Jermain T.M. Lam
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9789888139477
- eISBN:
- 9789882208681
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139477.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter examines Hong Kong's local government system and its complex web of local, advisory, and statutory bodies. It first details the development, functions, and political role of the District ...
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This chapter examines Hong Kong's local government system and its complex web of local, advisory, and statutory bodies. It first details the development, functions, and political role of the District Councils. With the passage of the government's constitutional reform package in June 2010, the District Councils play a more than consultative role in the governance process. Moreover, the nature of the District Councils is also being transformed from a simple advisory body to a dynamic arena for power struggle. Next, the chapter explains the types and functions of Hong Kong advisory and statutory bodies and the 2003 review of the operation of these bodies. Despite the 2003 review, there are still some inadequacies in the operation of these bodies. As the context within which the District Councils, and advisory and statutory bodies operate has changed from consultative politics to democratic and electoral politics, these bodies must adapt to the changes in the external political environment; otherwise they will lose their creditability and be unable to make contribution to the governance process.Less
This chapter examines Hong Kong's local government system and its complex web of local, advisory, and statutory bodies. It first details the development, functions, and political role of the District Councils. With the passage of the government's constitutional reform package in June 2010, the District Councils play a more than consultative role in the governance process. Moreover, the nature of the District Councils is also being transformed from a simple advisory body to a dynamic arena for power struggle. Next, the chapter explains the types and functions of Hong Kong advisory and statutory bodies and the 2003 review of the operation of these bodies. Despite the 2003 review, there are still some inadequacies in the operation of these bodies. As the context within which the District Councils, and advisory and statutory bodies operate has changed from consultative politics to democratic and electoral politics, these bodies must adapt to the changes in the external political environment; otherwise they will lose their creditability and be unable to make contribution to the governance process.
Wai-man Lam and Percy Luen-tim Lui (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9789888139477
- eISBN:
- 9789882208681
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139477.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This new and fully revised edition of Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics critically assesses the main strands of continuity and change in Hong Kong's government and politics since the ...
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This new and fully revised edition of Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics critically assesses the main strands of continuity and change in Hong Kong's government and politics since the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997. It first investigates the core institutions of the SAR, focusing on the Executive, the Legislature, the Judiciary, the civil service, District Councils, and advisory and statutory bodies. It then examines progress in democratic reform in Hong Kong and the main components of civil society, including political parties, elections, political identity, and mass media and public opinion. Analyses of key policy sectors then follow. In its concluding chapters, the volume explores Hong Kong's relations with the Mainland and the wider world.Less
This new and fully revised edition of Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics critically assesses the main strands of continuity and change in Hong Kong's government and politics since the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1997. It first investigates the core institutions of the SAR, focusing on the Executive, the Legislature, the Judiciary, the civil service, District Councils, and advisory and statutory bodies. It then examines progress in democratic reform in Hong Kong and the main components of civil society, including political parties, elections, political identity, and mass media and public opinion. Analyses of key policy sectors then follow. In its concluding chapters, the volume explores Hong Kong's relations with the Mainland and the wider world.
