Erick Tsang
Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, IDSM is a Hong Kong government official. Since 2020, he has been Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, one of the principal officials of Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was Director of Immigration.
Tsang joined the Immigration Department in 1987 and rose through the ranks to Principal Immigration Officer in 2009. He was Assistant Secretary for Security from 2003 to 2006. In 2012, he became Assistant Director of Immigration and then in 2014, Deputy Director of Immigration. In April 2016, he was appointed Director of Immigration.
In April 2020, State Council of the People's Republic of China appointed Tsang Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, replacing Patrick Nip, days after the department had failed to reflect Beijing's controversially changed position on the status of the Liaison Office under Hong Kong's Basic Law. He also drew criticism for a prominently positioned photograph of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in his office.
It was announced in January 2019 that Tsang's wife, Louise Ho, would become the Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Excise of Hong Kong.
