The Civil Service In Hong Kong

Author : Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622094589
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : John P. Burns
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Ian Richard Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
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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.

Author : Ada Hin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781374714137
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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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

Author : Mei-Wah Karen Kue
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374728547
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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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

Author : Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351735675
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Public Services written by Ahmed Shafiqul Huque and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: The management of public services is becoming an increasingly difficult task. Demands are increasing while funds appear to be decreasing, but quality of service must remain high. New services are required, demands have to be faced, activities don't always go according to plan and problems emerge in unexpected places and at unusual times; and public managers are expected to deal with these deviations from their regular work patterns. While some activities are concrete in nature and can be seen, such as medical care and education, others are obscured from public view. With governments emphasizing areas that produce visible and quantifiable results, they often neglect the intangible services that must also be provided to the public. Poor performance in these areas can contribute to major crisi in public organizations. This volume examines four case studies in the context of the changing political and social environment of the new Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The use of these cases from the public sector in Hong Kong will hopefully help readers to understand the difficulties faced by modern governments in providing basic services to the public.

Author : Haile K. Asmerom
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349248088
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratization and Bureaucratic Neutrality written by Haile K. Asmerom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on the mutual implications of bureaucratic neutrality and democracy from the perspective of societies formerly under authoritarian regimes. It explores the impact of democratization on bureaucratic neutrality as well as the implications of neutral bureaucracies for democracy. Theoretical and conceptual dimensions of the subject are spelled out, and specialists discuss case studies from Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia, therefore compounding a broad panel of the challenges and opportunities confronting the democratization process throughout the world.

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622091725
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Public Sector in Hong Kong written by Ian Scott and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. It discusses critical constitutional, organisational and policy problems and examines their effects on relationships between government and the people. A concluding chapter suggests some possible means of resolving or minimising the difficulties which have been experienced.

Author : Ian Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888754033
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Public Sector in Hong Kong, Second Edition written by Ian Scott and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. In this second edition, Ian Scott explores public sector accountability in terms of Hong Kong’s constitutional framework and the structure, functions, and personnel policies of its civil service system. He examines critical issues facing the administration of the public sector and the formulation and implementation of public policy with particular attention to the political challenges confronting the Hong Kong government over the past decade. A concluding chapter assesses how contested values in a changing political environment have affected the public sector in recent years. This edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest statistics and research, including Scott’s work in such areas as integrity management, corruption prevention, and policing. This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of public administration and public policy in Hong Kong and more broadly for those who are interested in how a particular jurisdiction deals with common administrative problems such as centralisation, the role of statutory bodies, corruption prevention, and the redress of citizens’ grievances. ‘Professor Ian Scott’s book, The Public Sector in Hong Kong, now in a second much-expanded and up-to-date edition, offers a thorough and rigorous analysis of contemporary governance in Hong Kong, focusing on all the key stakeholders. The book is essential reading for government officials, politicians, journalists, academics, students, and the general public.’ —John P. Burns, The University of Hong Kong ‘The second edition not only updates the development in the public sector of Hong Kong, but also provides an important perspective to help readers understand the contexts that navigate its latest developments. This edition, along with Ian Scott’s earlier work, will be judged by many in the field to be among the best books on Hong Kong politics.’ —Hon S. Chan, City University of Hong Kong