But Wong also notes that while China, Hong Kong, and Singapore are our greatest competitors for personnel, most prospective hires choose to remain in the US rather than return to Asia at all. East Asia's political, living, and legislative environments, not to mention its compensation packages, still lag far behind those available at top-tier international institutions.
不過翁院長也指出，中、港、星固然是人才爭奪的最大競爭對手，但其實在延攬過程中最常發生的，還是應邀對象放棄返回亞洲而繼續留在美國，畢竟東亞的政治、生活環境、法規及待遇，和國際一流機構相比，還是有相當落差的。