Communications Association of Hong Kong

Miss Eliza Lee is the Director-General of Telecommunications of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She heads the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) which is responsible for the regulation of the telecommunications industry and the management of the radio spectrum in Hong Kong. Miss Lee is appointed as the Telecommunications Authority under the Telecommunications Ordinance and is responsible for exercising the statutory powers under the Ordinance on licensing, determination of interconnection terms, management of radio spectrum, management of telecommunications numbers, making technical standards and enforcement of the provisions safeguarding fair competition. She is also a member of the Broadcasting Authority.

Before taking up her current post in OFTA, Miss Lee was the Deputy Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Welfare) and was responsible for policy matters relating to combating domestic violence, family and youth social welfare services, vocational training and retraining. Before that, she had served in the Office of the Director of Administration of the Chief Secretary's Office, the former Trade and Industry Department, the former Transport Branch and the former Recreation and Culture Branch.

Mr. Fred Lam, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the statutory organisation responsible for promoting and developing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's external trade.

Mr Lam heads an international team whose mission is to create and facilitate opportunities in international trade for Hong Kong-based companies. The Council, with its network of more than 40 offices in key business centres, is the global marketing arm of Hong Kong's small and medium-sized enterprises. TDC also markets Hong Kong internationally as the global platform for business in China and the Asia-Pacific.

Since joining TDC in 1986, Mr Lam has held key Directorate posts and spearheaded many promotional initiatives. From 1993 until early 2004, Mr Lam served as a Deputy Executive Director. He has worked closely with leaders of industry and service sector associations.

Mr. Hubert Ng, with more than 30 years in the technology industry, was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong CSL Limited (CSL) from February, 2001 to July 2007. He brought to CSL over 20 years of senior management telecommunications expertise in business planning and development, operations, sales and marketing. Mr. Ng was formerly President of PCCW Mobility Services.

Mr. Ng had served in the Executive Committee of CAHK for over 10 years from 1995 and was elected as the Chairman of the association from 1996-2000. Mr. Ng has been appointed as a Council Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in January, 2004 and a member of the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee (D21SAC) by the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology in October, 2004.

Mr. Tony Hau ,Director of Chinamotion Telecare (HK) Limited, a value-added service provider in Hong Kong and mainland China. With more than 30 years in the telecom industry, Mr. Hau was appointed as Director & General Manager of Shenda Telephone Company Limited, a joint venture between Chinese PTT and Cable & Wireless Plc., from 1985 to 1989. He was the Founder and Chairman of China Motion Telecommunication International Limited, a public listed company in Hong Kong Stock Exchange, from1990 to 2006.

Mr. Hau had served in the Executive Committee of CAHK for over 10 years from 1995 and was elected as the Chairman of the association from 2000-2006. Mr. Hau has been appointed as a member of the Media and Communications Services Advisory Committee (2001-2005) and the China Trade Advisory Committee (2004-2008) of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

Honorary Legal Advisor

We have the honor to appoint Hogan Lovells as our Honorary Legal Advisor for the Association. Their scope of representation can be summarized as below :

To represent CAHK members in advising, helping and responding to consultation papers or draft guidelines as issued by OFTA or relevant government departments.
On particular projects, where CAHK has gathered responses to consultation papers or other documents as issued by government departments, Hogan Lovells will assist in consolidating and coordinating these responses in order to further the interest of its members.
Hogan Lovells will also be able to assist CAHK members, jointly or on an individual basis, in relation to any legal matters within their expertise.

Note :

Since the Association has no budget for legal services, depending upon the scale of work involved and the likely benefits to the Association and CAHK members, Hogan Lovells envisages handling certain projects on a complimentary basis whilst others may be subject to an agreed charges.

General enquiries and routine exercises could be handled on a complimentary basis. As far as individual members of the Association are concerned, Hogan Lovells is willing to offer discounted rates for specific projects.