Hong Kong Public Budgeting - Historical and Comparative Analyses

This book is a comprehensive, scholarly account of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, spanning from the pre-1997 British rule to the post-1997 Chinese rule. Transcending the existing comparative budgeting studies which are either central-government focused or symmetric local-government focused, this book presents Hong Kong Public Budgeting as a distinctive case of territorial autonomy.
It offers historical and comparative analyses of Hong Kong Public Budgeting, tracing the evolution of budgetary institutions and budgetary decision-making and examining the critical issues of budget openness, budget oversight, and budget allocation.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative budgeting studies. It will also be an excellent text for public budgeting instructors and students in East Asia and Hong Kong.


Brian C.H. Fong is Associate Professor and Associate Director of The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. Specialized in great-power competition, democratization, and identity politics, he has produced more than 70 publications including a number of articles in top SSCI journals. He is also the founding editor of Hong Kong Studies Reader Series.