Hong Kong — It’s been a bumpy ride for Hong Kong residents, politicians and, in particular, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah since he gave his fourth budget speech this year. His proposals have been called short-sighted, and his reversal on the HK$6,000 cash handout ill-conceived....

Hong Kong — John Tsang Chun-wah, who was appointed financial secretary in July 2007, has lived on three continents and had held many top civil jobs. Tsang, 59, has spent much of his life abroad before settling in Hong Kong. As a youth he went to secondary school at La Salle College in Kowloon and...