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Jasper Tsang

The Honourable
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
GBM, JP
曾鈺成
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2nd President of the Legislative Council
In office
8 October 2008 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by Rita Fan
Succeeded by Andrew Leung
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 October 2008 – 30 September 2016
Preceded by Choy So-yuk
Succeeded by Nathan Law
Constituency Hong Kong Island
In office
21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 September 2008
Succeeded by Starry Lee
Constituency Kowloon West
Non-official Member of the Executive Council
In office
1 July 2002 – 15 October 2008
Appointed by Tung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang
Preceded by Tam Yiu-chung
Succeeded by Lau Kong-wah
Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
In office
10 July 1992 – 2 December 2003
Preceded by New party
Succeeded by Ma Lik
Personal details
Born (1947-05-17) 17 May 1947 (age 69)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Nationality Hong Kong Chinese
Political party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Spouse(s) Young Sun-yee (divorced)
Ng Kar-man (m. 2009)
Alma mater St Paul's College
University of Hong Kong (BA, Cert.Ed., MEd)
Occupation Politician
Signature
Jasper Tsang
Traditional Chinese 曾鈺成
Simplified Chinese 曾钰成

Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, GBM, JP (Chinese: 曾鈺成; born 17 May 1947) was the 2nd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is the founding Chairman of the largest Beijing-loyalist party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) from 1992 to 2003. He was first elected to the Provisional Legislative Council in 1996 and had represented the Kowloon West constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2008 until he ran for the Hong Kong Island constituency and subsequently elected as the President of the Legislative Council since. Being the leading figure of the pro-Beijing camp, he is considered relatively liberal-minded in the camp. After his announcing his retirement from the Legislative Council, he expressed that he may run for the 2017 CE election.

Tsang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China on 17 May 1947. Tsang's father, Tsang Chiu-kan was a clerk at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, a pro-Beijing business organisation in the colony. His younger brother, Tsang Tak-sing, is the former Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong. He moved to Hong Kong when he was two years old and grew up in Sai Wan's Academic Terrace.Tsang received his primary and secondary education at St. Paul's College run by the Hong Kong Anglican Church. He read Mathematics at the University of Hong Kong, graduating with first class honours.


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