In May of this year, the Hong Kong Volleyball Association suddenly cancelled the formal membership of five local volleyball clubs.
The Competition Commission responded today (23), correcting the understanding of the incident and requesting relevant parties to provide information, reiterating that trade associations should be expelled based on transparent, proportional, non-discriminatory and objective conditions and procedures, and informed The reason is that it does not meet the requirements for expulsion from the membership rules, or it may be deemed to have the purpose or effect of harming competition.
The Competition Commission pointed out that it has noticed that the volleyball team decided to cancel the membership of the ALPS beach volleyball organization, the Li Zhen volleyball team, the Qinglong volleyball club, the Kwai Tsing women's volleyball team and the Yan Chai volleyball club's "full member" membership.
The Commission is now understanding the incident, especially whether it will cause competition problems under the Competition Ordinance.
The Commission is requesting information from relevant parties. Anyone who has relevant information can contact the Commission by calling 3462 2118 or via email (enquiry@compcomm.hk).
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Members should have the opportunity to appeal
The Commission reiterated that the membership rules of industry associations should be transparent, proportionate, non-discriminatory, set in accordance with objective standards, and be able to appeal against denial of membership.
These criteria also apply to the conditions and procedures for suspension of existing membership, expulsion and withdrawal.
Industry associations should be based on transparent, proportionate, non-discriminatory and objective conditions and procedures before they can expel their membership, and they need to inform the reasons for their expulsion.
The member should also have the opportunity to appeal.
The rules of membership and expulsion that do not meet the requirements may be regarded by the Commission as having the purpose or effect of harming competition.
In the ViuTV TV series "Men's Volleyball and Women Generals", the prototype of the "Trying to Volleyball Team", the Lizhen Volleyball Team issued a statement a few days ago, stating that the current board of directors of the volleyball team has "no understanding except for formal membership". The Kwai Tsing Women's Volleyball Team and Ren Chai Volleyball The club, ALPS Beach Volleyball Club and Qinglong Volleyball Club also pointed out that the volleyball team was disqualified from official membership.
After the incident was exposed, it sparked heated discussions in the volleyball community and society.
The platoon general issued a statement in response, stating that members of the previous board of directors had complained and requested to overturn the relevant decision, but the decision was not accepted, so the current board of directors continued to deal with it, and said that the previous board of directors' decision did not meet objective standards, so It is believed that the earlier complaints of other members are established.
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