Download or read book The Civil Service in Hong Kong written by Ahmed Shafiqul Huque and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the organization, problems, issues and prospects of the civil service in Hong Kong. It examines the origin and development of the civil service, efforts to deal with the changes before and after the transition, and the process of managing public services with references to its changing role and responsibilities. The book will be of interest to academics, civil servants, professionals and students, as well as researchers interested in the role of civil servants in changing societies, and can be used for teaching courses on public administration and Asian studies.
Download or read book Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service written by John P. Burns and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines, in detail, the political context within which the civil service operates, including the role of the central government in Hong Kong SAR civil service policy making, the changing leadership role of Hong Kong's administrative elite, and attempts by the government to boost executive accountability since 2002.
Download or read book CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN HONG K written by Mei-Wah Karen Kue and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Civil Service Reform in Hong Kong: New Appointment Policy" by Mei-wah, Karen, Kue, 葛美華, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction I. Argument The new appointment policy which the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) adopted on 1 June 2000 to create a flexible and structured civil service framework is limited both in scope, focusing just on changing the probationary system, and in scale in revamping the existing Weberian lifetime bureaucracy down the path of New Public Management (NPM). Both the Weberian model of bureaucracy and NPM have their strength and weaknesses. To attain the optimal level of efficiency, stability and accountability in the Hong Kong civil service through the use of the most appropriate forms of employment contracts, it is argued that the Weberian long-term contracts may be combined with NPM short-term contracts such that short-term contracts are offered to new recruits and the top civil servants while the rest of the civil servants are put on long-term rolling contracts. II. Problem and Issue Prior to 1997, the public held the Hong Kong civil service in high esteem. Results of opinion polls regularly showed that the public had a high level of trust in the civil service with overall satisfaction with its performance. In February 1997, one poll found that 56.7% of the sample had trust in the Hong Kong government compared with only 25.8% in the British government and 22.2% in the Chinesegovernment (Scott, 2000, p.49). The critical role played by the civil service during the transition in sovereign change was appreciated by the Chinese and British governments and the Hong Kong public alike. However, shortly after the handover on 1 July 1997, there were completely different public views about the civil service. Public dissatisfaction with its performance was widespread and was exacerbated by the Asian economic crisis. Opinion polls found that public satisfaction with the government's performance dropped dramatically. Between June 1997 and October 1998, satisfaction with the government's performance slumped from 75.1% to 20.4%, with 35.5% neutral and 41.8% dissatisfied (Scott, 2000, p.52). The civil service at present is no less able to carry out its work than it was before July 1997 and it remains a meritocracy (Burns, 2000, Ch.l, p.l). Whether there was an actual or perceived decline in its performance will not be discussed here. But one thing is sure is that the economic downturn from late 1997 through 1999 had brought about high unemployment rate and substantial salary reduction in the private sector, widening the gap between the public and private sectors in pay and conditions of service. In particular, the suitability of continuing with the permanent terms of appointment for most of the civil servants had come under public attack after the Audit Commission unveiled several slackening cases involving junior civil servants in late 1998. Organizational failure and weak civil service accountability to the political actors and the public were said to have rooted from the permanent terms of appointment. This kind of appointment policy wascriticized for its failure to tackle post-contractual opportunism of running slack and having bred an entitlement culture in the civil service under a promised lifetime career. This dissertation focuses on the contractual relationship between the Hong Kong Government and its employees and its attempts to change the relationship in 1999. Particular focus is placed on the length of employment contracts. This dissertation argues that
Download or read book China s Civil Service Reform written by Xiaoqi Wang (Ph. D.) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of China's overall reform process, China's civil service has also been reformed, beginning in the late 1970s, undergoing a major change in 1993 with the implementation of a new Civil Service System, with the reforms continuing to unfold thereafter. This book, based on extensive original research, outlines the civil service reforms and assesses their effectiveness.
