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HK appoints new tourism chief
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Prudence Lui, Hong Kong (2010-01-20)
PHILIP Yung Wai-hung will take over the post of Tourism Commissioner starting February 1. Currently the deputy secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport), Yung replaces Margaret Fong Shun-man whose short-stint and resignation shocked the trade.
Aged 48, Yung has spent the last 27 years in the Hong Kong civil service in departments such as Housing, Trade and Industry and the Constitutional Affairs Branch.
As with past tourism commissioners, trade leaders are skeptical of Yung's lack of solid travel trade background and feel it may take a while for the new commissioner to familiarise himself with the dynamic industry.
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