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Chapter 16

Civil Service System

in Hong Kong

John P. Burns1

 

Contents

 

16.1

Introduction....................................................................................................................

315

16.2

Structure of the Public Sector..........................................................................................

316

 

16.2.1 Core Government ................................................................................................

316

 

16.2.2 Hybrid Agencies ..................................................................................................

317

 

16.2.3 State-owned Enterprises.......................................................................................

317

 

16.2.4 Private Businesses that Deliver Public Services ....................................................

317

16.3

Administrative Values .....................................................................................................

319

16.4

Politicians and Bureaucrats.............................................................................................

320

16.5

Management Tools and their Reform.............................................................................

322

 

16.5.1 Selection .............................................................................................................

322

 

16.5.2 Performance Management ...................................................................................

324

 

16.5.3 Compensation ....................................................................................................

326

16.6

Conclusion .....................................................................................................................

328

References ................................................................................................................................

329

16.1 Introduction

The case of Hong Kong provides an opportunity to reflect on what a civil service system might look like in a liberal setting without rigorous political, especially legislative oversight. Until 1997, the Hong Kong civil service managed itself almost entirely on its own: it determined its own selection procedures, disciplinary codes, performance standards, and pay levels and benefits—a civil servant’s dream one might suppose. For decades, these arrangements were rubber-stamped by an appointed colonial legislature. The result was, initially at least, systemic corruption on a grand

1 The author is grateful for the financial assistance of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.

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