However, Schive Chi, vice-chairman of the CEPD, says that in terms of political philosophy or political economy, privatization has a deeper meaning: "It represents 'returning economic power to the people.' It is an extension of 'popular sovereignty'."
但經建會副主委薛琦從哲學及政治經濟學的角度思考，點出民營化的更深意含：「民營化代表『還經濟權於民』，是『主權在民』的進一步衍伸」，薛琦解釋。