Pub Date : 1994-06-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1994.10800288
D. Faber, T. V. Vijfeijken
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Pub Date : 1993-12-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800280
Jermain T. M. Lam
The aim of this article is to analyse the dilemma of political reform in Hong Kong during the transition to 1997, using Governor Chris Patten’s constitutional package as a basis for discussion. The package lists a series of political reforms for a democratic government in the transitional period, while China emphasizes convergence with the political system as stipulated in the Basic Law. Thus, political development in Hong Kong is now at a point of choice between two evils: democracy which will be crushed by China; or convergence with the wishes of China at the expense of democracy.
{"title":"Democracy or Convergence: The Dilemma of Political Reform in Hong Kong","authors":"Jermain T. M. Lam","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800280","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is to analyse the dilemma of political reform in Hong Kong during the transition to 1997, using Governor Chris Patten’s constitutional package as a basis for discussion. The package lists a series of political reforms for a democratic government in the transitional period, while China emphasizes convergence with the political system as stipulated in the Basic Law. Thus, political development in Hong Kong is now at a point of choice between two evils: democracy which will be crushed by China; or convergence with the wishes of China at the expense of democracy.","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125038147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-12-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800277
L. Wong
Since the 1970s and especially in the last decade, community care has become a fashionable approach to social care in many societies. This paper explores community care experiences in China and Hong Kong by examining the points of convergence and dissimilarity. A preliminary framework for cross-cultural comparison is proposed which comprises three dimensions: (1) the conceptions of community care adopted by these two societies, their evolution and their implications for social policy; (2) the origin, background, and common factors underlying the community approach; and (3) tentative achievements, including pitfalls. The writer concludes that community care in these two places face common issues and a central theme that unites them is the principle of privatisation which both embrace as a pragmatic means to meet the needs of their citizens.
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Pub Date : 1993-12-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800279
J. M. K. Lo
Administrative responsiveness and the quality of service delivery have increasingly become important issues in public sector management around the world. In Hong Kong, there have been several significant developments, including the introduction of “Performance Pledges” as a variant of the “Citizen’s Charter” in the United Kingdom. This article addresses these pledges by: (a) examining some of the core elements of the Citizen’s Charter and its historical and theoretical antecedents; (b) exploring the salient issues and problems pertaining to the adoption and implementation of the pledges; and (c) assessing the significance of the pledges in the light of other public sector reform initiatives. The article also provides some pointers on the likely future direction of the public sector reform movement in Hong Kong.
{"title":"REFLECTIONS ON RESPONSIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG: THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER, PERFORMANCE PLEDGES AND BEYOND","authors":"J. M. K. Lo","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800279","url":null,"abstract":"Administrative responsiveness and the quality of service delivery have increasingly become important issues in public sector management around the world. In Hong Kong, there have been several significant developments, including the introduction of “Performance Pledges” as a variant of the “Citizen’s Charter” in the United Kingdom. This article addresses these pledges by: (a) examining some of the core elements of the Citizen’s Charter and its historical and theoretical antecedents; (b) exploring the salient issues and problems pertaining to the adoption and implementation of the pledges; and (c) assessing the significance of the pledges in the light of other public sector reform initiatives. The article also provides some pointers on the likely future direction of the public sector reform movement in Hong Kong.","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131088743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-12-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800282
Michael W. Donnelly
{"title":"Networking in Japan’s Political Economy","authors":"Michael W. Donnelly","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116341926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-12-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800278
Herbert S. Yee, Bo Liu, T. Ngo
Political culture in this study is defined as citizens’ subjective orientations to politics. Based on a survey of Macau residents, this article examines the cognitive, affective, and evaluative orientations of the Macau masses to the enclave’s political system, to its input and output objects, and to the self as an active participant. The findings indicate that Macau has a mixed political culture, representing a combination of subject and participant orientations. This mixture of traditional Chinese values of respect of authority, patience, and tolerance and the modern, Western value of open competition would provide Macau with the necessary preconditions for a smooth transition to a stable democracy.
{"title":"Macau’s Mass Political Culture","authors":"Herbert S. Yee, Bo Liu, T. Ngo","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800278","url":null,"abstract":"Political culture in this study is defined as citizens’ subjective orientations to politics. Based on a survey of Macau residents, this article examines the cognitive, affective, and evaluative orientations of the Macau masses to the enclave’s political system, to its input and output objects, and to the self as an active participant. The findings indicate that Macau has a mixed political culture, representing a combination of subject and participant orientations. This mixture of traditional Chinese values of respect of authority, patience, and tolerance and the modern, Western value of open competition would provide Macau with the necessary preconditions for a smooth transition to a stable democracy.","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126919206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-06-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800275
Kathleen Cheek-Milby
In conjunction with the recent transformation of the Legislative Council into a more representative institution, there have been changes in the amount, type, and function of its legislative staff. This article highlights the evolution of the traditional legislative staff agency, OMELCO, as well as the growth of personal staff for the Members. Emphasis is on the functions of Hong Kong’s legislative staff with evaluation of its utilization assisted by comparative references. This analysis is facilitated by the use of data from interviews conducted in 1987-88 and 1992-93 with staff of OMELCO and personal staff as well as with the Members of the Legislative Council.
