Pui Kwan-kay to step down as Olympic Committee vice-president after serving for six years
- Tennis’ Philip Mok and athletics’ David Mong will vie for the Olympic Committee top post along with three incumbents
- Two deputy honorary secretaries – Fay Ho and Edgar Yeung – will not be challenged for their position
Heavyweight sports official Pui Kwan-kay will step down as one of the vice presidents of the Olympic Committee when the Hong Kong sports governing body holds its general election on Thursday.
Vying for the senior post will be two newcomers – Philip Mok of tennis and David Mong Tak-yeung of athletics – who will contend for four vice-president vacancies along with three incumbents, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, Herman Hu Shao-ming and Tony Yue Kwok-leung.
Kenneth is the eldest son of Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, president of the committee, while Yue is chairman of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association. Hu has strong connections with cycling and Asian tennis.
Pui, who is also at the helm in a number of individual sports, including football, judo and bodybuilding, said he could still serve sports in another capacity.
“My interest is always with Hong Kong sports and it doesn’t matter if I were the Olympic Committee vice-president or just an enthusiastic sports fan,” said Pui, who was first elected in 2014 and was appointed the deputy chef de mission at both the Incheon Asian Games and the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. “I can still go for another term in accordance with the age requirement but would rather leave the opportunity to other people who want to make a contribution to Hong Kong sports.”
