Paul Tang (civil servant)

This article is about The Hong Kong civil servant. For the Dutch politician and MEP, see Paul Tang (politician).

The Honourable Paul Tang Kwok-wai JP
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	1958 (age 57–58) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Hong Kong
Political party	None
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong

Paul Tang Kwok-wai JP (Chinese: 鄧國威, born 1958) is a former Secretary for the Civil Service of Hong Kong.

Background

Tang graduated from 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]

References

↑ "Mr Paul Tang Kwok-wai, JP, Secretary for the Civil Service". Government of Hong Kong. July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ "Appointments of Permanent Secretaries". Civil Service Bureau. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

Political offices
Preceded by Denise Yue	Secretary for the Civil Service 2012–2015	Succeeded by Clement Cheung

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