Since the enactment of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance in 1971 and the establishment of Antiquities and Monuments Office in 1976, the Hong Kong Government has set up several institutions with particular ordinances and schemes for Heritage Conservation. With the set-up of government initiatives, yet the protection of physical and cultural heritage is still limited due to the ambiguity of...

Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, as Russia prepares for Parliamentary and Presidential elections, there are alarming signals that the Kremlin is cracking down on privately owned news outlets who have been critical of government policies. In particular, I understand that the independent and highly regarded television station, NTV, has been pressured by officials who are displeased with its news coverag...

In the current development of regional agencies, institutions, or organizations, there will be an increasing number assets and goods needed to support smooth running tasks functions apparatus organizations also competence performance government employees. This research is qualitative using a descriptive approach. The data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, documentation. te...

Extensive government control over industrial and service sectors show it could not overcome the increasing misuse of public resources, raisins debts, lack of improvement in operation efficiency and mismanagement. Numerous productivity programs could be a key to improve performances. In present article a case of productivity program in one of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) namely Isfahan Steel M...

This paper uses data from Taiwan’s banking sector to investigate if state-owned banks can serve as an internal regulation mechanism to sustain market competition. In contrast to the traditional second-best literature, the evidence shows that a certain degree of market coordination exis ts in the industry, even if the government owns most of the dominant banks in Taiwan.