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The time has come for innovation minister Nicholas Yang to show what he can do at the Science Park now that its strong-willed boss, Fanny Law, is on her way
People who have worked with outgoing Science Park boss Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun have known her to be strong-willed, if not arrogant. So it’s hardly a surprise that she didn’t work well with Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung.
In remarks made after it was announced she would not be reappointed when her term ends this month, she effectively confirmed the conflict when she said she could be “blunt” when “speaking truth to the rich and powerful”.
Outgoing Hong Kong science park boss Fanny Law has ‘no regrets’
Never mind that as a former top civil servant, ex-commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and currently a member of the Executive Council, she has been one of those powerful figures.
Her statement is nevertheless seen as a veiled criticism of Yang.
But while Yang has yet to inspire public confidence as the tech tsar, few people are upset to see the back of Law. A trusted adviser to former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, but one who had no previous professional background in the hi-tech field, it was hard to understand why she got the job in the first place.