A former director of Hong Kong\u2019s Economic and Trade Offices (ETO) in Jakarta and Bangkok is standing in the United Kingdom local elections for the right-wing Reform UK party.<\/p>\n
Lee Sheung-yuen, who left government in 2023 after serving as the first director of the Bangkok ETO and concurrently served as director general of its Jakarta office, is now contesting a seat on Ealing Council in London.<\/p>\n
He also previously served as the government\u2019s assistant commissioner for tourism and as administrative assistant to former commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung.<\/p>\n
His candidacy was disclosed in a notice issued by the council\u2019s Electoral Services Office. The election is scheduled for May 7.<\/p>\n
In response to the South China Morning Post\u2019s inquiry, a Civil Service Bureau spokesman said a rigorous mechanism was in place to regulate the post-service employment of directorate civil servants, aiming to balance the public interest with an individual\u2019s right to work.<\/p>\n
Under current regulations, directorate civil servants at D2 level on the Directorate Pay Scale \u2014 the rank typically held by ETO directors \u2014 are subject to a two-year control period, during which they must seek prior approval before taking up outside employment.<\/p>\n
Lee, who has has already cleared his applicable control period, declined an interview, citing the ongoing election campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former director of Hong Kong\u2019s Economic and Trade Offices (ETO) in Jakarta and Bangkok is standing in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8585,8586,8589,255,8592,8584,8590,1772,8587,8588,94,8593,8591,3105,27,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-18759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-andy-ng-siu-hong","9":"tag-bangkok","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-ealing-council","13":"tag-economic-and-trade-offices","14":"tag-gregory-so-kam-leung","15":"tag-hong-kong","16":"tag-jakarta","17":"tag-jimmy-lai-chee-ying","18":"tag-keir-starmer","19":"tag-lau-siu-kai","20":"tag-lee-sheung-yuen","21":"tag-liberal-democrats","22":"tag-london","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116443144768129122","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}