No constitutional / political reforms can be made at all, since the cripple procedure requires Grandfather to pre-approve any proposal and subsequently review it again before it can be enacted. Politically, HK's future is dead.
- revive the construction of 居屋 and expand 公屋 programs
- repurchase / nationalize the various underwater tunnels
- halt the high speed rail project and order a full review on site location, environment impact, traffic and logistic impact, etc. This will most certain piss Grandfather off.
- re-purchase the administration / operations right of 領匯
- infuse sizable sums into the public healthcare programs and elderly support programs
- put some real efforts into re-starting athletic training programs. But this must be done in conjunction with educational reforms that focus less on exams and more on overall children development
- produce a real 國情教育 program that talks about true Chinese history instead of only focusing on the success of the CCP
- make a high profile appearance in attending the 6.4 memorial in support of it
These are just a few selected topics that I have immediately off the top of my head. I'm sure I can come up with way more if I put some thoughts into it.
Goal: To establish a more affordable and sustainable housing system in HK (esp. for middle class and the low income), lower pollution, increase the communication between the government and the general public (esp. with the youth), activate and renew old sector of the society... etc.
Key actions:
- re-start HOS housing and increase the income ceiling for those applicants applying for public housing
- issue more traffic allowance for concessions/low incomes/youths/students
- re-purchase the ownership (just the ownership) of those 3 undersea tunnels
- have a tighter air pollution standard - retire old vehicles which do not satifsy the new rules. May consider tax credit to support the exchange.
- in certain areas, re-allow registered street-vendors.
- bring in sales tax (very controversy I know...)
- increase the charge for built-but-not-sold apartment units, income directed to support public housing
- increase the charge for sold-but-not-developed lands, can allow certain times of extension with some limits applied.
- in order to increase the involvement and interactive relationships with the public, will attend public inquiry sections every quarter in locations randomly picked by the council.
- build more multipurpose community centres and sport centres (require good planning)
This is difficult because traditionally, HK's strength lies in its finance sector and in its well-established judiciary system. To a lesser extend, knowledge-based industries might also stand a good chance of succeeding, any manufacturing related to this knowledge-based industries would have to be moved elsewhere (most likely SE China). But at that point, you run the risk of having the item copied.
With limited space, it is difficult for a lot of industries to develop.
Did you have something a little more specific in mind?
1) Establishing the road map for getting rid of functional groups and realizing general election in 10 ~ 15 years. Some people will think it takes too long. For me, it is an acceptable time frame.
2) Establishing a system to provide affordable housing to HK citizens with the injunction of creating new economies (or diversifying HK industries). I will not support it if the policy is implemented solely.
a) Restart building public housing
b) Restricting foreign hot money to flow into real estate market and limit foreigners’ purchasing of HK real estate (HK government may not want to do this since it will damage HK’s reputation as an international metropolis and a free market)
c) Increase land supplies strictly for affordable housing projects
d) Increase levy on luxury apartment projects and unit transfer
3) Invest in developing new economies and set up policies to attract investments both domestically and internationally into these new industries. (Singapore is doing pretty good at it. Many HK people worry about Shanghai is taking over HK as a world finance center. In my opinion, I would rather watch out for Singapore instead of Shanghai.) Establish systems to get average worker Joe to be retrained so that they can get a higher pay job in those new industries.
1) Establishing the road map for getting rid of functional groups and realizing general election in 10 ~ 15 years. Some people will think it takes too long. For me, it is an acceptable time frame.
rockypath 發表於 2011-7-17 21:47
BS. The 10 year phase out period of functional constituencies is already in the work, and the plan already been criticized to shreds, and your retarded plan takes even longer than the current proposal. Why put up with functional constituency for up another 15 years when they already serve the general public zero purpose? At the moment, their sole purpose of existence is to serve those who already receive major benefits from government policies and continue to protect their interests.
2) Establishing a system to provide affordable housing to HK citizens with the injunction of creating new economies (or diversifying HK industries). I will not support it if the policy is implemented solely.
Why does the two need to be tied? Associating the two together serves no real purpose.
b) Restricting foreign hot money to flow into real estate market and limit foreigners’ purchasing of HK real estate (HK government may not want to do this since it will damage HK’s reputation as an international metropolis and a free market)
Depending on how it is done, this is not necessarily a bad policy. I don't like the term "restrict" because it implies government control, but if it is simply done in terms of some sort of percentage-based levy / tax based on transaction values, then I can see it being viable.
c) Increase land supplies strictly for affordable housing projects
Commercial developers will not have too much interest in this because there is far less money to be made. What the government could do is to borrow a page out of the US gov in their CAFE ratings, and require developers to build a minimum number of affordable housing projects for every certain number of luxury projects. That way, legislation will ensure there are enough affordable housing units around.
3) Invest in developing new economies and set up policies to attract investments both domestically and internationally into these new industries. (Singapore is doing pretty good at it. Many HK people worry about Shanghai is taking over HK as a world finance center. In my opinion, I would rather watch out for Singapore instead of Shanghai.) Establish systems to get average worker Joe to be retrained so that they can get a higher pay job in those new industries.
Since the LMD years, the SAR government has continually been trying to do this and the result has been crystal clear to everyone. All the talk of different industries only resulted in mega real estate projects that only made the big developers even more wealthy. So how do you intend to be different? Last but not least, re-training is no easy feat, and there will always be those who can't made the grade. How do you intend to help them?
#1) If you can realize general election next year, GREAT! I have no complain about that. But, to me, 10 years is an acceptable time frame, but 15 years is more practically realistic. Let’s see what it actually takes.
#2) Why do I insist on the providing of affordable housing should be injunction with the development of new economies? It is because I think it is more viable and possible. Reasons? Read what I already said.
#3) The details of policies of increasing land supplies for affordable housing is beyond my capabilities of discussion. I don’t know what will work or will not work in Hong Kong.
#4) Ask yourself this question – does the failure of trying to developing new industries conclude it is a wrong idea or it is a right idea but was wrongly executed? Singapore has been taking this direction. Are they stupid? (btw, I am suspicious whether you are confused by the word – “industry”. Manufacturing is only a type of industries. Filming is also an industry, for example.)
發表於 2011-7-17 16:30
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