Tsang Yam-pui (; born 11 September 1946) is the former

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from January 2001 to December 2003. Tsang is also the brother of the former

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Donald Tsang Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...

. Their high positions in the government has referred both of them as the "Two high officials". In addition, Tsang's father was also a former Hong Kong police officer.

Career

Police

Tsang joined the Hong Kong Police in January 1966 as a Probationary Inspector. From 1987 to 1989 he was in charge of the Narcotics bureau. From 1992 to 1994 he was headed the criminal law division, including the commander for

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region. In 1995 he was director of crime and security department. From 1996 to 1999 he was deputy commissioner of police. In 2001, he became the HK Commissioner of Police and retired in 2003.

Property director

In May 2004, he joined property firm

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, a subsidiary of

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, as an executive director. Prior to his brother becoming

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, there were criticism in 2005 that Tsang Yam-pui moved from a position of highest trust (police commissioner) to an executive of a real estate firm, where the company's profit depend on the government's regulation. Tsang Yam-pui was further appointed as chief executive officer of NWS Holdings between July 2015 to December 2018. From January 2019, he became a non-executive director of the company.

Honours

Tsang was awarded several honours in recognition of his services including the

Queen's Police Medal The King's Police Medal (KPM) is awarded to police in the United Kingdom for gallantry or distinguished service. It was also formerly awarded within the wider British Empire, including Commonwealth countries, most of which now have their own hono ...

, the Colonial Police Medal, the

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, and the

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star, under the Order (distinction), honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system after the Handover of Hong Kong, transfer of sovere ...

in 2003 upon his retirement as the Commissioner of Police. * : ** Officer of the

(OBE) **

(QPM) **

UK Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service ribbon bar

Colonial Police Medal (CPM) **

Colonial Police Long Service Medal (1984) ** Colonial Police Long Service Medal First Clasps (1991) ** Colonial Police Long Service Medal Second Clasps (1996) * : **

Hong Kong Police Long Service Medal ** Hksar GBS

(GBS) (2003)

Controversy

NWS deal issue

As early as June 2003, New World Development wanted to convert the

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car park into a used car venue. After Tsang Yam-pui became director, and Donald Tsang became chief executive, the demand by New World was approved. Both brothers denied any association to this deal. A NWS spokesman even had to come out to say they were not involved.

Hair dye court case

As a commissioner, he engaged in a public dispute with a female senior inspector, Sharon Lim, who refused to remove highlights from her hair, which she had dyed since 1987. Tsang's rule of not allowing dyed hair in his police department went into effect in 2001. Lim was one of four policewomen who kept their hair dyed, and the case had to be settled in court.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsang, Yampui 1946 births Living people Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong Police commissioners Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Hong Kong recipients of the Queen's Police Medal Recipients of the Colonial Police Medal New World Development people Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Police officers from British Hong Kong