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LAM, NEWMAN MING KI 林明基
Associate Professor

 

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D (University of Victoria, Canada)
  • MPA (University of Victoria, Canada)
  • B. Comm (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Teaching Area

  • Public Finance
  • Public Sector Accounting
  • Management Theories
  • Public Administration Theories
  • Organizational Analysis
  • Research Methods
  • Statistics

Current Research

  • Civil Service Reform in Macao
  • Government Intervention in the Economy: Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore
  • Public Sector Performance Measurement: Hong Kong and Canada

Previous Research

  • Hong Kong Public Budgeting
  • Old Age Income Security and the Canada Pension Plan
  • Information Analysis and Machine Learning
  • Information Retrieval System Design

Selected Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

  • 林明基 著, <澳門公共行政改革的挑戰和策略>, <<行政>>, 68, XVIII, 2005, 413-434 (translated into Portuguese in Lam, M.K. “Os desafios e as estratégias das reformas dos services públicos em Macao”, Administracao, 68, XVIII, 2005, 631-658).

  • Lam, N. “Government intervention in Macao's economy,” Asian Journal of Public Administration, 2002, 24, 2, 211-233.

  • Lam, N. “Government intervention in the economy: a comparative analysis of Singapore and Hong Kong,” Public Administration and Development, 2000, 20, 397-421.

  • Lam, N. "The changing functions of public budgeting in Hong Kong," Public Administration and Policy, 2000, 9, 2, 1-25.

  • Lam, N., Cutt, J., & Prince, M. “Contain CPP rate increases,” Policy Options, 1995, 16, 7, 28-32.

  • Lee, E.S, MacGregor, J.N., Bavelas, A., Lam, N., Mirlin, L., & Morrison, I. “The effects of error transformations on classification performance,” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 1988.

  • Lee, E.S., MacGregor, J.N., Lam, N., & Chao, G. “Effects of experience in keyword-menu retrieval,” D.J. Oborne (ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics, London: Taylor & Francis, 1986, 310-314.

  • Lee, E.S., MacGregor, J.N., Lam, N., & Chao, G. “Keyword-menu retrieval: an effective alternative to menu indexes,” Ergonomics, 1986, 29, 115-130.

  • MacGregor, J.N., Lee, E.S., & Lam, N. “Optimizing the structure of menu indexes: a decision model of menu search,” Human Factors, 1986, 28, 387-400.

  • MacGregor, J.N., Lee, E.S., & Lam, N. “Optimizing the structure of menu indexes,” in D.J. Oborne (ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics, Taylor & Francis, London, 1986, 315-319.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  • 林明基 著,< 澳門政府的經濟政策及與香港的比較>, 余振 等編, <<雙城記II --回歸後港澳的政治, 經濟及社會發展>>, 澳門: 澳門社會科學學會, 2003, 241-261.

  • Lam, N. “Public opinion and economic intervention in Hong Kong: an emerging dilemma”, in R. Ash et al (eds.), Hong Kong in Transition: Volume II, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, 34-48.

  • Lam, N. “The implications of China's WTO accession for the economies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau”, in H. Holbig & R. Ash (eds.), China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: National and International Perspectives, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002, 283-303.

  • Lam, N., Cutt, J., & Prince, M. “The Canada Pension Plan: retrospect and prospect,” in K.G. Banting & R. Boadway (eds.), Reform of Retirement Income Policy: International and Canadian Perspectives, Kingston: Queens University, 1997, 105-134.

  • Lam, N., Prince, M., and Cutt, J. “Restoring the Canada Pension Plan: simulating the future and stimulating the social policy debate,” in J.B. Burbridge et al (eds.), When We're 65: Reforming Canada's Retirement Income System, Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 1996, 129-170.

  • Lam, N. “Why is the CPP contribution rate going up? Looking back at the Canada Pension Plan from 1966 to 1990,” in N. Lam et al, Reforming the Public Pension System in Canada: Retrospect and Prospect, Victoria: Centre for Public Sector Studies, 1993, 35-55.

  • Lam, N. “Fully funded versus pay-as-you-go: a projection of the Canada Pension Plan into the future,” in N. Lam et al, Reforming the Public Pension System in Canada: Retrospect and Prospect, Victoria: Centre for Public Sector Studies, 1993, 56-68.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

  • Lam, N., “The Development of Performance Assessment in the Macao Civil Service Since the Handover”, Conference on Governance – Theory and Practice, Macao: University of Macau, October, 2007.

  • Lam, N., “Comparative Study of Cultural Differences in Performance Assessment and Promotion Criteria in Hong Kong and Canada”, International Conference on Government Performance Management, Taiwan: National Chengchi University, May, 2007.

