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1、TheQuestforRegionalHubofEducation:SearchingforNewGovernanceandRegulatoryRegimesinSingapore,HongKongandMalaysiaKaHoMokAssociateDean&ProfessorFacultyofSocialSciencesTheUniversityofHongKongPaperPreparedfortheEast-WestSeniorSeminaronQualityIssuesintheEmergingKnowledgeSociety,Kua
2、laLumpur,Malaysia,October2009AbstractWithstrongintentiontoenhancetheglobalcompetitivenessoftheirhighereducationsystems,thegovernmentsofSingapore,HongKongandMalaysiahavemadeattemptstodeveloptheirsocietiesintoregionalhubofeducation,hencetransnationaleducationhasbecomeincreasin
3、glypopularinthesesocieties.Inordertoattractmorestudentsfromoverseastostudyintheircountries(orcreatemoreeducationalopportunitiesfortheircitizens),thesegovernmentshaveinvitedforeignuniversitiestosetuptheircampusestoprovidemorehighereducationprogrammes.Inthelastdecade,theprolif
4、erationofhighereducationprovidershasraisedtheconcernsregardingthesearchfornewgovernanceandregulatoryregimesingoverningthegrowingnumberoftransnationaleducationprogrammesintheseAsiansocieties.Thequestforregionalhubofeducationinevitablyleadstonewterrainofgovernance,complexandso
5、metimesconvoluted,whichinvolvesproblemsofcoordination(andaccountabilityandtransparency),especiallywhendealingwithmulti-nationalbusinesses,butwhichcanbringtothestatebenefitsintermsofflexibilities,andformsofflexibilisationandsubstitutionwhicharenotnormallypossibleinadministrat
6、ivesystems.ThispapersetsoutagainstthiswiderpolicycontexttocompareandcontrastthemodelsandapproachesthattheselectedEastAsiansocietieslikeSingapore,MalaysiaandHongKonghaveadoptedingoverningtheincreaseintransnationaleducationprogrammes.38---DoNotQuotewithoutAuthor’sPermission---
7、38IntroductionTheriseoftransnationalhighereducationintheAsia-Pacificregionhasundeniablyreflectedthegrowingpaceofglobalizationandthesubsequentpressuresimposedbyit.Singapore,MalaysiaandHongKong,amongothers,arethreenotablecasesinwhichthestateshaveexplicitlydeclaredtheirintentio
8、nsrespectivelytomaketheseAsiancountries/territoryaregionalhubofeducation,th
