Chairperson
Mr. JAT Sew-tong, SBS, SC, JP
Mr. Jat Sew-tong has been a barrister in private practice in Hong Kong since 1990. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1987 and the University of Oxford in 1989. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1989. In 2002, at the age of 36, he was appointed Senior Counsel. He served as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court from 2006 to 2014.
Mr. Jat is currently the Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Sinfonietta Limited, member of the Research Council of the Our Hong Kong Foundation, Board Member of the Hospital Authority, Vice-chairman of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, and member of Disciplinary Chair Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission. He was the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council from 2008 to 2014, and Chairperson of the Minimum Wage Commission from 2011 to 2017. His other public offices included Chairman of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal Board, Chairman of the Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards, Chairman of the Review Committee on Trust Fund for SARS, Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Appeals Board, and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance).
Register of Member's Interests
The Competition Ordinance and the Rules of Procedure of the Commission require that a member of the Commission, or a member of a committee of the Commission, must disclose to the Commission any interest that the member has which is of a class or description determined by the Commission. The Competition Ordinance and the Rules of Procedure also provide that the Commission is to establish and maintain a register relating to any such disclosed interests which it must make available for inspection through the Internet.
The purpose of maintaining and publishing a register of interests is not specified in the Competition Ordinance. Nonetheless, the Commission infers that the purpose is to enhance transparency and to ensure objectivity, fairness and public confidence in the decision-making of the Commission.
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