Accountability in Hong Kong

The and too late to have much impact on the basic structure economic transformation of Hong Kong into a world- of the system in place at the time of the class city was given a mighty push after the Second handover.2 Britain bequeathed liberty but it did not World War as the Chinese Communist Party won the bequeath democracy. [...] When Britain began to negotiate with as the main advisory body to the Colonial Governor, China over the Basic Law in the 1980s, for example, was composed of civil servants, LegCo members, and 100% of the legislators were appointed by the British representatives of the “great and good” of Hong Kong, governor. [...] System for principal officials,” the accountability of the The Basic Law outlines the rights and duties of the officials is to the Chief Executive, not to the legislature Chief Executive, the legislature and judiciary. [...] As humankind progressed from the family to the tribe, to the city, to the state, force was the initial source of Accountability systems answer the question: “Who is authority. [...] Yet, starting in Athens in the 5th century and slowly The new accountability system of Hong Kong tries to gaining momentum through the ages until it was address the question of how the public service can be proclaimed as a new principle of authority in Britain’s made accountable to the Chief Executive, but it is silent Glorious Revolution of 1688, and America’s Revolution on the prior question of