Wharton Club Lunch
with the Hon. John Tsang, Financial Secretary of H.K.
Date: Thursday, November 29th
Time: 12:00noon – 2:30pm
Venue: Foreign Correspondents Club (Main Dining Room)
North Block 2, Lower Albert Road, Central.
Charge: HKD350 per person
Dear all members,
The Wharton Club of Hong Kong invites you to lunch with the Hon. John Tsang on Nov 29th, 2007 at the FCC. Mr. Tsang will speak about financial markets followed by a Q & A session.
We can only accommodate a maximum of 80 people, so reservations will be on a “first come first serve” basis. Please make your reservation by return email to be followed by a cheque for HK$350.00 payable to “The Wharton Club of Hong Kong”. Please send the cheque (write down the name of the participant at the back of the cheque) to the following.
Harmony Asset Limited (Attn: Rossie Lee)
Room 1101 St. George's Building
2 Ice House Street, Central
Hong Kong.
For further information, please contact Rossie (Mr. Paul Cheng’s secretary : at 2865-3917 or email: rossie@harmonyasset.com.hk).
Mr. TSANG Chun-wah John, JP
Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
Mr. Tsang spent his secondary school years in La Salle College in Hong Kong and Stuwesant High School in New York City. He pursued his interest in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went on to receive a Master Degree in Bilingual Education from Boston State College and a Master Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Mr. Tsang worked in the Boston Public Schools prior to joining the Hong Kong civil service in November 1982. As a member of the Administrative Service, he served in a number of posts, including Administrative Assistant to the Financial Secretary, Assistant Director-General of Trade and Private Secretary to the Governor.
Mr. Tsang served following reunification in a number of different capacities, including Director General of the London Economic and Trade Office, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Secretary for Planning and Lands and Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands).
Mr. Tsang was appointed Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology in August 2003, and with the successful conclusion of the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong that he chaired in December 2005, he was appointed Director of the Chief Executive’s Office in January 2006. He was appointed Financial Secretary in July 2007.
Mr. Tsang is married with two children.