We are delighted to announce that DVC’s Jenkin Suen SC has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Communications Authority (CA) for a term of two years with effect from April 1, 2025. This is another major public service role filled by DVC silks, as Jenkin takes over from an extended term of service of over 7 years in the same role by Winnie Tam SC.
The CA is an independent statutory body established under the Communications Authority Ordinance (CAO) (Cap. 616) on 1 April 2012. Its role is to regulate the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in Hong Kong in accordance with the Broadcasting Ordinance (BO) (Cap. 562), the Telecommunications Ordinance (TO) (Cap. 106), the CAO (Cap. 616), and the Broadcasting (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (B(MP)O) (Cap. 391). It shares concurrent jurisdiction respectively with the Customs and Excise Department in enforcing the fair trading sections of the Trade Description Ordinance (TDO) (Cap. 362), and with the Competition Commission in enforcing the Competition Ordinance (CO) (Cap. 619) in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors. It also enforces the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (UEMO) (Cap. 593).
For details, please refer to the Government of the Hong Kong SAR Press Releases at https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202503/21/P2025032100190.htm?fontSize=1.
