ICAC will continue to strengthen professional capabilities to combat increasingly complex corruption crimes
2007-3-10
The ICAC will create 27 new posts in the coming financial year to enhance its capabilities to combat corruption, which has become increasingly clandestine and complex.
Speaking after the opening ceremony of a youth conference today (Saturday), ICAC Commissioner, Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, revealed that the new posts would be created to enhance the Commission's investigative capabilities and anti-corruption work of the thre e departments for the building management sector.
Corruption reports concerning the building management sector took up about 40 per cent of all private sector corruption reports in recent years.
Mrs Law added that the ICAC would step up youth education with plans to hold more talks for tertiary institutions. Among the 300-plus prosecutions completed by the ICAC each year, about one-sixth of the offenders were under the age of 30.
Earlier, she told about 500 students participating in the "Ethical Leadership for the New Generation" Youth Summit that integrity was essential for the governance of a society built on moral foundations, including the rule of law, fairness, and concern fo r the common good.
Mrs Law said the downfall of huge corporations in recent years demonstrated that ethical leadership was as important as a sound compliance system and company code in maintaining a high standard of corporate governance.
Following her address, Mrs Law officiated at the Youth Summit together with the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan-lung, and the chairman of the programme organising committee, Mr Moses Cheng Mo-chi.
Mr Wong then delivered an opening address to encourage young people to uphold high ethical standards to prepare for future challenges.
Today's Youth Summit also featured a keynote speech by the Chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Mr Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen.
Seven business leaders, professionals and academics also shared their views and experiences with the students at two concurrent workshops.
They are: Dr Raymond Ch'ien, Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited; Mr Paul Chow, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Mr Mark Fong, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Mr Edward Chow, Deputy Chairma n of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors; Ms Cordelia Chung, Vice-President of Marketing and Channels, Greater China Group of IBM; Professor Su Yong, Chairman of the Department of Business Administration of Fudan University; and Dr Eden Woon, Vice-Presid ent of Greater China, Starbucks Coffee Company.
The Youth Summit was the climax of a nine-month ICAC youth programme, which was launched last July to equip tertiary students with the knowledge and skills to be ethical leaders.
The programme was co-organised with the Commission on Youth, the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Hong Kong Institute of Directors , and the Hong Kong United Youth Association.
The programme has attracted over 1,000 students from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Macao and overseas to participate in a series of workshops and a case study competition to explore real life corruption issues and ethical dilemmas.
A total of 264 teams from 10 tertiary institutions from Hong Kong, two Macao universities, 14 universities from the Mainland and four from Australia, Canada, Singapore and Mexico took part in the case competition.
Eight outstanding teams from the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University City College and National University of Singapore presented their case analysis at the Youth Summit.
Members of the Hong Kong outstanding teams will be offered internship in nine corporations this summer.
Speaking after the opening ceremony of a youth conference today (Saturday), ICAC Commissioner, Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, revealed that the new posts would be created to enhance the Commission's investigative capabilities and anti-corruption work of the thre e departments for the building management sector.
Corruption reports concerning the building management sector took up about 40 per cent of all private sector corruption reports in recent years.
Mrs Law added that the ICAC would step up youth education with plans to hold more talks for tertiary institutions. Among the 300-plus prosecutions completed by the ICAC each year, about one-sixth of the offenders were under the age of 30.
Earlier, she told about 500 students participating in the "Ethical Leadership for the New Generation" Youth Summit that integrity was essential for the governance of a society built on moral foundations, including the rule of law, fairness, and concern fo r the common good.
Mrs Law said the downfall of huge corporations in recent years demonstrated that ethical leadership was as important as a sound compliance system and company code in maintaining a high standard of corporate governance.
Following her address, Mrs Law officiated at the Youth Summit together with the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan-lung, and the chairman of the programme organising committee, Mr Moses Cheng Mo-chi.
Mr Wong then delivered an opening address to encourage young people to uphold high ethical standards to prepare for future challenges.
Today's Youth Summit also featured a keynote speech by the Chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Mr Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen.
Seven business leaders, professionals and academics also shared their views and experiences with the students at two concurrent workshops.
They are: Dr Raymond Ch'ien, Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited; Mr Paul Chow, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Mr Mark Fong, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Mr Edward Chow, Deputy Chairma n of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors; Ms Cordelia Chung, Vice-President of Marketing and Channels, Greater China Group of IBM; Professor Su Yong, Chairman of the Department of Business Administration of Fudan University; and Dr Eden Woon, Vice-Presid ent of Greater China, Starbucks Coffee Company.
The Youth Summit was the climax of a nine-month ICAC youth programme, which was launched last July to equip tertiary students with the knowledge and skills to be ethical leaders.
The programme was co-organised with the Commission on Youth, the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Hong Kong Institute of Directors , and the Hong Kong United Youth Association.
The programme has attracted over 1,000 students from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Macao and overseas to participate in a series of workshops and a case study competition to explore real life corruption issues and ethical dilemmas.
A total of 264 teams from 10 tertiary institutions from Hong Kong, two Macao universities, 14 universities from the Mainland and four from Australia, Canada, Singapore and Mexico took part in the case competition.
Eight outstanding teams from the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University City College and National University of Singapore presented their case analysis at the Youth Summit.
Members of the Hong Kong outstanding teams will be offered internship in nine corporations this summer.