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The Government's Goal
Meeting community needs in the most efficient and effective manner, including
a target of optimising Private Sector Involvement (PSI) in the provision
of services to the community.
The Government's Policy
Government bureaux/departments are encouraged to involve the private
sector in delivering services and infrastructure projects. Different types
of PSI, mainly outsourcing and Public Private Partnerships, should be
considered in both providing new services and improving existing services.
Over the past years, successive Financial Secretaries have reiterated
the government's ongoing commitment to involving the private sector in
the provision of public services to encourage innovation, enhance productivity
and speed up project and service delivery, in order to provide better
and more efficient services as well as increase opportunities for investment
in Hong Kong.
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Financial Secretary,
budget speech 2000-01
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"...will add impetus to increasing
private sector participation in the delivery of public services, encouraging
greater initiative and innovation."
Through these management reforms, we are bringing in the more
customer-oriented, innovative private sector providers to deliver
certain public services. We are injecting an entrepreneurial spirit
into the public sector to enhance its productivity."
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Financial Secretary,
at British Chamber of Commerce Luncheon in January 2002
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"...we should allow the private sector to take up a
bigger role in delivery of various services. I firmly believe
that the resources of the community would be best used when they
are subject to market forces. Reducing the size of Government would
not only help address the fiscal problem, but also introduce more
flexibility in our economy so that we could go through any future
adjustment more quickly."
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Financial Secretary, budget speech 2002-03
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We will make use of market forces and strengthen our co-operation
with the private sector to provide better and more efficient
services to the public."
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Financial Secretary, budget speech 2003-04
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"In his Policy Address, the Chief Executive set out "big
market, small government" as the underlying principle of
the Administration's philosophy of governance."
"The Government has also clearly stated that it would...
reprioritise the provision of services, reorganise the structure
of government departments, reengineer procedures and make full use
of the market, so as to optimise resources and provide better services
for the public... We will also continue to encourage private-sector
participation in the provision of services and infrastructure
projects."
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