Tsang Chun-Wah

TALKING POINTS

Talking points

10 May 2013

Financial secretary meets filibuster lawmakers

4:43AM

Is Tsang the best financial secretary HK can find?

29 Jun 2012

Incoming chief executive C.Y. Leung announced his new government line-up yesterday, and John Tsang Chun-wah is to stay on as financial secretary.

6:53PM

Wide of the mark again?

2 Feb 2012

John Tsang Chun-wah's fifth budget speech was full of dire warnings about hard economic times ahead.

6:27AM

Tsang's Islamic finance centre bid may end up in quicksand

8 Apr 2008

'Indeed, Dubai IFC [International Financial Centre] and Hong Kong have much in common as financial centres. We have both built and developed our financial architecture around our core belief in...

12:43AM

Retiring later worth considering: minister

7 Mar 2008

Extending Hong Kong's traditional retirement age was 'worth serious consideration' given the city's ageing population and its need to attract more talent, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah...

9:37PM

Pan-democrats plan joint push over old-age allowance

29 Feb 2008

Pan-democrats are planning a united effort to press for an increase in the old-age allowance, a request denied in the budget.

8:55PM

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

Singapore interbank rates manipulation claims are hyped

5:29AM

Enoch Yiu

Qianhai the likely winner in the rush for Hong Kong investment

4:35AM

The great giveaway

HK$75 billion in budget handouts for everyone; 75pc tax rebate; duty on wine and beer scrapped; HK$50 billion set aside for future health care fund

8:49PM

Initiatives for the elderly don't go far enough, lobby groups say

Nearly half a million elderly people will receive a one-off old-age-allowance bonus of HK$3,000. Officials will also complete a review of the scheme by the end of the year.

The...

8:48PM

Weather blamed for fresh-meat shortage

No fresh beef will be available for sale in Hong Kong today, and the retail price of pork jumped more than 10 per cent yesterday.

The major livestock importer said bad weather had...

4:43PM

Power of the press remains as watchdog

John Tsang Chun-wah was certainly not sweet-talking media bosses when he used a speech last week to dwell on the power of the press and broadcasters to shape politics.

1:18PM

Rogue IDD firms face crackdown

The government is getting tougher on external telecoms service (ETS) providers who offer IDD services without a licence, as part of efforts to placate fixed-line operators who claim 'tens of...

1:06AM

Artfully asking all the correct questions

'We consulted the public and received widespread support for the canopy concept. The public thinks it is a very creative idea.'

Thomas Tso Man-tai,

Deputy Secretary for...

7:09PM