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On Wednesday, Hong Kong media reported a major cabinet reshuffle. The government retired ministers of home affairs, the civil service, innovation and technology, and financial services and the treasury. The chief executive explained that these changes had nothing to do with holding the HKSAR government to account for its incompetence and misconduct that led to […]
Author Archives: John Burns
John Burns is an honorary professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He was dean of HKU's Faculty of Social Sciences from 2011 to 2017, and is the author of titles such as Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service. He teaches courses and does research on comparative politics and public administration, specialising in China and Hong Kong.
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