Former finance chief John Tsang to teach at University of Hong Kong
Defeated chief executive candidate has kept a low profile since election, but recently claimed ‘strong feeling that I have not been retired’
A university spokesman said on Tuesday Tsang would be an adjunct professor, but that “no specific arrangement of teaching or other works have been made yet, and there is no salary or payment involved.”
A source at HKU said Tsang had verbally agreed to take up the post, but declined to comment on why his name had already appeared on the department of politics and public administration’s webpage before all formalities had cleared. That addition appeared to have revealed the appointment when it went online on Monday.
Derek Yuen Mi-chang, an honorary assistant professor at the department, who was also on Tsang’s campaign team during his leadership run, said he thought Tsang would “be giving guest lectures rather than a whole course”.
“It is a bold and committed move for him,” Yuen said.
