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Social Work Department The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港之小政府、管治危機舆第三條路的前景- 社會政策角度的分析 (Small Government, Governance Crisis and the Prospect of the Third Way in Hong Kong – A Social Policy Analysis) Wong Chack Kie(王卓祺) Professor Department of Social Work The Chinese University of Hong Kong Workshop on the Role of Government, Central Policy Unit, the Government of SAR Hong Kong 15 May 2009 Outline Small government in comparative analysis Governance crisis – a structural analysis Third Way – the only way to tackle governance crisis? Hong Kong has a small government in social policy in terms of public expenditure (Table 1) Table 1 Social Expenditure (Social protection + Education) as % of GDP, OECD selected countries and Hong Kong But small government is not necessarily meant economically competitive (Figure 1) Nordic countries, high spending but are competitive than Hong Kong Figure 1 Social Expenditure as a % of GDP and Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2005 Score in selected Countries and Hong Kong Why Hong Kong has a small government in social policy? Hong Kong spends less in every aspect of social policy except education In particular, it is very constrained in cash transfer On average OECD countries spent 12% of GDP on cash transfer (Figure 2) Figure 2 On average OECD selected countries spend on cash benefits % of GDP (2003) Hong Kong is shy away from cash transfer! In 2003-04 financial year, we spent 22.7 billion HK$ on cash benefits (CSSA, OAA and disability allowances); equivalent to 1.8% of GDP We don’t have pension (7% of GDP, OECD), but Mandatory Provident Fund, a forced savings, but it does not include in public expenditure We don’t have tax credit and other benefits to the working population (5% of GDP, OECD) But our public education expenditure is similar with OECD average 5.0% (OECD, 2004) 4.6% (HK, 2004) In public health care, we spent 2.03% of GDP (2007-08) but no-one in Hong Kong is denied of appropriate health care We adopt t