File photo of Tsang Kwok-wai, newly appointed director of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. [Photo: CRI]

The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Tuesday appointed Tsang Kwok-wai as director of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, replacing Chan Kwok-ki.

The State Council said in a statement that the appointment, based on the nomination of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, was in accordance with the SAR's Basic Law.