My Take | A lack of talent for public office? Not in Hong Kong
Carrie Lam says she is having problems filling her cabinet but there are plenty of talented people in this city, if only she would think outside the box
Well, Carrie, that’s true only if you stick to the time-tested and repeatedly failed methods of the last three chief executives by targeting only trusted hands and people from elite inner circles.
Yes, the list from those places must be getting shorter and shorter indeed, as one after another has proved their incompetence and mediocrity.
You want to be inclusive? Try hiring more women, expatriates and ethnic minorities. For financial secretary, the city has a pretty good list of top female executives in banking and financial services. Think of top bankers who also have experience in public service, such as Margaret Leung Ko May-yee, Anita Fung Yuen-mei and Laura Cha Shih May-lung. Seriously, if John Tsang Chun-wah could do this job for almost a decade, any one of these women would do fine.