Business as usual: The dynamics of government‐business relations in the Hong Kong special administrative region

• Main Author: TANG, Tuck Hong James
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: Asian Studies; International Business
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2158; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3415/viewcontent/Business_as_usual_The_dynamics_of_government.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This is an attempt to evaluate the implications of Hong Kong's political transition topost-colonial rule for economic governance in the SAR beyond the 'Beijing versus HongKong' perspective. The article examines the changing government-business dynamics inHong Kong after the reversion by focusing on three inter-related dimensions: economicideology; institutional and policy framework; and the new political environment inpost-colonial Hong Kong. By challenging the assertion that Hong Kong is returning to thepre-Patten colonial order under Chinese management, it argues that economic governancein Hong Kong has always been more complex than has been characterized in the literature.A conceptual framework incorporating the dynamic interplay of domestic and internationalfactors is needed to comprehend the changing nature of government-business relationshipsin the SAR.