OUR VISION
- Hong Kong is already well-established as one of the principal services
centres both globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. The Government accepts
the challenge of building on this success to ensure that Hong Kong
strengthens its position as a provider of high-quality services to the rest
of the region and to the world.
- Hong Kong has a special role to play as an international business centre,
in particular by providing world-class services to the Asia-Pacific region.
The Government believes that Hong Kong's economic success in the next
century will depend crucially upon the quality and the competitiveness of
its service industries.
- Markets and private businesses have led Hong Kong's past success in the
development of its services sector, and this must continue in the future.
The Government believes that free markets, competition and enterprise best
assure innovation, competitiveness and quality.
- Business leaders must determine the pace and direction of the future
development of Hong Kong's services sector. The Government accepts a commitment
to support the services sector by ensuring that official policies and
programmes facilitate rather than hinder business decisions and by ensuring
that the markets for services are as open and competitive as possible.
[Addendum] [1996-97 Budget Speech]