Open AccessFormation of Hong Kong’s Administrative System in the 1840-1870s
Author(s) -
G.Z. Papashvili
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
izvestiâ altajskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1561-9451
pISSN - 1561-9443
DOI - 10.14258/izvasu(2021)3-08
Subject(s) - inefficiency , empire , expatriate , civil servants , administration (probate law) , interpreter , selection (genetic algorithm) , scheme (mathematics) , public administration , colonialism , political science , process (computing) , history , law , computer science , artificial intelligence , economics , programming language , politics , microeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , operating system
The article considers the process of Hong Kong’s administrative system formation after its placement under the administration of the British Empire in 1842. A brief description of the local Chinese and expatriate communities is given and the character of their interaction is identified. The transformations of Hong Kong’s administrative system at the various stages of its formation are analyzed and its qualitative characteristic is given. The significant language and other barriers to the establishing of interaction between colonial administration and the Chinese community and inefficiency of the administrative control pattern in the 1840-50s are identified. Inefficiency of this pattern is considered as a prerequisite for its development by establishing of the new scheme of civil servants’ selection with the aim of teaching them Chinese language and creation of the team of interpreters ready to communicate with the local Chinese. The abovementioned scheme turned out to be efficient and practically laid the foundation for creating Hong Kong’s administrative system. The author comes to the conclusion that the new scheme trained specialists made an important contribution to the development of Hong Kong, which from the periphery of the Qing Empire was transformed to the autonomous outpost of the British Empire.