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Hong Kong: Competition watchdog CEO Stanley Wong steps down

By  |  March 8, 2016

The chief executive officer of the city’s competition watchdog, Dr Stanley Wong, stepped down on Monday due to health reasons.

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    Wong will remain with the Competition Commission as an honorary adviser, commission chairwoman Anna Wu Hung-yuk said in an announcement the same day.

    Rose Webb, the commission’s senior executive director since April 2014, has been appointed to take up Wong’s position effective immediately, until September 2 next year.

    “Dr Wong has shown exemplary leadership, particularly in the run-up to the full commencement of the Competition Ordinance on December 14, 2015,” Wu said, adding that his contributions to the drafting of the “very practical and local-focused” Competition Guidelines should be highlighted.

    Full content: South China Morning Post

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