13 Facts About Erick Tsang

Erick Tsang Kwok-wai is a Hong Kong government official.

Erick Tsang was Assistant Secretary for Security from 2003 to 2006.

Erick Tsang drew criticism for a prominently positioned photograph of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in his office.

In September 2020, when pro-democracy organizers planned to hold primaries for the 2020 Legislative Council, Erick Tsang said that candidates could be in breach of the National Security Law.

On 25 November 2020, Erick Tsang was spotted sleeping during Chief Executive Carrie Lam's annual Policy Address.

At a press conference two days later, Erick Tsang claimed that medication he took caused the drowsiness.

In January 2021, Erick Tsang commented on forcing district councillors to take an oath to pledge loyalty to the government, and said that under the National Security Law, this would be required.

In February 2021, Erick Tsang announced that under the government's plan to mandate district councillors take an oath of loyalty to the government, four pro-democracy district councillors would lose their seats.

In December 2021, Erick Tsang threatened The Wall Street Journal, after it published an editorial about the upcoming elections in Hong Kong.

In October 2022, Erick Tsang said that the policy of requiring only "patriots" to serve in the government may be expanded from the current policy of requiring civil servants, District Council members, as well as government schoolteachers to pledge loyalty to the government, to include key employees in statutory bodies and public utilities in the future.

In July 2023, Erick Tsang submitted legislation to ban insults to the flag of Hong Kong, including insults posted online, so that citizens could "consciously respect and love" the flag.

In October 2021, Erick Tsang's wife Louise Ho Pui-shan, born 1968, became Commissioner of Customs and Excise of Hong Kong, after a three-decade career in the service, while her younger sister Doris Ho Pui-ling - Erick Tsang's sister-in-law - has since January 2021 headed up the government's Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office.

Erick Tsang's wife was deemed a close contact, and underwent mandatory quarantine.