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    Finiancial Secretary

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    Hong Kong's new financial secretary Henry Tang said he looks forward to the tough challenge of reviving the economy and admitted to feeling a bit tense in his first day on the job.
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    I came to know that the Financial Secretary is no Economist?? Hez just a business man??? Is that true??


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    The Hon Henry TANG Ying-yen, JP

    Yes he is famously known for not being an economist, he has simlar background to Mt Tung except that he went to the States, and not to the UK, and runs the family textile business as opposed to Mr Tung who ran a Shipping company. Perhaps even more infamusly described as"equine visaged by Hemlock
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    from the HKCOC website

    The Hon Henry TANG Ying-yen, JP

    Henry Tang graduated from the University of Michigan, USA, and is Chairman of Peninsula Knitters Limited, and Meadville Technologies Group Limited. He served as a Legislative Councillor from 1991 to 1997, and has been an Executive Councillor of the Hong Kong SAR since 1997.

    An awardee of the Young Industrial Council in 1989, Mr Tang is Honorary Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. He is also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanghai Committee. He is a steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Mr Tang also served on the Chief Executives Commission on Innovation and Technology from 1998-1999.