Peter Tsao

Peter Kwang Yung Tsao CBE (Chinese: 曹廣榮) (born October 7 1933 in Shanghai, death June 6 2005 in Thailand) was a career civil servant of Hong Kong Tsao was Secretary for Administrative Services and Information (行政司) and Secretary for Home Affairs (政務司) of colonial Hong Kong Government from 1985 to 1991. He was the first ethnic Chinese person to be in a secretary-level position during colonial administration. He was described as "Bad Boy Tsao" in headlines in 1986 when he was posted to Brussels as representative for Hong Kong trade relations with the European Union.

*1933 - born in Shanghai
*1950 - emigrated to Hong Kong, educated at St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong
*1955 - worked at Royal Observatory as computing officer (grade III), married for the first time with 余潔芳, with two sons (建中, 建華) and a daughter (慧芸), later worked as hygiene officer and assistant trade officer at the government
*1979 - Director of Trade, Industry and Customs
*1981 - Director of Industry
*1983 - Director of Information Services, married for the second time with 陳鳳好
*1986 - Representative to Brussels
*1986 - Secretary for Administrative Services and Information
*1989 - CBE
*1990 - Secretary for Home Affairs - ranking fourth in the colonial hierarchy
*1991 - Retired
*1993 - married for the third time, wife (宋丞) is a Thai
*2005 - died in Thailand