Tsang Tak-sing is the younger brother of Jasper Tsang, who was the legislative councillor and former chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.
15 Facts About Tsang Tak-sing
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Tsang Tak-sing is regarded as pro-Beijing with a long history of supporting the Chinese Communist Party.
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Tsang Tak-sing is a leftist who participated in the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots, when he was an Upper Form Six science student at St Paul's College.
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An elite student in a prestigious school, Tsang Tak-sing had no ties with the leftist camp, but he was disgusted by the colonial government's oppression and viewed current society as decadent.
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Tsang Tak-sing branded the instruction at his school as simplistic, with many teachers not meeting the English level required for teaching.
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Tsang Tak-sing drew up plans with a few classmates to support the leftist movement, and they distributed 375 leaflets in classrooms during lunchtime.
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Tsang Tak-sing was arrested on 28 September 1967 after distributing anti-government and Communism promotion leaflets, which condemned "the education system aiming at enslavement", "The Colonial Government prohibits us from becoming patriotic, by quelling with fascist forces", around the entrance of his school.
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Tsang Tak-sing denied the charge and told the court that what he said in the leaflets was true and did not constitute sedition.
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Tsang Tak-sing was interviewed by Andrew Li Kwok-nang while serving his term.
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Li was deeply impressed by Tsang Tak-sing, describing him as having "exceptional intellectual qualities" and remarking that he arrived at his conclusions through independent analysis, unlike most Hong Kong students.
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Tsang Tak-sing became chief editor of Ta Kung Pao in 1988.
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Tsang Tak-sing has been a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress since the same year and was appointed an adviser to the Central Policy Unit in 1998.
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Tsang Tak-sing obtained from the University of Hong Kong two master degrees: Master of International and Public Affairs and Master of Arts in Comparative Literature.
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Tsang Tak-sing was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University from 1994 to 1995.
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On 30 March 2009 Tsang Tak-sing made a historic visit to Taipei.