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Price: £40.00
Pages: 315
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
01 May 2008
Trim Size: 9.10 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789622098824
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
"Authoritative, lively and often provocative, Moving Millions is an important contribution to our understanding of Hong Kong's astonishing success. It reveals how in this ultra-capitalist city, bureaucrats were left to create a railway system that is amon
"A comprehensive and insightful book, appropriately informed by significant governance and policy perspectives. An essential read for anyone seeking to understand arrangements so vital to the life and vibrancy of Hong Kong." -- Professor Ian Thynne, Chair
"Providing mobility to millions is a matter of political choice. This is a clearly told story of missteps and missed opportunities in the slow expansion of rail in Hong Kong, when it could have been much faster." -- Christine Loh, CEO, Civic Exchange
"Dr Rikkie Yeung has tackled an important problem of modern public policy how to ensure good performance and accountability for public institutions when democratic mechanisms are either ineffective or non-existent. She has done so in a skilful and insight
"Dr Rikkie Yeung's pioneer volume not only provides an excellent comparative analysis of Hong Kong's two railway corporations up to their 'merger' in 2007, but also examines critical issues of railway governance and politics. Moving Millions goes beyond t
"A comprehensive and insightful book, appropriately informed by significant governance and policy perspectives. An essential read for anyone seeking to understand arrangements so vital to the life and vibrancy of Hong Kong." -- Professor Ian Thynne, Chair
"Providing mobility to millions is a matter of political choice. This is a clearly told story of missteps and missed opportunities in the slow expansion of rail in Hong Kong, when it could have been much faster." -- Christine Loh, CEO, Civic Exchange
"Dr Rikkie Yeung has tackled an important problem of modern public policy how to ensure good performance and accountability for public institutions when democratic mechanisms are either ineffective or non-existent. She has done so in a skilful and insight
"Dr Rikkie Yeung's pioneer volume not only provides an excellent comparative analysis of Hong Kong's two railway corporations up to their 'merger' in 2007, but also examines critical issues of railway governance and politics. Moving Millions goes beyond t
Dr Rikkie Yeung is a consultant and research scholar in public affairs and public policies. A former member of the Hong Kong Government's Central Policy Unit, Constitutional Affairs Bureau and Chief Secretary's Office, she was a visiting fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies of the Brookings Institution in the United States in 2006-7. Dr Yeung received her doctoral degree from the University of Hong Kong and has an MBA as well as Master of Journalism.