Mr. Tang King Shing 鄧竟成先生
Ex-Commissioner of Police
HKSAR Government

Mr Tang King Shing joined the Hong Kong Police in 1976 as an Inspector and holds a Master’s degree in International and Public Affairs.
He spent a large part of his early career in operational duties including attachments to the Police Tactical Unit and the Force's counter terrorist Special Duties Unit before being promoted to the rank of Superintendent in 1986. He was further promoted to Senior Superintendent in 1992 and Chief Superintendent of Police in 1996. During this period he served primarily in the uniform branch with postings as District Commander Airport, Chief Superintendent Special Duty for the 1997 Handover of Sovereignty Ceremonies, District Commander of Mongkok District, as well as Deputy Regional Commander of Hong Kong Island Region.
He advanced to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in 1999 and served as ACP Personnel until his promotion to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police in March 2002, when he became the Director of Operations. He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police in December 2003 and as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) took over responsibility for all aspects of the operational policing of the Force. His appointment as Commissioner of Police was effective from 16 January 2007.
Mr Tang has attended various enhancement courses in the past years. He is also the first officer to receive the 'Bramshill International Leadership in Policing Award' from the National Police Improvement Agency, UK in 2007.