SMEs urged to strengthen integrity management to remain competitive
2011-9-22
ICAC Commissioner, Dr Timothy Tong Hin-ming, said small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) should uphold integrity and professionalism to create a clean business environment, which would enhance the overall competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta in becoming a world-class financial centre and hub for the manufacturing and service industries.
Opening the “Integrity and Professionalism –'96 Key to Business Success” Conference for SMEs in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao today (Thursday), Dr Tong urged SMEs operating across the border to abide by the law, practise integrity management and come forward to report corruption should they encounter such crime.
“SMEs with cross-boundary operations should acquaint themselves with anti-corruption law and regulations in the respective jurisdictions, as well as strengthen internal control to prevent corruption,” the Commissioner added.
Today’s Conference, jointly organised by the ICAC, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Procuratorate (GDPP) and the Commission Against Corruption of Macao (CCAC), aims to help cross-boundary SMEs understand the business environment in the Pearl River Delta as well as the latest development of the anti-corruption strategies in the three pl aces.
The Conference also featured a keynote address by Mr Sun Tong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, who shared with the audience the new environment, opportunities and challenges faced by SMEs in the Pearl River Delta under the national 12th Five-Year Plan.
Mr Sun said the 12th Five-Year Plan clearly defined the goals for development allowing SMEs to strengthen their capacity for integrity building, as well as enhancing product quality and competitiveness.
Revealing the findings of a survey on the way forward for SMEs operating in the Pearl River Delta, another keynote speaker, Professor Stephen Cheung, Dean of School of Business of the Hong Kong Baptist University, highlighted the importance of integrity m anagement.
Speaking after the Conference, ICAC Commissioner Dr Tong noted the corruption situation in Hong Kong remained well under control, despite an 11 per cent increase in corruption complaints from 2,429 in the first eight months last year to 2,704 in the corre sponding period this year.
Of these complaints, 1,780 were related to the private sector, 763 concerned government departments and 161 were against public bodies.
Meanwhile, the ICAC has so far received 27 complaints relating to the upcoming District Council (DC) Election, which mainly concern offering refreshment and entertainment to voters.
Over 200 SME operators from the three places and foreign investors in Hong Kong attended the Conference today. Also attending the Conference were delegations from GDPP, CCAC and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong.
Other panel speakers at the Conference included Dr Wang Xuecheng, Deputy Procurator-General of GDPP, Dr Fong Man-chong, Commissioner of CCAC and Ms Julie Mu Fee-man, Director of Community Relations of ICAC.
Opening the “Integrity and Professionalism –'96 Key to Business Success” Conference for SMEs in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao today (Thursday), Dr Tong urged SMEs operating across the border to abide by the law, practise integrity management and come forward to report corruption should they encounter such crime.
“SMEs with cross-boundary operations should acquaint themselves with anti-corruption law and regulations in the respective jurisdictions, as well as strengthen internal control to prevent corruption,” the Commissioner added.
Today’s Conference, jointly organised by the ICAC, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Procuratorate (GDPP) and the Commission Against Corruption of Macao (CCAC), aims to help cross-boundary SMEs understand the business environment in the Pearl River Delta as well as the latest development of the anti-corruption strategies in the three pl aces.
The Conference also featured a keynote address by Mr Sun Tong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, who shared with the audience the new environment, opportunities and challenges faced by SMEs in the Pearl River Delta under the national 12th Five-Year Plan.
Mr Sun said the 12th Five-Year Plan clearly defined the goals for development allowing SMEs to strengthen their capacity for integrity building, as well as enhancing product quality and competitiveness.
Revealing the findings of a survey on the way forward for SMEs operating in the Pearl River Delta, another keynote speaker, Professor Stephen Cheung, Dean of School of Business of the Hong Kong Baptist University, highlighted the importance of integrity m anagement.
Speaking after the Conference, ICAC Commissioner Dr Tong noted the corruption situation in Hong Kong remained well under control, despite an 11 per cent increase in corruption complaints from 2,429 in the first eight months last year to 2,704 in the corre sponding period this year.
Of these complaints, 1,780 were related to the private sector, 763 concerned government departments and 161 were against public bodies.
Meanwhile, the ICAC has so far received 27 complaints relating to the upcoming District Council (DC) Election, which mainly concern offering refreshment and entertainment to voters.
Over 200 SME operators from the three places and foreign investors in Hong Kong attended the Conference today. Also attending the Conference were delegations from GDPP, CCAC and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong.
Other panel speakers at the Conference included Dr Wang Xuecheng, Deputy Procurator-General of GDPP, Dr Fong Man-chong, Commissioner of CCAC and Ms Julie Mu Fee-man, Director of Community Relations of ICAC.