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Gilly Wong
Gilly Wong
Gilly Wong is the chief executive of Consumer Council in Hong Kong, and the vice-president of Consumers International, a federation of consumer organisations worldwide with over 240 members from 120 countries. She is active in public service, and current represents the council on many public bodies including the Competition Commission's Competition Policy Advisory Group and the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food.

With the convenience of online products and services comes risks, including of companies that access too much of consumers’ personal information, and the government needs to adapt legislation to this reality.

The taxi trade’s objections to the Consumer Council’s proposal to liberalise the market progressively do not stand up to scrutiny. Modest changes must be introduced to increase consumer choice and raise service quality.

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