Henry Tang

Quick Facts

Full Name	Henry Tang
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 6, 1952(1952-09-06)
Age	72
Birthplace	Happy Valley
Country	Hong Kong
Horoscope	Virgo

Henry Tang Biography

Henry Tang is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 6, 1952 in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Born 6 September 1952, Tang was at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Happy Valley, Wan Chai in British Hong Kong. His family worked in the textile industry. He came from Jiangsu, Wuxi to Hong Kong in 1949 in order to escape the communists taking control of the Chinese mainland. Henry Tang was born in British Hong Kong in 1952. After attending Culford School in Suffolk, England, Tang attended Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills and graduated from there. The University of Michigan awarded him a Bachelor of Arts degree. He graduated from the class of 1975.

He was the Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries from 1995 to 2001. He was also a Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Committee Member and Steward of Hong Kong Jockey Club. Before joining the government, he was the Chairman of the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board.

Tang was involved in the Harbour Fest controversy as Chairman of the Economic Relaunch Strategy Group responsible for pushing ahead with the plan to spend $100 million to revive the economy after SARS, and said that he should be held responsible. Tang had said that although Mike Rowse, a senior civil servant, had actually signed the contract, Rowse as such was not required to be held politically responsible. However, during a Working Group meeting on 31 October 2003 and during an independent inquiry in May 2004, Tang allegedly said Rowse had not acted improperly and that there had been no irregularity in the implementation of the event. Tang had also said that all parties had underestimated the complexity of the event and may have been too ambitious in organising it in such a short timespan. He later withdrew the remark: just before a government inquiry opened on November 2004, Tang requested the ERWG minutes be deleted. Internal governmental disciplinary process fined Rowse for misconduct, but a High Court judge quashed the government ruling on 4 July

2008. Political commentator Frank Ching pointed to the huge credibility gap of the government. He noted that Tang’s attempt to shift political responsibility from himself, as the minister responsible, to a senior civil servant, was a travesty of justice for Rowse, and went against the Accountability System.

Tang took up his commerce post in July 2002 as part of a line-up of new secretaries aimed at improving the government’s transparency. He was promoted from Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology to Finance Secretary on 4 August 2003 replacing Antony Leung. Leung resigned on 16 July 2003 due to allegations of tax evasion in regards to his new car. Tang briefly served (25 May to 21 June 2005) as acting Chief Executive after Tung Chee Hwa, the former Chief Executive who resigned citing health reasons.

Tang was awarded the Young Industrialist of Hong Kong award 1989 and was named Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum 1993.

Henry Tang Net Worth

Henry Tang is one of the richest Politician from Hong Kong. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Henry Tang 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Henry Tang Yingyen, GBM. GBS., JP (Chinese : Tang Ying Nian – born 6 September 1952 in Hong Kong) was a Hong Kong politician. He served as Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2011. From 2003 to 2007, he was Financial Secretary. He lost the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2012 to Leung Chunying.

Henry Tang is widely believed to have been a graduate of Yale University’s Graduate School and to have received a master’s in sociology. These credentials were submitted to David Wilson, the then-Governor of Hong Kong in 1991-1992. There is no evidence to suggest that he obtained this degree.

Tang was a member of the Executive Council from the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 to 2011. He served as a member of the Legislative Council for seven years from 1991 to 1998 as a member of the Liberal Party, a pro-business and pro- Beijing party, prior to joining the government.

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On 21 January 2011, Leung Kwok-hung led a group of protesters to a public forum with a toy model car. He then smashed the car in front of Henry Tang to represent a fatal car crash. On 30 January 2011 eight youth groups including Hong Kong Federation of Students marched to New World Development, Li Ka Shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings in Central and accused the government of colluding with businesses in maximising profits while squeezing the poor. The students criticised Tang and the government for policies that benefit the upper class only like no real estate tax duty, reduction of wine and profit tax. The students said the whole HK is at the mercy of real estate developers.

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Henry Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Hong Kong. Henry Tang celebrates birthday on September 6 of every year.

On 28 September 2011, in a widely trailed move, Tang resigned from his post, and then in late November announced his candidacy for Chief Executive. He was widely believed to be preferred by Beijing, and hence quickly received support from many financial heavyweights, including Former Monetary Authority chief Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, HSBC Asia-Pacific chief executive Peter Wong Tung-shun, and ‘Father of Lan Kwai Fong’, Allan Zeman. However, in an unprecedented turn of events, including a series of scandals and dramatically reduced levels of public support, the final vote by the Election Committee saw him lose to Leung Chun-ying.