  • Lam, N., “Overcoming Organizational Resistance in Macao’s Civil Service Reform”, 2nd Cross-Strait Conference on Public Administration: Policy Challenges in the 21st Century, Macao: University of Macau, May 2006.

  • Lam, N., “Public Finance in Macao”, 2nd Cross-Strait Conference on Public Administration: Policy Challenges in the 21st Century, Macao: University of Macau, May 2006.

  • Lam, N. “Public Finance in Hong Kong and Macao”, International Conference on the Evolution of ‘One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong and Macao: Implications for Canada, Waterloo, Canada: University of Waterloo, March, 2006.

  • Lam, N. “Civil Service in Macao” The First Cross-Strait Conference on Public Management (首屆兩岸四地公共管理學術研討會), Beijing (北京): Renmin University (人民大學), April, 2005.

  • Lam, N. “Sustaining public administration reform” Putting People First, Progressing with the Trend -- Conference on Coordinating the Macao Civil Service with Government Policy (以民為本、與時俱進--公務員應如何配合特區政府依法施政研討會), Macao: Macau Foundation, January, 2005.

  • Lam, N. “The development of economic policy in Macau, ” International Conference on Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, Macau: University of Macau, January, 2004.

  • MacGregor, J., Lam, N. “A cross-cultural analysis of views towards performance assessment in the civil service – a preliminary analysis of Canada and Hong Kong, ” International Conference on Public Management in 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, Macau: University of Macau, January, 2004.

  • Lam, N., “The Economic Policy of Macao”, International Conference on China in World in the 21st Century: Hot Issues in Contemporary China, 4th Baptist-Tsinghua Joint Conference, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University, May, 2002.

  • Fung, K., Lam, N., & Zhang, Z. “Opportunities and threats: the effects of China's WTO accession for Macao (機遇與挑戰：中國入世後對澳門經濟的影響)”, Conference on the Globalization and the Prospects of Cross Strait Economic Integration Involving Macao and Hong Kong (經濟全球化與兩岸暨港澳地區經濟整合前景), Beijing(北京)：北京大學交流中心, April, 2001.

  • Lam, N. “The implications of China's WTO accession for the economies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau”, The Fourth ECAN Annual Conference -- “China's WTO Accession: National and International Perspectives”, Germany: Institute of Asian Affairs, February, 2001.

  • Lam, N. “Opportunities or threats: the economic implications of China's WTO accession for Hong Kong and Macau”, The Sixth Conference on Taiwan-Macau Relations, Macau: Macau Society of Social Science, December, 2000

  • Lam, N. “Macau’s potential economic contribution to China and the European Union”, International Conference on Macau as a Bridge Between China, the European Union and the World: Practical Roles and Comparative Advantages, Macau: Social Science Research Center on Contemporary China, October, 2000.

  • Lam, N. "Interventionism or non-interventionism – an emerging dilemma in Hong Kong", Hong Kong in Transition 2000 Conference, U.K: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, June, 2000.

  • Lam, N. "The politics of public finance in Hong Kong", Hong Kong in Transition 1999 Conference, UK: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, July, 1999.

  • Lam, N., Cutt, J., & Prince, M. “The Canada Pension Plan: retrospect and prospect,” Conference on Reform of the Retirement Income System, Kingston: Queens University, 1996.

  • Lam. N. "Software compatibility in systems design," National Conference on Management in the Public Sector, Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1986.

Professional Affiliations

  • 2007 – Present: Member of the Macao SAR Government’s Conselho Consultivo para a Reforma da Administracao Publica (council for public administration reform consultation).

  • 2007 – Present: Member of the Macao SAR Government’s Comissao De Avaliacao Dos Servicos Publicos (public service performance assessment commission).

  • 2002 – 2007: Member of the Macao SAR Government’s Public Administration Observatory, a think-tank for engineering civil service reform in Macau.

  • 1998 – Present: Co-investigator of the Hong Kong Transition Project, a project funded by the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Government for tracking political and social changes in Hong Kong.


Courses Taught

  • Public Sector Organizational Behaviour
  • Principles Of Economics
  • Public Sector Management Information Systems
  • Public Administration Theory
  • Public Administration Theory & Practice
  • Public Finance

Contact Details

Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities (FSH)
University of Macau
Av. Padre Tomas Pereira, Taipa, Macao

Room: P309, Pearl Jubilee Building
Telephone: +(853) 8397 8309
Fax: +(853) 28838312

E-mail address: nmklam@umac.mo

 

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