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New Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore assumes office (with photo)
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     Mr Owin Fung assumes the post of the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore today (November 7), succeeding the outgoing Director, Mr Wong Chun To. As the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government based in Singapore, Mr Fung will be responsible for promoting Hong Kong's bilateral relations with three members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Singapore, Vietnam and Laos, as well as India.
 
     Mr Fung said, "I am delighted to take up this new role and build upon Hong Kong's long and close economic, business, cultural and people-to-people ties with the four countries this office is responsible for. Under the "one country, two systems" principle, Hong Kong has advantages of enjoying strong support from the motherland and direct access to the Mainland market, while at the same time, being well connected to the world. I am looking forward to collaborating with our partners seamlessly to tap the ample opportunities that await in the coming years."
 
     Mr Fung has served in various policy bureaux and departments of the HKSAR Government, including the former Food and Health Bureau, the Tourism Commission, the former Economic Development and Labour Bureau, and the Home Affairs Department. When he worked as the Assistant Director-General of Trade and Industry in the Trade and Industry Department between 2015 and 2019, Mr Fung participated in the free trade agreement negotiations with ASEAN, Australia, Georgia and the Maldives, and was the chief negotiator on investment agreements with ASEAN, Australia, the Maldives, Chile, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. In his last capacity as the Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department, Mr Fung assisted in the promulgation of the first Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles and the Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong 2035, and was responsible, inter alia, for cross boundary co-operation on the environment.
 
     Mr Fung holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Fudan University and Washington University in St Louis.
 
Ends/Monday, November 7, 2022
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The new Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore, Mr Owin Fung, assumes office today (November 7).