He demonstrated that for every dollar CLP spends in IT, the IT leadership can show how many dollars return in benefit is derived and how much of that is in cash and how much is non-cash benefits. "It is discussions in these terms plus knowledge of risk, business yield and enabling business change that give CIOs the required credibility in front of business."

Sunny Lee, executive director of IT for the , lauded for "Outstanding Achievement"

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is dependent on IT. As Lee put it during his presentation at the recent CIO Leadership Forum: "If IT fails at a bakery, they can continue doing business. If IT fails at our business, we're dead in the water." Few Hong Kong IT experts are so keenly aware of the term "mission-critical."