The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local

Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

Programme Schedule 10 February 2012 (Friday) 09:15 Reception and Registration Location: Outside Council Chamber (Room A-4/F) 09:45 09:45 Welcoming and Opening Remarks Council Chamber 10:10 Welcoming Remarks Professor Anthony B. L. CHEUNG President and Chair Professor of Public Administration, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Opening Remarks Professor Akira NAKAMURA President, The Asian Association for Public Administration

The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

10:10 Panel 1: Culture and Bureaucratic Reforms in Asia Council Chamber 11:55 The Impact of Societal Culture on Performance Management in East Asia: Evidence from a Comparative Survey Professor Evan BERMAN International Ph.D. Program in Asia-Pacific Studies and Department of Public Administration, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, and Professor Xiaohu WANG Department of Public and Social Administration, City University Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and Mr. Chun Yuan WANG National Police University, Taiwan, and Dr. Meghna SABHARWAL School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A., and Professor Jonathan WEST Department of Political Science, University of Miami, U.S.A., and Professor Chung Yuang JAN Department of Public Administration, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, and Dr. Yijia JING School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China, and Dr. Wei LIU School of Public Administration Renmin University of China, China, and Professor Alex BRILLANTES National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, Philippines, and Dr. Chung An CHEN School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Bureaucratic Reform and State Capacity: The Case of South Korea Professor Chonghee HAN Department of Public Administration, Kwangwoon University, Korea, and Professor Sunhyuk KIM Department of Public Administration, Korea University, Korea In What Way is Confucianism Linked to Public Service Motivation? Dr. Betty YUNG Centre for Governance and Citizenship, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

11:55 Lunch Break / AAPA Directors Luncheon Meeting Room A-G/F-08 13:15 13:15 Panel 2: Rethinking Reform Strategies of Administrative Change in Asia and Europe since the 15:30 Eighteenth Century Council Chamber Revisiting Meritocracy in Asian Settings: Dimensions of Colonial Influences and Indigenous Traditions Professor Danilo R. REYES National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, Philippines Administrative Knowledge and Crisis Management: The Emergence of the First Civil Service in British India Mr. Sebastian MEURER Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in Global Context, Heidelberg University, Germany Discourse on the Sale of Offices in Early Modern German State Theory and the Chinese Model Dr. Susan RICHTER Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in Global Context, Heidelberg University, Germany The New Policy and Bureaucratic Reform in Early Twentieth Century China Mr. Nicolas SCHILLINGER Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in Global Context, Heidelberg University, Germany 15:30 Coffee Break 15:50

The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

15:50 Parallel Sessions 18:05 Panel 3: The Diffusion of Bookstart Program in Taichung City Council Chamber Institutional Factors and Innovation Diffusion: A Case on the Diffusion of the Bookstart Program among Township Libraries in Taichung City, Taiwan Dr. Tsuey Ping LEE Department of Political Science, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, and Dr. Ching Heng PAN Graduate Institute of National Policy and Public Affairs, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan The Effects of Distance on Competition and Collaboration among Public Libraries of Taichung: A Case Study of the Bookstart Program Professor Mei Chiang SHIH Department of Public Management and Policy, Tunghai University, Taiwan, and Dr. Hsin Chung LIAO Department of Public Policy and Management, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan The Relationship between Public Service Motivation and Policy Diffusion Professor Milan Tung Wen SUN Department of Public Policy and Administration, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan, and Dr. Keng Ming HSU Department of Public Administration and Management, National University of Tainan, Taiwan The Policy Evaluation of Bootstart: A Case Study in Taiwan Experience Dr. Jie Shin LIN Department of Public Policy and Management, I-Shou University, Taiwan, and Ms. Yu Tung CHANG Centre for Research on Regional Governance and Development, I-Shou University, Taiwan

Panel 4: Policy Learning and Transfer in Asian Countries Room A-G/F-08 Combating Corruption in Four Asian Countries: Learning from Success and Failure Professor Jon QUAH Anti-Corruption Consultant, Singapore

Management of the Size of Workforce in the Public Sector: Lessons from the Japanese Experience Professor Masahiro HORIE National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Environmental Sustainability and Government Procurement Reform in East Asia: Achievements and Outcomes Dr. David S. JONES Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, University of Brunei, Brunei

The Transferability of Singapore-style Public Administration: The Case of Public Housing Provision by Asian States Dr. Bryan HO Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau, Macao

19:00 20:30 Conference Dinner (Self-paying conference dinner, estimated price is HKD300 approximately USD40) (Venue and details to be advised later)

The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

11 February 2012 (Saturday) 09:15 Registration 09:30 09:30 Panel 5: Public Administration Education in East Asia 11:45 The Study of Public Administration in Hong Kong and Macao: Evolutionary Paths, Constraints and Opportunities Professor Sonny LO Department of Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, and Professor Anthony B. L. CHEUNG President and Chair Professor of Public Administration, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Public Administration Education in South Korea: Developed but Still Evolving as yet Incomplete Metamorphosis Underwood Distinguished Professor and Director Pan Suk KIM The Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University, Korea, and Professor Seung Hwan MYEONG College of Social Sciences, Inha University, Korea

Council Chamber

Changing Competences of Civil Services in Time of Austerity and Political Uncertainty: Education and Capacity Building for New Civil Services in Japan Professor Hiroko KUDO Faculty of Law, Chuo University, Japan Public Administration Education in Taiwan Re-examined: Crisis of Legitimacy or Crisis of Orientation? Professor Milan Tung Wen SUN Department of Public Policy and Administration, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan, and Professor Mei Chiang SHIH Department of Public Management and Policy, Tunghai University, Taiwan 11:45 Lunch Break / AAPA Directors Luncheon Meeting 12:45 Room A-G/F-08

The Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) 3rd Annual Conference Administrative Innovation and Reform: Local Culture and Traditions, International Learning and Influence 10-11 February 2012 (Friday to Saturday)

12:45 Panel 6: Decentralization in China, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines Council Chamber 14:30 Excess of Decentralization: The Case of Health Reforms in Japan and the Philippines Ms. Yuri HOSONO and Professor Osamu KOIKE International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan Decentralization: Amalgamation or Proliferation among Local Governments? Indonesia and the Philippines Professor Alex BRILLANTES National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, Philippines, and Professor Eko PRASOJO Department of Administrative Science, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia Determinants of Expenditure Decentralization: Evidence from China Dr. Alfred M. WU and Dr. Wen WANG Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 14:30 Concluding Remarks 14:45 Professor Anthony B. L. CHEUNG President and Chair Professor of Public Administration, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong 14:45 Break 15:15 15:15 Annual General Meeting of the Asian Association for Public Administration 16:30 Council Chamber