Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua
Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

Hong Kong risks losing its 'world's freest economy' title, says report

Think tank says the small-government method that has served the city so well over the years is increasingly being undermined by bureaucrats

Stuart Lau
Stuart Lau

Updated: 4:24am, 11 Jan, 2013

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Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua
Chief executive Leung Chun-ying has proclaimed a need to adopt 'big government', a departure from his predecessors' attempts to stick to the small-government approach. Photo: Xinhua
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