Paul Tang Kwok-wai JP (Chinese: 鄧國威, born 13 January 1956) is a former Secretary for the Civil Service of Hong Kong.
Paul Tang Kwok-wai | |
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鄧國威 | |
| Secretary for the Civil Service | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 21 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Denise Yue |
| Succeeded by | Clement Cheung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1956 British Hong Kong |
| Political party | None |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄧國威 | ||||||||
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Background
Tang graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1978. In the same year, Tang began his civil servant career in the Administrative Service. He was appointed as Deputy Secretary for the Environment and Food in 2000. A year later, Tang was Deputy Secretary for Transport, which later became Deputy Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works.
In 2003, he began serving as Director of Social Welfare. Tang was appointed as Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Labour) and Commissioner for Labour in 2007. After the government re-organisating in July 2007, he served as Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare until 2012, which he was appointed as Secretary for the Civil Service.[1][2]