01734pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002200040245008300062260000900145300001400154362000800168520111800176650003401294650002201328700001601350773004301366909001001409999001701419952010401436180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aChui, Ernest W.T.  aFrom colony to SAR: advocacy planning in the executive-led polity of Hong Kong  c1998  ap.173-202  aDec  aIn 1997, Hong Kong underwent a momentus transfer of sovereignty.  The new SAR government inherited from its colonial predecessor a political and administrative structure characterized by bureaucratic dominance which makes it very difficult for advocacy planning to flourish.  A pioneer study was conducted of a sample of professional planners to investigate their role perceptions and performance, and their inclination to adopt advocacy planning.  Results reveal that the respondents were ambivalent in their understanding and orientation to advocacy planning.  Planners were largely confused about what constitutes the "public interest".  Since they adopted a technocratic role perception and a conservative stance towards planning for social equity, they only recognized superficially the role of citizen participation, and had a rather negative perception of the ability of the territory's ascending political representatives to participate in planning.  They were cautious about the prospects for advocacy planning in Hong Kong and were pessimistic concerning the post-1997 planning environment. - Reproduced  aEconomic planning - Hong Kong  aEconomic planning  aKam, Ng Mee  aAsian Journal of Public Administration  a49148  c49148d49148  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 20, Issue no: 2pAR49576r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR