John Tsang

Born and raised in Hong Kong, John emigrated to the United States when he was a Form II student at La Salle College. He continued his education at Stuyvesant High School in New York City and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to complete master’s degrees in Bilingual Education at Boston State College and in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He worked in the Boston Public Schools as a teacher and in curriculum development. John returned to work as a public official, an Administrative Officer, in the Hong Kong Government in 1982, and after 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. During his 30 plus years in public service, he took up a number of posts relating to commerce and finance. After reunification, he was appointed Director-General of the Economic and Trade Office in London, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Secretary for Planning and Lands, Secretary for Commerce, Innovation and Tec