Evaluating the Ombudsman System of Hong Kong: Towards Good Governance and Citizenship Enhancement

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony BL Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Good Governance

Institutions do matter

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luen Tim Percy Lui
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
And Performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how institutional designs governing the executive-legislative relations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have weakened the government’s capacity to effectively govern the HKSAR. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines institutional designs and rules that govern Hong Kong’s executive-legislative relations. It uses the case of the HKSAR Legislative Council (LegCo) to illustrate the impacts of institutional designs and rules on the performance of political institutions and government performance. Findings This paper finds that institutional designs and rules do affect the performance of a political institution. This paper suggests changes to the institutional designs and rules that govern the operation of the HKSAR LegCo, and the interaction between the legislature and the executive so as to create a facilitative context for good governance. Originality/value Studies on governance in Hong Kong mostly focus on individual institution’s behavior and performance. This paper studies the problem of governance in Hong Kong from the perspective of executive-legislative relations. It adopts the institutional theory to examine the behavior, performance, and interaction between the legislative and executive branches.

Governance, inclusion and trust in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-264
Author(s):  
Chiew Siang Bryan Ho
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Developmental States

Purpose – The contributions in this special issue focus specifically on pertinent issues concerning governance in Asian developmental states – Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macao. The purpose of this paper is to provide, first of all, an overview of conceptual issues on governance and its potential application for addressing the rise and development of Asia’s successful developmental states – Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macao. Design/methodology/approach – This introduction will show the relevance of these contributions theoretically, methodologically, and empirically in relation to the current literature on governance studies. Findings – The overview section links the theoretical and conceptual considerations with the empirical studies on either single country or a comparison between states. Originality/value – The concluding remarks point to the lessons drawn from these contributions and the implication(s) for further research in good governance.

scholarly journals Innovation in the application of GRI to visualize strategic goals for sustainable development – the case of tertiary institution, Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-586
Author(s):  
Shirley Mo-Ching Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Strategic Goals

This paper explores innovation in how educators use GRI sustainability (CSR) related guidelines to engage different stakeholders and respond to the trend of sustainable development in higher education mentioned by UNESCO. Through the case of a tertiary educational institution in Hong Kong, examples of innovative KPIs are devised to align with the strategic goals of the case institution with implications to the institutional level and the community level. The case institution measures its performance, identifies its risks with priority and reports under three main headings – Responsible Business Management, Responsible Curriculum Design, and Responsible Partnership through stakeholder mapping with action plans for measurement (2015 –2017), the risk level with KPIs of activities with Social Return of Investment (SROI), and benchmarking with self-financed institutions offering business and management related degree programmes and CSR-related activities with impacts created from media reporting. This paper thus lies at the nexus of GRI sustainability (CSR) guidelines, innovative Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Strategic Goals to integrate environmental, social and economic impacts and the encouragement of good governance practices throughout the lifecycles of goods and services produced for sustainability.

Governance for China: a multi-method research in corruption studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Check-Teck Foo ◽  
Weiwei Wu ◽  
Tachia Chin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
English Word ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrative Research ◽  
Plausible Model ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
China Today

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to utilize a multi-method design for research on corruption in China. Corruption in any society is inimical to good governance. Singapore, despite her size, is argued to be a plausible model for China. Design/methodology/approach – Taking a multi-method approach, the phenomena of corruption is investigated from: etymological analyses for corruption (European roots) and its Chinese equivalent, 贪污 (pinyin: tan wu) case studies taken from three periods: current, Qing Dynasty and to founding of China (zhong guo, Qin Dynasty) to ground our policy recommendation of China be modeling after Singapore on the basis of our analysis of statistical (2013 and longitudinal) data. In the process, the authors embark on inter-country comparisons (mainly Confucian China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan). Findings – Here are the key insights: scholars are unaware the English word corruption is narrower in scope than the Chinese equivalent tan wu贪污. As far back as 3,000 years, the Chinese had attributed wu, 污 as filthy, polluting, dirty to psychological concept of greed tan, 贪. In English, corruption does not denote greed per se. Falsification of facts as a political ploy dates back to Qin dynasty. Destabilizing corrupt cases occurred in China today as in Qing Dynasty. Singapore rather Hong Kong is a better model for China in reforming society. Practical implications – This paper illustrates a distinctively, in-depth approach to research on Chinese management. It shows why it is important to clarify key concepts: corruption in the West and tan wu贪污in the East. Historical cases are utilized to show the presence of a continuing Chinese mind set. The authors argued for China to embark on a city-by-city strategy (modeling after Singapore) toward becoming a corruption-free society. Now, as 3,000 years ago, the Chinese conceptualization of corruption embeds the psychology of greed. Social implications – China is at a crossroad of her economic development. There is a possible risk of China being destabilized through the corruption of the top rung of leadership. Chinese authorities must with urgency, rein in corruption. An approach is proposed in this paper. Originality/value – In terms of style, approach and method of research, this paper is highly original. The integrative research here provides a rationale and basis for the Chinese leaders to implement a policy for a less corrupt society.

Five success stories in combating corruption: lessons for policy makers

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon S.T. Quah
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
British Colonial

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain why Botswana, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, New Zealand, Rwanda and Singapore have succeeded in combating corruption and identify the lessons for policy makers in other countries. Design/methodology/approach The five countries are compared to identify the reasons for their success in combating corruption and the lessons that can be learnt by policy makers elsewhere. Findings Political will of the five governments is critical because combating corruption effectively requires them to provide the anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) with the necessary powers, budget, personnel and independence to enforce the anti-corruption laws impartially. New Zealand has succeeded in curbing corruption without an ACA because it relies on other institutions to maintain its good governance. Singapore’s rejection of the ineffective British colonial government’s method of using the police to curb corruption and its reliance on a single ACA was emulated by Hong Kong, Botswana and Rwanda. However, having a single ACA does not guarantee success unless it has the powers, budget, personnel and independence to perform its functions impartially as a watchdog instead of an attack dog against the government’s political opponents. As combating corruption remains a work in progress in the five countries, their policy makers must sustain their effective ACAs to meet the rising threat of private sector corruption. Originality/value The paper will be useful to scholars and policy makers concerned with improving the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in those countries where corruption is rampant.

scholarly journals Hong Kong's Academic Advantage

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Gerard Postiglione
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Considerable Success ◽  
Academic Salaries

Hong Kong's top universities have achieved considerable success in the rankings and are recognized for their quality. This article examines the reasons for Hong Kong's success, and compares Hong Kong with mainland China. Among the themes discussed are good governance, internationalization, high academic salaries, and others.

CAPAM Symposium on Networked Government: Building public trust through public–private partnerships

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Brewer ◽  
Mark R. Hayllar
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
First Case ◽  
Systemic Trust

Collaborative working through public–private partnerships, though not new, has become more common. Strong partnerships are built and sustained by norms of reliability consistent with the high levels of systemic trust that the principles of good governance encourage. This article examines two public–private partnerships in Hong Kong in which government actions have severely undermined the trust necessary for the public–private partnership model to work effectively. In the first case, the trust established through a long-standing government/civil society partnership in the delivery of school-based education has been dissipated by acrimonious public wrangling over the autonomy of the service providers. The second case focuses on a large-scale infrastructure project to build an arts hub on redeveloped land. Policy inconsistencies by the Hong Kong government, together with deep suspicions about the extent to which large, well-connected businesses have influenced the project’s development, have seriously undermined the trust of arts community stakeholders and the general public.

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