hong Kong Free Press. HKFP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Cheung, Gary (2020-04-21). "Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to announce major cabinet reshuffle with four ministers leaving and another transferred, sources reveal". SCMP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Lung, Natalie (2020-04-22). "Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam Replaces Five Ministers in Cabinet Reshuffle". Hong Kong Free Press. HKFP. Retrieved 2020-04-24.