Biographical note of SHA

Mr Tsang was appointed as the Secretary for Home Affairs on July 1, 2007.

Before taking up his current post, he served as Member of the Central Policy Unit from July 1998 to June 2007.

Mr Tsang had been engaged in journalistic work for nearly 30 years before joining the Government.

Mr Tsang holds two Master's degrees from the University of Hong Kong: Master of International and Public Affairs; and Master of Arts in Comparative Literature. Mr Tsang was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 1994 to 1995.

He was elected to the 7^th, 8^th, 9^th and 10^th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.