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to handle the social movement. On the other hand, the Beijing administration has increased

the military force near the border of Hong Kong and delivered a signal of threat to the Hong
Kong public, an act of adding fuel to the fire. This is a case study of a lack of disruptive public

management, particularly on the good governance.
The United Arab Emirates is a country located in the Middle East, with 9.2 million

population of which only 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates (Malit,
F. and Youha, A. 2013). The sovereign absolute monarchy is a federation of seven emirates

consisting of Abu Dhabi; a capital, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm
Al Quwin. Unlike all the neighbor countries, UAE is a not an oil-and-gas resource nation. With
its small size, the country has no ability to compete with much bigger competitive neighbors.

International trade and investment were picked as their national competitiveness. The UAE
administrators decided to disrupt their public management and turned their desert-like

geography into trade and investment heaven. With a national reform and introduction of big
data and data analytics, the UAE government enforced a digital transformation both in the

private and public sectors in 2016. Within two years, the country’s competitiveness assessed
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by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) jumped to the world’s 4
place due to strengthening economic growth with large diversification. The disruptive public
management demanded for total reforms in taxation and adaptability of government policies,
as well as regulatory reforms for public and business practices driving for a significant jump for

government efficiency, business efficiency and economic performance.
The NPM was first introduced to Thailand in the 1990s following the globalization and

the liberalization of the world financial market. The concept was first realized during the
Chuan Leekpai’s administration in 1992 but not officiated until 1998, also during the Chuan

Leekpai’s administration. Two main driving forces for the change were globalization and
disadvantages of the conventional public management of the public sector at the time. The

globalization became overwhelming during the early 1990s forcing all the world’s leading
governments to move to the New Public Management. The global financial market was fully
liberalized pushing toward borderless limit of liquidity flow. Many countries failed to cope

with the rapid change due to outdated rules and regulations, eventually became victims of
the change. Thailand was one of these countries causing economic crisis of the region with

impact recognized worldwide. With financial supports from the International Monetary Fund
(IMF), many principles and practices of the NPM became mandatory. This globalization effects

not only applied to the public sector but more so to the private sector. Many private

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