Editorial: Policies and practices under COVID-19 pandemic and more

Abstract

Since 2018, it has been published online in open access on the Emerald Insight Platform. Five exceptional aspects are identified: (a) Under British rule, Hong Kong was governed as an atypical colony;(b) It was one of the Four Little Dragons as part of the East Asian Miracle;(c) In the 1990s, it was one of the regional pioneers in public sector reform;(d) The unique constitutional status of post-1997 Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China;(e) After reunification with China, the SAR government, though only semi-democratic, is checked by balancing and monitoring mechanisms no less vigorous than some developed democracies. With the support from international organizations, ASEAN countries have framed several policy strategies in response to the increasing aging population, such as providing more long-term care services in the community. By applying Wang, Dennis and Tu’s solvency test and Brown’s Ten-Point Test, the result shows that one-tenth of the entire municipalities are endowed with better position, whereas almost 39 percent of municipalities are in the worst situation, and nearly 50 percent of municipalities are in the average category. Because of having limited liabilities, the municipalities are endowed with more than enough cash solvency and reasonable level of long-run solvency.