Attractive and negative factors of procuring public works by public–private partnership

This chapter specifically considers whether public-private partnership (PPP) should be used to procure public works projects by studying the attractive and negative factors for adopting PPP. An empirical questionnaire survey was undertaken in Hong Kong and Australia to analyse the attractive and negative factors of adopting PPP. The attractive and negative factors for adopting PPP were assessed from different perspectives of the respondent groups from Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. The main purpose of introducing PPP projects is not to 'Reduce the project accountability', hence it was logical that all respondents perceived that this negative factor was less significant. The chapter presents the findings of an empirical questionnaire survey undertaken in Hong Kong, Australia and the UK to study the attractive and negative factors of conducting PPP projects. The survey respondents were asked to rate fifteen attractive factors and thirteen negative factors.