Hong Kong’s style of governance Sample Clauses

Hong Kong’s style of governance. The Territory follows a top down governing structure with the power to govern firmly in the hands of the Chief Executive (CE) (before the handover in 1997, the Govenor). The CE is supported (a) by Executive and Legislative Councils of which roles are mainly advisory, (b) a by vast network of admin- istrative officers who were encouraged (i) to make policy assessments and decisions and (ii) to assume responsibility from a young age in preparation for their eventual rise to heads of departments and policy branches, and (c) by consultative and advisory bodies that by and large consist of wealthy entrepreneurs from the trade, business, financial, and industrial sectors.101This leads to Xxx’x (2005) suggestions that three prevailing principles underline the Territory’s style of governing i.e., (1) maintaining Hong Kong as a free trading port, (2) maintaining stability, and (3) maintaining prosperity.102 Thus the government primarily adopted a laissez-faire attitude in that, unless a 99 Xxx, X.X., Society and Politics in Hong Kong, 1984, Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong p. 67-71. 100 Xxx, X.X., Governance in the Digital Age: Policing the Internet in Hong Kong, in Cyber-crime: The Challenge in Asia, Xxxxxxxxxx, R., and Xxxxxxxx, P., (eds.) 2005, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 101 Supra. 102 Supra. serious potential risk is perceived to threaten social order and its economic status, the government will be reluctant to intervene. We believe that this attitude indicates and reflects a general lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Territory to react proactively on regulatory issues. However, the scholars He Z and Xxx Xxxxxxxx X.X (2007) suggest that the general lack of enthusiasm is a characteristic of the model of transactional regulation.103 In comparison to the model of manipulative control, He and Xxx (2007) view the transactional regulation as a regulatory undertaking characterised by (a) a lack of vision, (b) a continuous swing between extremes, and (c) the regulators efforts to trade regulations and laws for political support or for justification of the government legitimacy and achievements.104 The scholars continue by opining that in political terms, the Territory is striving for recognition and legitimacy. This is contributed by the fact that the CE is elected by a small group of people, a practice legitimised by the Basic Law.105 The CE is in a difficult position of having on the one hand, to meet the rising expectations of the loca...
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