Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor recently announced a government restructuring plan, suggesting that the policy bureaus should be split from 13 and merged into 15.
But in order to truly achieve good governance and good governance, in addition to structure, leaders with problem-solving skills are more needed.
Departmental reorganization and personnel appointment can sort out the work process, but if the government wants to propose policies that are more relevant and beneficial to the society in the long run, and propose more ambitious development plans, the "government brain" is also essential.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor recently announced the government restructuring plan.
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After Carrie Lam took office, the Central Policy Unit was reorganized into the Innovation and Coordination Office (Innovation Office). The original intention was to coordinate important cross-departmental policies, allow young people to directly participate in the formulation of public policies, and recruit young people with high salaries to engage in policy research and project coordination. Work.
However, when the turmoil over the amendments broke out in 2019, the Innovation Office obviously could not play the role of "government brain", and could not play the role of the Central Policy Group in grasping public sentiment and policy research.
In fact, this kind of "heart war room" is very important, and it is an indispensable part of the policy gestation period.
In this restructuring plan, the Innovation Office has not been included in the new organizational chart. The government documents indicate that it will be decided by the next Chief Executive. However, no matter who wins the election of the Chief Executive in March, the new government must pay attention to policy research and find suitable talents to govern Hong Kong.
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