Opinion: new HKMA boss faces pressure to de-peg

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Opinion: new HKMA boss faces pressure to de-peg

Norman Chan succeeds Joseph Yam as chief of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority this week and he has some pressing issues to resolve. After all, Yam is best known for his belief in the US dollar peg, and Chan might come to be recognised as the man who removed it.

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