Rowan Callick wrote the following in The AFR on February 17, 1998
“Despite his precise, almost Oxonian English, Sir Donald grew up in a crowded flat in a police barracks. A lifelong civil servant, he had to leave school to earn money and didn’t graduate until the Government talent-spotted him, much later, and sent him to Harvard where he topped his Master’s course in public administration.”
The same Rowan Callick copied and pasted the following into The AFR on March 12, 2005
“Despite his precise, almost Oxonian English, Tsang grew up in a crowded police barracks. A lifelong public servant, he left school to earn money and did not graduate until much later, when the government, recognising his innate talent, sent him to Harvard, where he topped his master’s course in public administration.”
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