Download or read book A Review of Staff Relations in Relation to Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong written by Wa-Chung Tsang and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Review of Staff Relations in Relation to Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong" by Wa-chung, Tsang, 曾華翀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract This dissertation reviews staff relations in Hong Kong civil service after 1997. After 1998, Hong Kong faced economic turmoil after being badly affected by the Asian Financial Crisis. It was also affected by New Public Management (NPM) reform ideologies and both the Hong Kong Government and civil servants consequently came under pressure from society to reform the civil service. The then Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, announced the implementation of an "Enhanced Productivity Programme" in his Policy Address in 1998 to encourage the streamlining of government departments. In March 1999, a Consultation Document on Civil Service Reform was released. This programmes initiated radical changes to the civil service system. Civil service unions strongly protested against the programmes as they perceived them as threats which would affect their job security and the stability of the civil service. Staff relations in the civil service consequently became more conflictual. However, after a long period of adversarial relations, the largest civil service union, the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association tried to transform its relationship with government from an oppositional strategy to a partnership strategy after 2000. Interestingly, these dynamic changes in staff relations are not uncommon in countries implementing NPM reform. United Kingdom has also shared a similar experience. 2 Their civil service unions have changed from a bargaining approach to a partnership strategy in the hope of a union renewal after years of reform and declining membership. A theory, "Strategic Choice Model" developed by Thomas A. Kochan and his colleagues in 1980s helps other scholars explain the transformation of staff relations in British civil service. According to this model, staff relations are shaped by the interactions between environmental forces and strategic choices adopted by different actors who are constrained by their values and particular historical and institutional context. To understand similar dynamic changes in staff relations in relation to the public sector reform in post-1997 Hong Kong, this model is used to analyse strategies of the Hong Kong Government and civil service union and factors affecting their decisions. A pilot survey was also conducted to study present participation of civil servants in unions and implications for the way forward for civil service unions in Hong Kong. 3 DOI: 10.5353/th_b3870196 Subjects: Industrial relations - China - Hong Kong Civil service reform - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Public Service Reform in East Asia written by Anthony Cheung and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public service reform, or public sector reform, has been a hot topic among political scientists in recent years as most existing government structures are inadequate to cope with the ever-changing environments of globalism in terms of capital and technology. This is particularly true among Asian countries where the traditional bureaucracy has been strong as compared to a relatively weak sense of community. Traditional relations between government, the business sector and labour, which slowly have taken shape in the last two decades, are now once again challenged through de-colonialization in Hong Kong, democratization in Korea, decentralization in Singapore and technological innovation in Japan. This timely collection addresses a variety of selected reform issues confronted by these four developed Asian economies. The areas of reform covered range from human resource management, financial management and pay reform, to central agency role, service improvements, private sector involvement and political accountability.
Download or read book The Hong Kong Civil Service and Its Future written by Ian Richard Scott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong written by Jane C. Y. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together, for the first time, a collection of essays on public sector reform in Hong Kong. Public sector reform has come rather belatedly to Hong Kong, being launched officially since 1989. The underlying themes as well as key initiatives of the reform package are undoubtedly in line with similar reform trends prevailing in Western Europe, North America and the Australasia dating from the rise of privatization policies in governments in these places since the late 1970s. In Hong Kong, however, little discussion has taken place in the community over the government's guide public sector reform programme. Even within the civil service, interest in the programme has been limited to those senior officers tasked with implementing the reform measures. Little is actually written on the subject which should have important implications for the future shape of public administration in Hong Kong. Being the first volume of its kind in the local print, this book tries to capture the basic objectives and features of public sector reform as well as raise some fundamental issues and questions for further debate. The chapters are so arranged as to provide multi-dimensional perspectives from local academics, government officials as well as overseas experiences. This book should be of interest to general readers and of particular use to students of government and public administration as well as practitioners in the field.
Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Civil Service of Hong Kong and Singapore written by Ada Hin and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Comparative Study of the Civil Service of Hong Kong and Singapore" by Ada, Hin, 禤雅儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract The civil service system, being an important agency for carrying out the policies and measures of a government, is receiving more and more attention in recent years. Significant developments and modernization programs to improve the efficiency of the bureaucracy have been carried out in many countries. In this paper, we work to examine and study the civil service of two small but efficient economic entities in Asia - Hong Kong and Singapore. By smoothly and honestly implementing the government policies, the civil services in these two cities have indeed contributed to the remarkable societal and economic developments in the 1980s and 1990s. By comparing the two civil service systems, we can identify a number of features that they have in common, including the administration by generalists, the efforts for localization and the determination to combat corruption within the civil service systems. With increasing demands and expectations of the government service, both Singapore and Hong Kong have designed and carried out different kinds of civil service reforms to cope with the new environment. Their reform measures include various types of changes, such as adjusting the conditions of service, 3remuneration of the civil servants and introducing new kinds of training and development programs. These measures aim at increasing the efficiency of the system, cultivating a service culture into the minds of the civil servants, as well as solving immediate problems and challenges facing the governments such as reducing governmental financial burden by adjusting the scale for salary payment of the civil servants. Finally, after briefly evaluating these reforms, a number of pitfalls and successful examples are illustrated. It is hoped that by examining these lessons learnt, adequate directions for future civil service management could be more easily identified. It is also the purpose of this paper to bring more insights in improving the civil service efficiency for other governments in Asia by taking the experiences of Hong Kong and Singapore as a reference. 4 DOI: 10.5353/th_b2951877 Subjects: Civil service - China - Hong Kong Civil service - Singapore
Download or read book China s Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance written by Xiaoqi Wang, PH. and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance: a Principal-agent Perspective" by Xiaoqi, Wang, 王曉琦, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled "China's Civil Service Reform and Local Government Performance: A Principal-Agent Perspective" Submitted by Wang Xiaoqi for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong May 2006 This dissertation has examined the impacts of China's Civil Service Reform on the performance of government agencies in charge of environmental protection and education in three cities (Haidian district of Beijing, Changchun, and Ningbo). I have explored China's Civil Service Reform and its impact on local government performance within a principal-agent framework. Because of information asymmetry and conflict of interest, bureaucratic superiors on three hierarchical levels within the old Cadre Management System had trouble in obtaining full compliance from their bureaucratic subordinates. But, being rational, the bureaucratic superiors (especially the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party) design rules and institutions to mitigate the problems. The introduction of China's Civil Service System in 1993 is one such effort to i manage cadres. The crucial outputs and outcomes of China's Civil Service Reform are the major focus of this study. In particular, this dissertation aims to answer the following related questions. How have the new sets of rules or initiatives shaped the incentives facing the civil servants and thus influenced the way they exercise their discretion (this being the managerial goal of the reforms)? How do the Reforms affect the ability of the Chinese leadership to control the bureaucracy (the political goal of the reforms), and what are the implications of the Reforms for the relationships among the political leadership, the bureaucrats, and the citizens? How might we explain the variations in reform implementations and performance across policy areas and regions after China's adoption of the Civil Service System? I find that components of China's Civil Service Reform provide superiors solutions to alleviate the control problems, which were embedded in three hierarchical levels of Chinese government, through incentive-alignment and information discovery. The alleviations of control problems manifest themselves in the improvement of local government performance, which is measured by objective indicators and citizen survey data in this study. In general, I find the managerial and political objectives of China's Civil Service Reform have been met. As the outputs of the reforms, evidence suggests civil service quality has improved and local governments have adopted and implemented China's Civil Service System to a large extent. Moreover, the implementation of China's ii Civil Service System has motivated the civil servants to put more conscious effort into their work and accordingly adjust the way they treat their clients. Referring to the outcomes of the reforms, the implementation of the components of China's Civil Service System and other administrative monitoring mechanisms has helped the central leadership in China to successfully strengthen control over the local governments and the local bureaucrats. The strengthened control of the bureaucracy has manifested itself in better provision and delivery of public services, which in turn leads to increased citizen satisfaction with regard to government performance. All these illustrate that local government
