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Jun 27, 2010

香港競爭力的危機 : 環球競爭力報告2009-2010的啟示

世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum )每年都出版 環球競爭力報告(Global Competitive Report),在接近500頁的報告 (http://goo.gl/nJKO),詳細比較133個國家經濟體的相對競爭力評分。今年,瑞士取代美國排名第一,美國屈居第二;鄰近國家星加坡全球排名第三,比去年升兩位;日本排名第八,比去年升一位;其他位於十大的國家,是瑞典、丹麥、芬蘭、德國、加拿大和荷蘭。


香港的Global Competitive Index 排名十一,與去年相同。表面看好像不太差,比上不足,比下有餘,官方過去亦以此自慰。不過,稍看報告的詳細分析,確實令人擔憂

環球競爭力報告把經濟發展分為三個階段基礎因素主導、效率主導和創意主導,共有12項支柱因素量度競爭力。香港已是創意主導的經濟體系,和其他在同一階段的經濟體競爭,即是說,香港要保持競爭力,要多在創意主導的支柱因素中努力,不能滿足於基礎因素主導和效率主導的支柱因素。


香港在 GCI 排名雖中在11名,但其實是運輸電力基建(第3名)、金融(第5名)、法治治安體系(第8名)、和科技(第8名)等細項的排名拉高。

創意主導的支柱因素綜合排名23,包括 Business Sophistication (15名)和 Innovation (28名),即是說和在創意主導的因素排第23,被眾多歐美國家拋離,遠較自己總綜合指數11名低,是偏弱的部分。鄰近地區的排名是:日本(2)、台灣(8)、星加坡(10)、韓國(16)、馬來西亞(24),香港在亞洲四小龍(台、星、韓、港)中明顯滯後。印度是基礎因素主導的經濟體系,中國是效率主導的的經濟體系,但是他們在創意主導支柱因素綜合排名分別在28名和29名,這兩個展中的龐然大物的高速增長,亦步亦趨,本來比他們高一兩班的香港,實在不能掉以輕心。



第五支柱 — 高等教育(Higher Education and Training)綜合排名,竟在33位,其中 「5.02 高等教育入學率」細項排名竟是66名,對一個富裕的社會,簡直是缺憾。最近,恒生管理學院校長崔康常指出(http://goo.gl/NDax), 本港升大學入學率祇有11%,遠低於台灣的 100%及南韓的 90%,更低過內地一些沿海省分。他指出,升大學比率過低,令香港難以在知識型經濟有競爭力,升大學率低過50%,和其他國家根本難以競爭。


其實,香港根據經濟和勞動市場需要而制定的大學學位數量,經已過時,是時候檢討香港的教育培訓的社會目標,如何增加公立大學學額和扶助私立大學了。

Jun 24, 2010

IT Voice: Report of Survey on 2010 Constitutional Reform for IT Practitioners

IT Voice: Survey on 2010 Constitutional Reform for IT Practitioners

(1) IT Voice has conducted a poll on the 2010 Political Reform, seeking the views of the IT industry. The objective of the poll is to provide the views of the industry so that our LegCo representative would make his decisions in this political reform accordingly.

(2) The poll was opened at 02:00 of Jun 22. We used mailing list, IT Voice blog (www.itvoice.hk) and Hong Kong IT groups on Facebook to promote the survey. Over half of the responses were received in the first 12 hours
Jun 22 14:00 (12 hours) 406 responses
Jun 23 02:00 (24 hours) 612 responses
Jun 23 14:00 (36 hours) 672 responses
Jun 24 02:00 (48 hours), 703 responses

(3) This survey report was based on the data collected after 48 hours.

Q1. Agree to the Eventual Removal of Functional Constituencies?
82% Yes
18% No

Q2. Support Government’s original proposal
21% Yes
79% No

Q3. Support Democratic Party's revised proposal
55% Yes
45% No

Q4. Do you have other opinions to add?
204 respondents (30%) did write their opinions, some very detailed.

(4) The Government package is surely unpopular. The Democratic Party (DP)’s package has got 55% support. However, in 20 people, there are 11 supporting DP’s proposal and 9 against it. There was a remarkable split of opinion.

