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Hong Kong's Legislature under China's Sovereignty

Author: Yu Gu

Publisher: Hotei Publishing

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 9004276289

In Hong Kong's Legislature Under China's Sovereignty: 1998-2013 Dr Gu Yu thoroughly analyses how Hong Kong’s legislature has impacted the law-making process as well as the financial control and supervision of the executive branch of the government. The political cleavage in Hong Kong seen in recent years has affected the level of Legco’s autonomy in terms of leadership, rules, committee autonomy and control over the legislative agenda. Given the weakened autonomy of Legco and the decline of moderate forces in both the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps, the role of Legco as a collective actor of checks and balances against the executive branch has been weakened. This book will appeal to both academics and practitioners whose work involves the relationship between the legislature and the executive branch in the HKSAR.

The Hong Kong Basic Law

Author: Ming K. Chan

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9789622092969

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Analyses how China's socialist legal principles are incorporated into the Basic Law, and examines the conflicts in the drafting process between maintaining China's control and achieving genuine democracy and autonomy..

The Hong Kong Reader

Author: Ming K. Chan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1315488353

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This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, as well as Frank Ching, Berry F. Hsu, Reginald Yin-wang Kwok, Peter Kwong, Julian Y.M. Leung, Ronald Skeldon, Alvin Y. So, Yun-wing Sung, and James T.H. Tang - the majority of whom live and work in Hong Kong and experience the transition firsthand, personally and professionally.

Hong Kong's Legislature Under China's Sovereignty

Author: Yu Gu

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781336207318

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Hong Kong's New Constitutional Order

Author: Yash Ghai

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1997-05-01

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 9622094635

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This is the first systematic analysis of the constitutional, legal, economic, social and political systems of Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China. It examines the Basic Law against its historical and socio-economic contexts, including its international and domestic foundations, and the loss and the resumption of sovereignty by China. The author offers a conceptualization of the Basic Law and locates it within China's constitutional, political and legal systems. The book explores the balance as well as the tensions between the autonomy of Hong Kong and the sovereignty of China, which are aggravated by the necessity to accommodate contrasting economic and political systems. It also identifies key legal and political problems that are likely to arise in implementing the Basic Law and suggests an approach to its interpretation. The Basic Law provides a fascinating example of the interaction of widely different traditions of law, politics and economy, and a novel system of autonomy. Its study is therefore of great interest to scholars of comparative law and politics. This new edition covers significant political, constitutional and legal developments since the transfer of sovereignty in July 1997.

Politics and Government in Hong Kong

Author: Ming Sing

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0415469406

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This book examines the government of Hong Kong since its handover to China in 1997, arguing that Hong Kong has been poorly governed and that this is what lies behind regular mass protests since 2003. It considers the different aspects of these government problems, and assesses prospects for the future.

Hong Kong in Focus

Author: S. G. Rioni

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781590332375

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Hong Kong in Focus - Political & Economic Issues

Hong Kong's Transition to Chinese Rule

Author: Ralf Horlemann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1134434103

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Following the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, it appears that the 'high degree of autonomy' promised to Hong Kong is limited in many ways. China's reservations about the development of democracy in Hong Kong lies at the heart of the problem. The conceptual inadequacies set out in the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, show a correlation between a lack of democracy and a loss of autonomy. This book argues that genuine autonomy from the central government in Beijing is impossible without a democratic system in Hong Kong. Developments since the handover have, however, demonstrated that democratic trends have been halted and even reversed and that democracy is not likely to be established in Hong Kong in the near future.

The Challenge of Hong Kong's Reintegration with China

Author: Ming K. Chan

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 1997-07-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9789622094413

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The seven essays in this volume address some of the critical issues underlining the process of Hong Kong's reintegration with China. In reviewing the drastic changes in Hong Kong since the mid-1980s, the authors provide multi-disciplinary perspectives to articulate the major institutions and forces that shape the interaction between Beijing and Hong Kong and help to define the challenges ahead.

The Political Dynamics of Hong Kong Under the Chinese Sovereignty

Author: Jermain T. M. Lam

Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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Politics in Hong Kong was activated when Hong Kong started its democratisation process. Prior to the development of representative government in the mid 80s, politics in Hong Kong was 'absorbed by administrative consultation'. The 1989 June-fourth incident and the arrival of the last Governor, Chris Pattern, accelerated the democratisation process and intensified the competition for elected seats in the three-tier representative assemblies. Major political actors, including the liberals, businessmen, conservatives, Beijing officials, and the general citizenry were all divided on the issues of democracy and China -- Hong Kong relationship. With the introduction of directly elected seats to the Legislative Council, patterns of political interactions among political actors were largely transformed. The Legislative Council was turned into an active chamber of discussion; the relationship between the executive and legislature became tense; the leadership of the executive was challenged; the administrative officers and politicians became political competitors; and adversarial party politics was developed. The Chinese involvement further complicated the dynamics of politics in Hong Kong.