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...that he had resigned. While Tung said he was leaving because the job was wearing him down, China's leaders have clearly telegraphed in recent months their unhappiness with Tung's inability to run Hong Kong to their satisfaction. How will his successor, 60-year-old Chief Secretary Donald Tsang, fare? That's one of the many questions being asked about Hong Kong's new leader. Here are the critical ones, and the answers to them...
...Donald Tsang? Unlike Tung, the Shanghai-born heir to a Hong Kong shipping empire, Tsang does not come from a privileged background. The eldest son of a policeman, Tsang joined the civil service?Hong Kong's iron rice bowl?soon after high school. His diligence and loyalty pleased his British masters, who sent him to Harvard to get a master's in public administration and granted him a knighthood. Tsang acted as a crucial bridge during Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997, and fought off currency speculators during the Asian financial crisis, postcolonial Hong Kong's first...
...What's he like? He's personable and sociable, and loves to banter, even with opposition legislators. Tsang is a devout Roman Catholic?he was educated at a Jesuit school?and worships daily at St. Joseph's Church near his office. Favorite item of clothing: colorful bow ties...
...feel about him? They like the fact that he's a career civil servant. "After Tung, Beijing prefers a man with experience in government," says Ma Ngok, a political scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Beijing also prefers someone who won't rock the boat. Tsang, a lifelong bureaucrat trained to follow rather than give orders, fits the bill. Indeed, during a press conference last week, he repeatedly stressed how important stability was to Hong Kong. Moreover, with Tsang at the helm, at least the fa?ade is maintained of a Hong Kong person running Hong Kong...
...Tsang in Hong Kong? The 170,000-strong civil service supports him. The general public like him, too. A poll taken last month by the University of Hong Kong ranks Tsang as one of the territory's most popular leaders, with an approval rating of over...