TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how institutional designs governing the executive-legislative relations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have weakened the government’s capacity to effectively govern the HKSAR.Design/methodology/approach This paper examines institutional designs and rules that govern Hong Kong’s executive-legislative relations. It uses the case of the HKSAR Legislative Council (LegCo) to illustrate the impacts of institutional designs and rules on the performance of political institutions and government performance.Findings This paper finds that institutional designs and rules do affect the performance of a political institution. This paper suggests changes to the institutional designs and rules that govern the operation of the HKSAR LegCo, and the interaction between the legislature and the executive so as to create a facilitative context for good governance.Originality/value Studies on governance in Hong Kong mostly focus on individual institution’s behavior and performance. This paper studies the problem of governance in Hong Kong from the perspective of executive-legislative relations. It adopts the institutional theory to examine the behavior, performance, and interaction between the legislative and executive branches.
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 2046-3162
DO  - 10.1108/AEDS-07-2015-0031
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-07-2015-0031
AU  - Lui Luen Tim Percy
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Institutions do matter: Exploring the problem of governance in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from the perspective of executive-legislative relations
T2  - Asian Education and Development Studies
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 72
EP  - 82
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -