Tsang Yok-sing
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The Honourable Jasper Tsang Yok-sing GBM, JP |
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| 曾鈺成 | |
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| 2nd President of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 8 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Rita Fan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Leung |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Choy So-yuk |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Law |
| Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
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In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) |
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In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Starry Lee |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council | |
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In office 1 July 2002 – 15 October 2008 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 10 July 1992 – 2 December 2003 |
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| Preceded by | New party |
| Succeeded by | Ma Lik |
| Personal details | |
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17 May 1947 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 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 曾鈺成 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 曾钰成 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zēng Yù-chéng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jāng Yuhk-sìhng |
| Jyutping | Zang1 Juk6-sing4 |
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 studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at the University of Hong Kong and graduated with first class honours.
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