Mr. TANG Yi Hoi Hermes, has joined the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (‘‘HKSAR’’) in 1985. Mr. Tang subsequently joined the Customs and Excise Department in 1987 and he took up the Commissioner of Customs and Excise post in July 2017 and retired in October 2021. Mr. Tang was appointed as Justices of the Peace (JP) in October 2022.

 
Mr. Tang has been awarded seven Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise’s Commendations between 1992 and 2006; Commissioner of Customs and Excise’s Commendation in 1997; Hong Kong Customs and Excise Long Service Medal in 2005, with the first and second clasps in 2012 and 2017 respectively; Hong Kong Customs and Excise Medal for Meritorious Service in 2014; Hong Kong Customs and Excise Medal for Distinguished Service in 2019; and the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2021.

Mr. Tang holds a Bachelor Degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD — the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (France) and the Advanced Management Programme at the National Academy of Governance (China).