A City Mismanaged : Hong Kong’s Struggle for Survival / Leo F. Goodstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodstadt, Leo F., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A City Mismanaged traces the collapse of good governance in Hong Kong, explains its causes, and exposes the damaging impact on the community’s quality of life. Leo Goodstadt argues that the current well-being and future survival of Hong Kong have been threatened by disastrous policy decisions made by chief executives and their principal officials. Individual chapters look at the most shocking examples of mismanagement: the government’s refusal to implement the Basic Law in full; official reluctance to halt the large-scale dilapidation of private sector homes into accommodation unfit for habitation; and ministerial toleration of the rise of new slums. Mismanagement of economic relations with Mainland China is shown to have created severe business losses. Goodstadt’s riveting investigations include extensive scandals in the post-secondary education sector and how lives are at risk because of the inadequate staff levels and limited funding allocated to key government departments. This book offers a unique and very powerful account of Hong Kong’s struggle to survive.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Basic Law: Rights denied

2. From public service to ministerial mismanagement

3. Private homes under threat

4. From squatter huts to ‘invisible’ slums

5. The missing land banks

6. Students at the market’s mercy

7. Lives at risk

8. Mismanaging the Mainland

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

988-8876-16-3

OCLC:

1586552761