(5) Out of 389 respondents who supported the DP revised proposal, 280 respondents (72%) supported the eventual removal of FC. That means most people accept the District Council FC proposal only as a temporal solution and was expecting it be replaced by universal suffrage ultimately.

(6) From Q4 open ended question,
- Quite a number of respondents (61 of 204, i.e. 30%) reiterated the importance of abolition of FC and replacing with universal suffrage.
- Some respondents (19) have conditions in supporting the DP’s proposal, namely, there should be low nomination barrier, removal of appointed district council, and removal of separate vote counting in Legco for non-government bills.
- 17 people asked for deferring the decision to allow for clarifications and sorting out the devils in the details.

(7) In only 48 hours and very limited promotion within IT sector, we have achieved a very good response (703 questionnaires). This indicates IT people are very eager to have their voice heard. Furthermore, some IT people have complained that they were not consulted by their IT representative in this important policy of Hong Kong. We suggested that more open consultation be conducted in the IT sector to solicit views on different policies in the future.


Project Team - Survey on 2010 Constitutional Reform for IT Practitioners
IT Voice

IT呼聲: IT界2010政改意見調查報告



(1)IT呼聲進行了「IT界2010政改意見調查」,徵詢資訊科技業界的意見。該調查的目的是向我們的立法會代表反映業界的意見,就其在政制改革作出投票決定時參考。


(2)調查是在6月22日02:00開始。我們使用電郵列表,IT呼聲的博錄(www.itvoice.hk) 和在 Facebook 上的香港IT界群組宣傳。半數以上的回應是在首 12小時 收到。
6月22日14:00(12小時406回應
6月23日02:00(24小時)612回應
6月23日14:00(36小時)672回應
6月24日02:00(48小時703回應


(3)這份調查報告,是基於問卷發出後48小時的數據


第一題 同意最終消除功能組別?
82% 是
18% 否


第二題 支持政府的原建議 ?
21% 是
79% 否


第三題 支持民主黨的修訂建議 ?
55% 是
45% 否


第四題 你有其他意見補充?
204名受訪者(30%)並寫下自己的意見,有些非常詳細。


(4)政府的原建議是不得人心的。民主黨(DP)的方案得到了55%的支持。不過,在20人,有11個支持民主黨的建議,9人反對,意見有一個明顯的分歧


(5)在389名支持民主黨的修訂建議的受訪者當中,有280人(72%)支持最終取消功能界別。這意味著大多數人接受的區議會功能界別建議的人只把它作為暫時的方案,並期待它最終由普選被取代。


(6)從第4題開放式的問題 (204人有填寫),
  • 不少受訪者(61人,即30%)重申廢除功能界別代之以普選的重要性
  •  一些受訪者(19)是有條件地支持民主黨的建議,包括提名門檻應該低、要取消委任區議會、要除消非政府提案的分組點票方法
  • 17人要求延期付諸表決,爭取時間以便澄清和整理在細節的魔鬼。


(7)在短短48小時內和在IT界內有限的宣傳,我們取得了非常好的反應 (703份問卷) ,顯示IT界從業員非常渴望在此議題上有自己的聲音。此外,一些IT界從業員抱怨他們的IT代表在這項重要的香港政策並沒有諮詢他們的意見。我們建議將來在界內就不同的政策進行更多的公開諮詢。


IT呼聲 -- IT界2010政改意見調查專案小組

Jun 22, 2010

IT呼聲: IT界2010政改意見調查 (IT Voice: Survey on 2010 Constitutional Reform for IT Practitioners)


各位 IT 界的朋友:


立法會將於星期三討論政府提交的政改方案, IT 呼聲希望諮詢資訊科技界別人士對當局原先提出及現時民主黨爭取的方案,及對功能組別最終存廢的意見。煩請各位進入以下網址:


http://tinyurl.com/itvoicesurvey2010


謝謝你的關注和參與。


IT 呼聲



Dear friends of the IT sector:


The Legislative Council will debate on the political reform package proposed by the Government on Wednesday. IT Voice would like to solicit IT practitioners' views on the original Government proposal and the subsequently suggested amendments by the Democratic Party, and views on final removal of functional constituencies. Please follow the link below for the survey:


http://tinyurl.com/itvoicesurvey2010


Your help will greatly assist reflecting the opinion of the IT sector. Thank you for your attention and participation.


IT Voice