{"title":"OMELCO: The Emergence of a Legislative Staff Agency","authors":"Kathleen Cheek-Milby","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800275","url":null,"abstract":"In conjunction with the recent transformation of the Legislative Council into a more representative institution, there have been changes in the amount, type, and function of its legislative staff. This article highlights the evolution of the traditional legislative staff agency, OMELCO, as well as the growth of personal staff for the Members. Emphasis is on the functions of Hong Kong’s legislative staff with evaluation of its utilization assisted by comparative references. This analysis is facilitated by the use of data from interviews conducted in 1987-88 and 1992-93 with staff of OMELCO and personal staff as well as with the Members of the Legislative Council.","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133154019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-06-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800273
Sek-hong Ng
This article traces the evolution of Hong Kong’s labour administration since the Second World War. Given the British “voluntaristic” tradition in approaching labour law and industrial relations, the Hong Kong government has historically been less than interventionist in labour sector activities. In recent years, the government has adopted increasingly interventionist policy measures in such areas as manpower training and wage regulation. These are, however, fragmentary, sporadic, and retroactive in nature. Although a tripartite machinery for labour policy consultation and formulation has already been in existence in Hong Kong, it is nonetheless sustained feebly in a docile fashion under the auspices of the Labour Advisory Board. There is hence a case for this system of “tripartitism” to be revitalised and upgraded in order that labour administration can become a more creditable and integrated aspect of the government’s long-term agenda on public and economic policies. The need for such a policy strategy l...
{"title":"Labour Administration and Tripartitism in Hong Kong: Past and Future","authors":"Sek-hong Ng","doi":"10.1080/02598272.1993.10800273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02598272.1993.10800273","url":null,"abstract":"This article traces the evolution of Hong Kong’s labour administration since the Second World War. Given the British “voluntaristic” tradition in approaching labour law and industrial relations, the Hong Kong government has historically been less than interventionist in labour sector activities. In recent years, the government has adopted increasingly interventionist policy measures in such areas as manpower training and wage regulation. These are, however, fragmentary, sporadic, and retroactive in nature. Although a tripartite machinery for labour policy consultation and formulation has already been in existence in Hong Kong, it is nonetheless sustained feebly in a docile fashion under the auspices of the Labour Advisory Board. There is hence a case for this system of “tripartitism” to be revitalised and upgraded in order that labour administration can become a more creditable and integrated aspect of the government’s long-term agenda on public and economic policies. The need for such a policy strategy l...","PeriodicalId":333221,"journal":{"name":"The Asian Journal of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115357542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-06-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800274
Samiul Hasan
This article studies the impact and extent of voluntarism in rural development in Bangladesh. It considers voluntarism at the individual, community, and institutional levels as well as in its structural form - voluntary organizations. The development efforts undertaken and the services provided through voluntarism satisfy some of the demands of the people and curtail pressure on the constrained budgets of the local government bodies. However, there are some available resources which are yet to be mobilized for developmental purposes. Furthermore, the rural development programmes undertaken by different voluntary organizations are scattered and uncoordinated. If arranged methodically, voluntarism can make significant differences to the lives of the rural poor in a country like Bangladesh, where governmental resources are scarce but where the people are basically altruistic.
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Pub Date : 1993-06-01DOI: 10.1080/02598272.1993.10800271
E. Leung, A. Chan, Jik-jeon Lee, Sheung-Tak Cheng
This article examines the policy on residential care for the elderly in Hong Kong. The argument is founded on an empirical study which involved a review of relevant policy documents, a survey research, and personal interviews. The study shows that the provision of residential home places in Hong Kong is grossly inadequate. This is illustrated by the long list of applicants awaiting residential places. The relatively poor psychological state of those elderly people who could not secure proper placement is another indicator to reflect the inadequacy of elderly home places. The main problem of elderly care rests with the system of provision, to which improvements should and could be made. However, in the final analysis, it is the lack of government commitment to this area of service that has presented the most important obstacle to the development of a well thought out and well implemented policy for the elderly in the territory.
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