Profile of Hong Kong gov't official: Benjamin Tang

    HONG KONG, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Benjamin Tang was appointed Saturday by China's Central People's Government as the Director of Audit for the third-term Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, on the nomination of HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang.

    The following is Tang's brief biography:

    Aged 55, Tang joined the Hong Kong civil service as an Administrative Officer in October 1974, after graduating from the University of Hong Kong in Economics and Sociology and a brief stint working in the private sector. He also studied at the Oxford University, the London Business School and the Toronto International Leadership Center for Financial Sector Supervision.

    Tang served in various departments and worked in policy areas that covered district administration, sports and culture, transport, municipal services and the environment. His career also included working in the Hong Kong Government Office in London in the mid 80s and the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the early 90s.

    He was the Government Printer from March 1998 to January 2000 and the Commissioner of Insurance from January 2000 to November 2003. Tang left the Administrative Service and took up the post of Director of Audit in December 2003.

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