No Minister & No, Minister: The True Story of HarbourFest

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By Mike Rowse

 

In the depths of the 2003 SARS crisis, Mike Rowse (็›ง็ถญๆ€), a career Hong Kong civil servant, was handed the poisoned chalice of HarbourFest โ€“ intended to be (and which in many ways was) a psychological and commercial shot in the arm. Politics, as it often does, took precedence over sense, and Rowse was scapegoated for the perceived failings of this attempt to pull off a world-class entertainment festival in only three months.

Rowse endured disciplinary hearings and ended up taking the Hong Kong Government to court. He won.

This true story of HarbourFest is not just an insiderโ€™s account of the workings of the Hong Kong Government; it is also a thoughtful treatise on the drawbacks of the Ministerial Accountability System, a system which failed HarbourFest and Rowse, there being No Minister who ever took responsibility.

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In the depths of the 2003 SARS crisis, Mike Rowse (็›ง็ถญๆ€), a career Hong Kong civil servant, was handed the poisoned chalice of HarbourFest โ€“ intended to be (and which in many ways was) a psychological and commercial shot in the arm. Politics, as it often does, took precedence over sense, and Rowse was scapegoated for the perceived failings of this attempt to pull off a world-class entertainment festival in only three months. Rowse endured disciplinary hearings and ended up taking the Hong Kong Government to court. He won. This true story of HarbourFest is not just an insiderโ€™s account of the workings of the Hong Kong Government; it is also a thoughtful treatise on the drawbacks of the Ministerial Accountability System, a system which failed HarbourFest and Rowse, there being No Minister who ever took responsibility.

MEDIA ATTENTION

Rowse to tell all in book about Harbour Fest fiasco: A retired top government official โ€“ heavily criticized over the Harbour Fest fiasco โ€“ will give his side of the story by publishing an alternative view of the issues surrounding the ill-fated concerts. โ€” The Standard

ๆŠ•่ณ‡ๆŽจๅปฃ็ฝฒๅ‰็ฝฒ้•ท็›ง็ถญๆ€็š„ๆ–ฐๆ›ธๅฐ‡ๆ–ผๆ˜Žๆ—ฅ็™ผ่กŒ๏ผŒไป–ๅฐ‡ๆ–ผๆ›ธไธญๅคง็ˆ†2003ๅนด้ญๅคšๆ–นๆ‰น่ฉ•็š„ใ€Œ็ถญๆธฏๅทจๆ˜ŸๅŒฏใ€็š„ไพ†้พๅŽป่„ˆใ€‚ไป–ๅผท่ชฟ๏ผŒๆ–ฐๆ›ธไธๆ˜ฏ่ฆๆ”ปๆ“Šไปปไฝ•ไบบ๏ผŒๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๆ™‚ไปปๅทฅๅ•†ๅŠ็ง‘ๆŠ€ๅฑ€้•ทใ€็พไปปๆ”ฟๅ‹™ๅธ้•ทๅ”่‹ฑๅนด๏ผ›่€Œไป–ๆ—ฉๅทฒๆŒ‰็…งๅ…ฌๅ‹™ๅ“กไบ‹ๅ‹™ๅฑ€ๅœจ5ๆœˆๅ‘ไป–็™ผๅ‡บ็š„ๆŒ‡ๅผ•ๅฏซๆ›ธ๏ผŒไฝ†่ช็‚บ่ฟ‘ๆ—ฅๆ”ฟๅบœๅ‘ไป–็™ผๅ‡บๆ–ฐ็š„ใ€Œๅ‡บๆ›ธๆŒ‡ๅผ•ใ€๏ผŒ็š„็ขบๆœƒไบˆไบบๆ”ฟๅบœๆƒณๅซๅœไป–ๅ‡บๆ›ธ็š„ๅฐ่ฑกใ€‚
็›ง็ถญๆ€็š„No Minister & No, Ministerๆ˜Žๆ—ฅ้ขไธ–๏ผŒไป–ๆ—ฅๅ‰ๆŽฅๅ—ไบž่ฆ–็ฏ€็›ฎNewsline่จชๅ•ๆ™‚่ชช๏ผŒไปŠๅนด5ๆœˆๆ”ฟๅบœๅทฒ็ตฆไป–ๆœ‰้—œ้€€ไผ‘ๅ…ฌๅ‹™ๅ“กๅฆ‚่ฆๅ‡บๆ›ธ็š„่ฆๅฎš๏ผŒไป–ๅทฒ้ตๅฎˆๆ‰€ๆœ‰่ฆๅฎšๆ’ฐๅฏซ๏ผŒไฝ†ไป–่ฟ‘ๆ—ฅ็ช็„ถๅ†ๆ”ถๅˆฐๆ”ฟๅบœ็š„ๆ–ฐ่ฆๅฎš๏ผŒ่ช็‚บ้€™ไบ›่ฆๅฎšๆˆ–ๆœƒไปคไป–็š„ๆ›ธไธ่ฆ‹ๅคฉๆ—ฅใ€‚ ่ขซๅ•ๆ”ฟๅบœๆ˜ฏๅฆๆƒณ็ฆๆญขไป–ๅ‡บๆ›ธ๏ผŸ็›ง็ถญๆ€่ชช๏น•ใ€ŒๆŒ‰็†ๆ˜ฏๆฒ’ๆœ‰๏ผŒไฝ†ๆˆ‘็œŸๆ˜ฏไธๆƒณ่ฉ•่ซ–๏ผŒๅ› ็‚บๆˆ‘ไป็„ถ็›ธไฟก็†ๆ™บๆœƒๅ–ๅ‹๏ผŒไฝ†ไป–ๅ€‘๏ผˆๆ”ฟๅบœ๏ผ‰้ฒ้ฒๆ‰้™„ๅŠ ๆ–ฐ่ฆๅฎš๏ผŒ็š„็ขบๆœƒๆœ‰้€™ๅ€‹ๆ•ˆๆžœใ€‚ใ€ไป–ๅˆ็ฌ‘่จ€๏ผŒ่‹ฅ้€™ๆœฌๆ›ธ่ขซๅˆ—็‚บ็ฆๆ›ธ๏ผŒๅ…ถ้Šท้‡ๅฐ‡ๆœƒ็”ฑ500ๆœฌๆฟ€ๅขž่‡ณ5000ๆœฌใ€‚โ€” Ming Pao

