Former Hong Kong police officer and chief executive’s communications secretary to be government’s new information coordinator
- Ex-police officer John Tse, the chief executive’s communications secretary, to take on government information coordinator’s role unfilled since 2017
- Tse, who led police media conferences during the 2019 disturbances, worked closely with John Lee who was security chief at the time
A Hong Kong policeman turned public relations adviser is the government’s new information coordinator and will spearhead its communications from Saturday in a role left unfilled for seven years.
John Tse Chun-chung, who joined the force in 1999, is Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s communications secretary at present.
He became a well-known face during the social unrest in 2019 when he led the force’s daily press conferences while still a serving chief superintendent.
Lee, security chief at the time and who worked closely with Tse during the disturbances, asked him to join the Chief Executive’s Office after he was elected in 2022.
“Mr Tse … has served in various positions in frontline departments and bureaus with years of experience in communication with the media,” a spokesman for the Chief Executive’s Office said on Friday.
“In the past two years, he has served as the communications secretary in the Chief Executive’s Office, where he formulated public relations strategies and planned public functions for the chief executive, and managed the chief executive’s social media arrangements, demonstrating outstanding performance,” he added.