Antony Leung
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Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS, JP |
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| 梁錦松 | |
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| Financial Secretary of Hong Kong | |
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In office 29 May 2001 – 16 July 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Tsang |
| Succeeded by | Henry Tang |
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29 January 1952 Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Fu Mingxia |
| Alma mater |
Ying Wa College University of Hong Kong Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Greater China at the The Blackstone Group CEO at Nan Fung Group Chairman at New Frontier Visiting professor at the Nankai University |
| Religion | Christianity |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁錦松 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 梁锦松 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liáng Jǐnsōng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Loeng4 Gam2 Cung4 |
Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS JP (born 29 January 1952 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong) is a businessman who served as Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), from 29 May 2001 until his resignation on 16 July 2003.
He was embroiled in a financial scandal in early 2003 after it was revealed he had bought an expensive Lexus car shortly before imposing a new car tax, creating a controversy over conflict of interest that earned him the nickname "Lexus Leung" and which ultimately led to his resignation in July of that year.
Leung was educated in Hong Kong. He received his secondary education in Ying Wa College and holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree, majoring in economics and statistics, from The University of Hong Kong. During his university studies, he actively participated in student activities and was concerned with political issues. It had been a long-term goal of Leung to be Financial Secretary, according to some classmates. He completed the Harvard Business School's Programme in Management Development in 1982 and the Advanced Management Programme in 1999. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1998.
Leung started his banking career as a currency trader and spent 23 years with Citicorp where he took up regional management positions in investment, corporate and private banking in Hong Kong, New York, Singapore and Manila. Leung rose to senior management positions at big international banks in Hong Kong. He joined Chase Manhattan Corporation in 1996, where he rose to the rank of Asia-Pacific chairman. He oversaw the Asia-Pacific operation of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which became the No.2 U.S. bank when commercial bank Chase Manhattan bought Wall Street investment firm J.P.Morgan in 2000. He relocated to Singapore shortly before he resigned from J.P.Morgan to become Financial Secretary.
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