ไบบ็จฑใ€Œ็ฑณ่€้ผ ใ€ๅ˜…ๅ‰ๆŠ•่ณ‡ๆŽจๅปฃ็ฝฒ็ฝฒ้•ท็›ง็ถญๆ€๏ผˆMike Rowse๏ผ‰ๅŽปๅนดๅบ•้€€ไผ‘๏ผŒ้›ข้–‹ๅฎ˜ๅ ดๅŽปๅ’—็ง‘ๅคงๅš MBA่ชฒ็จ‹้กงๅ•๏ผŒๅ–บๆธ…ๆฐด็ฃ้’ๅฑฑ็ถ ๆฐดไน‹ไธญ้€้™ๅ’—ๆˆๅนด๏ผŒ็ฑณ่€้ผ ไธ‹ๅ‘จไบŒ็ต‚ๆ–ผๅ‡บ้—œ๏ผŒๅŽป้ฆ™ๆธฏๅค–ๅœ‹่จ˜่€…ๆœƒๆผ”่ฌ›๏ผŒ่ฌ›ๅ“ๅฐๆ‰€่ฌ‚้ƒจ้•ทๅˆถๅ˜…ๆ”ฟๆฒปไปปๅ‘ฝๅฑ€้•ทใ€ๅ‰ฏๅฑ€้•ทๅ˜…็‡ๆณ•ใ€‚ ๆผ”่ฌ›ๅฏฆๆƒ…ๅชไฟ‚้…่œ๏ผŒไธป่œไนƒไฟ‚ไฝขๆฝ›ๅฟƒๅŠ›ไฝœ๏ผŒๅคง็ˆ†็•ถๅนด็ถญๆธฏๅทจๆ˜ŸๅŒฏๅ…งๅน•ๅ˜…ๆ–ฐๆ›ธ๏ผŒๆ–ฐๆ›ธๅ็‚บโ€No Minister & No, Ministerโ€๏ผŒๆœ‰ๅ€‹ๅ‰ฏ้กŒ โ€œThe True Story of HarbourFestโ€๏ผŒ้กงๅๆ€็พฉ๏ผŒ็ฑณ่€้ผ ๆœ‰ๅคง้‘Š่ฆ็ˆ†๏ผŒ็•ถๅนดไฝขๅทฒ็ถ“ๆญ้–‹ๅ”่‹ฑๅนดๆƒณๅˆช้™คๆœƒ่ญฐ็ด€้Œ„๏ผŒๆ„ๅœ–ๅธ่ฒฌๅ˜…ๅ…งๅน•๏ผŒๆญคๆ›ธไธ€ๅ‡บ๏ผŒๆบ–ๅ‚™ๅŸ‹ไฝ้ธ็‰น้ฆ–ๅ˜…ๅ”ๅ…ฌๅญ่ฆๆตๅฎšๆ“‹็ฎญ็‰Œๅ˜ž โ€” Apple Daily