Ex-Bank Chief’s Running Battle With Hong Kong

Stephen Roach in war of words with senior official Regina Ip and Hong Kong government

By: Toh Han Shih

Since February, Stephen Roach, former chief economist of Morgan Stanley, has been in a public argument with the Hong Kong government, a quarrel that intensified in recent weeks to include a war of words between Roach and Regina Ip, a former security minister.

After being Asia chairman of Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, Roach is back in the U…