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(Download the paper: A Review of the Servicing Economy Forum) Our ref : 51/WKC/064-1 3 November 2004 Mr Henry Tang Financial Secretary Government Secretariat 5/F Main Wing Central Government Offices Lower Albert Road Central Hong Kong
A Proposal for Economic Policy Think-Tanking I would like first to thank you for the support rendered by your office to the “Servicing Economy Forum”, the high-level brainstorming forum on service industries policies organised jointly by the Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries and the Hong Kong University. Over the past years, the Forum’s representation has expanded from a tripartite – with government, academics and business – to a “penta” event involving also politicians and the media. The participants have found the Forum very rewarding and we trust it has been fruitful to government policy makers as well. Besides generating ideas, the Forum is developing into a network for brainstorming in public policy. As initiator of the event, we have observed this with some pleasure, and decided that a review of the Forum should be conducted with a view to “taking it to a higher level”. The review is detailed in the attached paper entitled “Not just an event, but an institution – A Review of the Servicing Economy Forum”. As the title of the paper suggests, we propose that the Forum should become not just an event, but an ongoing process in building up the institutional capability of public policy think-tanking in Hong Kong. I hope our proposal receives your favourable consideration, and that your office will continue to be the lead agency in the government, perhaps also with the Central Policy Unit, to take it forward. The HKCSI is happy to continue to be the private sector partner, together with Hong Kong University, to undertake this worthwhile endeavour in developing Hong Kong’s public policy think-tank capability. Yours sincerely Nick Brooke Our ref : 51/WKC/064-2 Prof Lau Siu Kai The Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries is honoured to have been a partner with the government and the Hong Kong University in organising the “Servicing Economy Forum”, the high-level brainstorming forum on service industries policies. Over the past years, the Forum’s representation has expanded from a tripartite – with government, academics and business – to a “penta” event involving also politicians and the media. The participants have found the Forum very rewarding and we trust it has been fruitful to government policy makers as well. Besides generating ideas, the Forum is developing into a network for brainstorming in public policy. As initiator of the event, we have observed this with some pleasure, and decided that a review of the Forum should be conducted with a view to “taking it to a higher level”. The review is detailed in the attached paper entitled “Not just an event, but an institution – A Review of the Servicing Economy Forum”. As the title of the paper suggests, we propose that the Forum should become not just an event, but an ongoing process in building up the institutional capability of public policy think-tanking in Hong Kong. I hope our proposal receives your favourable consideration, and that the Central Policy Unit will be interested in becoming a lead agency in the government, perhaps with the Financial Secretary’s Office, to take it forward. The HKCSI is happy to continue to be the private sector partner, together with Hong Kong University, to undertake this worthwhile endeavour in developing Hong Kong’s public policy think-tank capability. Yours sincerely |
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