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Trouble at top of Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission as senior staff quit, sparking fears about performance and diversity

Three experienced officers handling applications for help from Hongkongers leave the equality watchdog within six months, raising fears about the body’s efficacy

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Lawmakers and activists feared the loss of such high-ranking officers would compromise the watchdog’s operations. Photo: Felix Wong

Renewed concern has arisen about the capability of Hong Kong’s equality watchdog after it emerged that three senior staff overseeing its complaint services department had left within six months.

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The division’s director departed the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in December, and two chief officers quit earlier this year, with one said to have been sacked last month, the Post has learned.

According to sources, a fourth officer, also of senior rank, stepped down after being offered a contract shorter than the usual three-year term.

The departures were seen by some as fallout from a complaint the division lodged against EOC chairman Alfred Chan Cheung-ming about his leadership style.

Lawmakers and activists meanwhile feared the loss of such high-ranking experienced officers would compromise the watchdog’s operations.

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EOC chairman Alfred Chan Cheung-ming. Photo: Dickson Lee
EOC chairman Alfred Chan Cheung-ming. Photo: Dickson Lee
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