Download or read book Civil Service Reform in Hong Kong written by Grace O. M. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Civil Service Reforms and Changes in the Local Economy of Hong Kong 1996 to 2005 written by Chi-Wah Richard Yim and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Civil Service Reforms and Changes in the Local Economy of Hong Kong, 1996 to 2005" by Chi-wah, Richard, Yim, 嚴智華, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of dissertation entitled 'Civil Service Reforms and Changes in the Local Economy of Hong Kong, 1996 to 2005' submitted by Yim Chi Wah, Richard for the degree of Master of Arts (China Development Studies) at The University of Hong Kong in June 2006. The Hong Kong civil service was recognized as one 'cornerstone' for the continuous stability and prosperity of the city in the transition to Hong Kong's reunification with Mainland China. Notwithstanding the above, a series of civil service reform measures have been introduced since 1999 when Hong Kong was faced with fiscal deficits and a prolonged economic downturn. These changes represented a significant deviation from the previous colonial administration. The study found that there is a direct relationship between changes in the local economy of Hong Kong and the motivation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Regional Government to reduce recurrent government expenditure in the medium to long term, if not also in the immediate short term. The civil service reform, namely downsizing the civil service establishment from 198,000 in January 2000 to 160,000 by 2006-07, abolition of pension and reduction of starting salaries for all new recruits to the civil service, and reduction of fringe benefits, are related to cost-cutting measures instead of reforming the civil service. Other civil service reform measures such as review of the performance appraisal system, streamlining the disciplinary procedures, and provision of civil service training to cope with the new working environment, are not directly conducive to the cost-cutting exercise. In these circumstances, it established that there is a positive relationship between changes in the local economy (that induce the government to take action to cut down recurrent government expenditure) and introduction of civil service reform (that contributes to cost-cutting in the medium to long term) in the 1996 to 2005. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3654626 Subjects: Civil service reform - China - Hong Kong Downsizing of organizations - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Public Administration in Hong Kong written by Wei Li and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the case of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of People’s Republic of China, mapping the changing patterns of political-administrative relations affected by the sovereignty change and structural reforms. It identifies the conditions that account for the varied political-administrative relations resulting from these changes, and develops an analytical framework that integrates and adapts theories and models from Western contexts to explain varied political-administrative relations in Hong Kong policymaking. The book tests its hypotheses through a qualitative comparative analysis of 18 cases occurring during the period of 1997–2012. It also conducts a comparative case analysis, which identified alternative causal conditions that were missing in the original framework. The book concludes that civil servants no longer dominate policymaking in Hong Kong after the regime change and structural reforms. While senior civil servants have sustained influence over policymaking processes through codified rules and political appointment, some of them have adapted to the changes in political environment that require more proactive policy styles and more hierarchical loyalty to the Central People’s Government of China than before. The first-hand interview materials presented in the book provide insights about internal political-administrative dynamics rarely accessible from the public domain. These insights provide inside knowledge of the actors, structure and processes of local policymaking in a context of post-colonial transition, and will be of interest to public administration scholars.
Download or read book Civil Service Reform in Hong Kong written by Jane C. Y. Lee and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hong Kong Civil Service written by Ian Scott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1984 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the Hong Kong government's personnel policies and practices both in the context of changing circumstances and with reference to recent theories of personnel administration. Specific subjects covered include: recruitment and selection, training, performane appraisal, job satisfaction, staff relations, the pay determination process, and the role of public-sector unions.
Download or read book Public Sector Reform in Hong Kong written by Anthony Cheung and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and the energy crisis, caused in part by U.S. dependence on Arab oil, characterized an increasingly bleak economic situation. As Edward D. Berkowitz demonstrates, the end of the postwar economic boom, Watergate, and defeat in Vietnam led to an unraveling of the national consensus. During the decade, ideas about the United States, how it should be governed, and how its economy should be managed changed dramatically. Berkowitz argues that the postwar faith in sweeping social programs and a global U.S. mission was replaced by a more skeptical attitude about government's ability to positively affect society. From Woody Allen to Watergate, from the decline of the steel industry to the rise of Bill Gates, and from Saturday Night Fever to the Sunday morning fervor of evangelical preachers, Berkowitz captures the history, tone, and spirit of the seventies. He explores the decade's major political events and movements, including the rise and fall of détente, congressional reform, changes in healthcare policies, and the hostage crisis in Iran. The seventies also gave birth to several social movements and the "rights revolution," in which women, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities all successfully fought for greater legal and social recognition. At the same time, reaction to these social movements as well as the issue of abortion introduced a new facet into American political life-the rise of powerful, politically conservative religious organizations and activists. Berkowitz also considers important shifts in American popular culture, recounting the creative renaissance in American film as well as the birth of the Hollywood blockbuster. He discusses how television programs such as All in the Family and Charlie's Angels offered Americans both a reflection of and an escape from the problems gripping the country.
Download or read book Civil Service Reform in Hong Kong written by Mei-Yee Nancy So and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Civil Service Reform in Hong Kong: Pay Determination System" by Mei-yee, Nancy, So, 蘇美儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3196731 Subjects: Civil service reform - China - Hong Kong - Case studies Merit pay - China - Hong Kong - Case studies
