Hong Kong: South China Morning Post editor to resign.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report by Hong Kong newspaper The Standard website on 20 March

Mark Clifford will step down as editor-in-chief of local newspaper the South China Morning Post from April, the paper announced Monday [19 March].

SCMP Group chairman Kuok Khoon Ean said in a statement Clifford was "the driving force behind the SCMP's forthcoming redesign" and "has contributed in the convergence of the print and digital efforts of the SCMP and overhauled the paper's (journalist) training programme."

Current editor C.K. Lau will assume responsibility for editorial operations after Clifford leaves, the statement …