The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre was a privately funded public policy
think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...
in Hong Kong. The organisation stated that its aim was "to promote the understanding of the '
one country, two systems
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The constitutional principle was formulated in the early ...
' arrangements in Hong Kong and other socioeconomic policies in Hong Kong, for public benefit."
The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre emerged as a leading advocate of policy to the administration of
Hong Kong Chief Executive
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of H ...
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...
. Of eight undersecretaries and nine political assistants appointed in May 2008 as part of the
Tsang administration's plan to "groom political talents," seven were identified by governance activist
David Webb as having close ties with the Bauhinia Foundation.
["Who is the Bauhinia Foundation?"]
In the subsequent (first)
CY Leung government of Hong Kong, the think tank was said to be "struggling to retain its relevance".
[Bauhinia Foundation in a quest for happiness]
''South China Morning Post'', 22 November 2012 However, its Undersecretary for Home Affairs,
Florence Hui Florence Hui Hiu-fai, SBS (; 6 July 1974 – 3 December 2018) was one of the undersecretaries appointed by the Government of Hong Kong. She served as the Undersecretary for Home Affairs from 2008 to 2017.
Education
Hui held a Bachelor degree in ...
Hiu Fai, had a senior planning role at
Standard Chartered
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, where Bauhinia Foundation chairman
Norman Chan
Norman Chan Tak-lam, GBS, JP (born 1954), is a Hong Kong banker, treasury official, and civil servant. Chan was Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from 2009 to 2019. He previously served as Director of the Office of the C ...
was formerly vice-chairman for Asia, and she also served on the foundation's Health Care Study Group. And the Political Assistant to the
Secretary for Home Affairs
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs is the head of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community and youth services.
List of office holders Registr ...
,
Zandra Mok Zandra Mok Yee-tuen ( ; born 23 August 1970) is one of the first political assistants appointed by the Government of Hong Kong in 2008. She was re-appointed as the political assistant to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, to assume office on 13 ...
Yee Tuen, was a senior manager at the foundation.
The foundation formally dissolved in March 2022.
Funding
The foundation's opaque funding – it did not reveal the identities of its supporting trust's donors – made its eligibility for tax exempt status controversial.
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Management
From 2012, the chairman of the foundation was Donald Li Kwok-tung.[
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See also
* List of think tanks in Hong Kong
References
External links
Website of "Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre" (智經研究中心)
Think tanks established in 2006
Political and economic think tanks based in Hong Kong
2006 establishments in Hong Kong
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