Paul Tang

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The Honourable
Paul Tang Kwok-wai
JP
鄧國威
Secretary for the Civil Service
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2012
Preceded by Denise Yue
Personal details
Born 1958 (age 5657)
Nationality  Hong Kong
Political party None

Paul Tang Kwok-wai JP (Chinese: 鄧國威, born 1958) is the Secretary for the Civil Service of Hong Kong.

Background

In 1978, Tang began his civil servant career in the Administrative Service. He was appointed as Deputy Secretary for the Environment and Food in 2000. A year later, Tang was Deputy Secretary for Transport, which later became Deputy Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works. In 2003, he began serving as Director of Social Welfare. Tang was appointed as Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Labour) and Commissioner for Labour in 2007. After the government re-organisating in July 2007, he served as Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare until 2012, which he was appointed as Secretary for the Civil Service.[1][2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Denise Yue
Secretary for the Civil Service
2012–present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Fanny Law
Non-official member of the Executive Council
Hong Kong order of precedence
Secretary for the Civil Service
Succeeded by
Ko Wing-man
Secretary for Food and Health