life Tsang is the eldest of the five sons and one daughter. His younger brother Tsang Yam-pui, retired as the Police Commissioner in December 2003, after a career with the police in which he worked his way up to the top job from the rank of Probationary Inspector. His younger sister Katherine Tsang is chairperson of Standard Chartered Hong Kong. He married Selina Pou Siu-mei in 1969 and has two sons, Simon Tsang Hing-yin and Thomas Tsang Hing-shun. Tsang is a devout Roman Catholic and goes to Mass every morning, though his political viewpoints were bluntly criticised at times by Joseph Cardinal Zen, who was the Bishop of Hong Kong during Tsang's term as Chief Executive. Tsang is well known for his preference of wearing bow-ties. According to Associated Press, "the bow tie is such an integral part of Tsang's identity that he is nicknamed "Bow-tie Tsang". His nickname is widely known among Hong Kong people. According to a television interview, this preference started somewhere between 1988 and 1993, when Tsang's office was adjacent to Deputy Political Adviser Stephen Bradley, who himself wore bow-ties. Tsang felt comfortable with a bow-tie Bradley gave him, saying that its design brings fewer hurdles to its wearer than a necktie. Tsang is well known for keeping koi. He had a pond built for them in the garden of his official residence, Government House, at a cost of HK$300,000. His other hobbies include swimming, bird-watching and hiking. Footnotes See also Politics of Hong Kong List of bow tie wearers List of heads of regimes who were later imprisoned References External links Official Biography about Tsang BBC News: Profile: Donald Tsang Corpus of Political Speeches : Free access to political speeches by Donald Tsang and other Chinese politicians, developed by Hong Kong Baptist University Library |- 1944 births Chief Executives of Hong Kong Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong Cantonese people Financial Secretaries of Hong Kong Government officials of Hong Kong Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Harvard Kennedy School alumni Hong Kong Roman Catholics Hong Kong columnists Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal Alumni of Wah Yan Living people Hong Kong politicians convicted of crimes 20th-century Chinese politicians 21st-century Chinese politicians 20th-century Hong Kong people 21st-century Hong Kong people Heads of government who were later imprisoned