Patrick Ho
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The Honourable Tsang Tak-sing GBS, JP |
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| 何志平 | |
| Secretary for Home Affairs | |
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In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007 |
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| Chief Executive |
Tung Chee-hwa Sir Donald Tsang |
| Chief Secretary | Donald Tsang Michael Suen(acting) Rafael Hui |
| Preceded by | Lam Woon-kwong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 67–68) British Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Alma mater | Diocesan Boys' School |
Patrick Ho Chi-ping JP (Chinese: 何志平; pinyin: Hé Zhìpíng) was born in Hong Kong, studied in the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong. He won a scholarship and educated in USA for 16 years. He is an ophthalmologist, and Hong Kong's former Secretary for Home Affairs, who trained in eye surgery with special expertise in retinal surgery, he was a fellow at Harvard Medical School. He returned to Hong Kong in 1984 and taught eye surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as Professor of Ophthalmology. From 1988–2000, he was Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Preparatory Committee of the SAR. From 2002, he was the Secretary for Home Affairs and retired from his cabinet post on 1 July 2007.
Since 1993, he has been a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th (National) Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee, and in 1995, he was appointed as a member of the Preparatory Committee of the first Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government. He was the vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute. In 1997, he became a member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong SAR, China.
His wife is the former Taiwanese actress Sibelle Hu. His daughter is Audrey Ho Ka Chun
In 2002, he joined the second term HKSAR Government as a Cabinet Member and the Secretary for Home Affairs with a policy portfolio ranging from district administration, human rights, arts and culture, sports and recreation, youth and religious matters, gaming and charities, to overall liaison with the civil society. His contributions are:
He believed Hong Kong, a leading offshore Renminbi centre, could play a role in advancing the internationalisation of the yuan and help make it a global reserve currency, compared financial security to energy security and national security, saying they shared a common core principle, which is to serve the national interest and maintain stability. Also, Hong Kong must once again seek new economic solutions through the "One Country, Two Systems".
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