Public-Private Partnerships in Hong Kong: Good Governance - The Essential Missing Ingredient?1

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. S99-S119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Richard Hayllar
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnerships

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.

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 How shall we examine and learn about public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector? Realist evaluation of PPPs in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliza L.Y. Wong ◽  
Eng-kiong Yeoh ◽  
Patsy Y.K. Chau ◽  
Carrie H.K. Yam ◽  
Annie W.L. Cheung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Public Private Partnerships

scholarly journals Public–Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Bovaird
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

This article explores the current state of knowledge in relation to public–private partnerships (PPPs), taken to mean working arrangements based on a mutual commitment (over and above that implied in any contract) between a public sector organization with any organization outside of the public sector. Since it originally became fashionable over 25 years ago, the concept of PPPs has been strongly contested. However, PPPs are now to be found in the public domain in many countries around the world and their number has been increasing in recent years. This article looks at how this has happened, what have been the strengths and weaknesses of this development and what the future may hold for PPPs. It argues that we are still at an early stage of learning which types of PPP are appropriate for which tasks and at managing PPPs to increase public value. It will be essential to apply principles of good governance to the future development of PPPs — but it will also be necessary to ensure that these principles are genuinely appropriate to the context in which these PPPs are working.

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