The Lion City and the Fragrant Harbor: The political economy of competition policy in Singapore and Hong Kong compared

摘要

Hong Kong and Singapore are recent converts to the notion that an antitrust regime is an important part of the necessary regulatory structure underpinning a contemporary economy. Singapore enacted a general competition law in 2004.1 Although the Hong Kong government was committed to legislate by the end of 2009, action has been delayed ostensibly as a result of unexplained "technical issues."2