 Over the years, as many of our companies have evolved from small and family businesses, the emphasis of our regulation is placed on the protection of minority shareholders' interests, and the conduct related to connected-party transactions. Our regulatory focus is also on infusing best practices into listed companies so that they serve as models for our SMEs, as well as to protect the investing public. Our regulators always strive to set a high level of world-class standards for our listed companies, be they local, from the Mainland or overseas. |
The growing and ageing community needs a better healthcare system with greater capacity, in which the public and private healthcare providers collaborate to provide the community with the care it needs. Healthcare professionals of all disciplines will play an ever more important role in this system. The system will afford them the opportunity to develop their professional skills and potential, and at the same time to provide the best care to their patients.
The success of healthcare reform depends on the support and involvement of the entire community. Only through constructive engagement in the consultation process can we build towards a community-wide consensus.
Apart from the cooperation with Guangdong on air pollution, Hong Kong joins hands with other provinces along the Pearl River to promote environmental protection under the Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Environmental Protection Co-operation. In the past few years, we have shared our experiences on cleaner production, environmental monitoring, wetland protection and public participation in environmental impact assessment process. 
The Government is fully committed to nurturing professionalism in social work. We believe that Hong Kong people deserve quality welfare services, and recognise their rightful expectation that the people caring for them should be well trained and competent. We therefore spare no effort in the training of social workers at tertiary institutions. 
