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Lunch Cum Seminar: Corporate Governance in Hong Kong 「香港企業管治」午餐暨研討會. 30 January 2007. Co-organized by 合辦機構 :. HKIoD Corporate Governance Scorecard Project. Research Committee Coordinator Prof. Stephen Y L Cheung (City University of Hong Kong) Members
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Lunch Cum Seminar: Corporate Governance in Hong Kong「香港企業管治」午餐暨研討會 30 January 2007 Co-organized by合辦機構:
HKIoD Corporate Governance Scorecard Project Research Committee • Coordinator • Prof. Stephen Y L Cheung (City University of Hong Kong) • Members • Dr. J. Thomas Connelly (Chulalongkorn University) • Dr. Piman Limpaphayom (Chulalongkorn University) • Ms. Ping Jiang (City University of Hong Kong) • Research Assistants • Mr. Andy Lau (City University of Hong Kong) • Mr. Chung Cheong Wing(City University of Hong Kong) • Mr. Ho Ka Ho (City University of Hong Kong) • Ms. Jan Chan (City University of Hong Kong) • Ms. Louise Zhang (City University of Hong Kong) • Mr. Patrick Tsang (City University of Hong Kong)
Research Methodologies I • Survey results based on publicly available information • HSI, HSHKCI, HSCCI, and HSCEI constituent stocks • Based on information disclosed in 2005 • 174 major companies are covered
Objectives of Corporate Scorecard for Hong Kong Listed Companies Hopefully
Research Methodologies II • Avoids subjectivity bias • Not dependent on companies’ willingness • However, not as rich as an internal assessment ... • ... and captures only what the companies released in public and their documentation • Written request was sent to individual companies. Only a few companies supplied us with full information
Consistency • Each company was rated by two different members • The overall results were cross-checked by academics
Scorecard Followed The Five OECD Corporate Governance Principle • OECD is internationally recognized • HKEx guidelines comprehensively covered • 174 public companies surveyed
Correlation=0.05, Significant at 1% level Positive Correlation between Good Corporate Governance and Company Valuation
Improvement of CGI Compared with 2002 Mean of CGI increased by 16.14% compared with year 2002.
Corporate Governance Performance by Indices HSCCI (恒生香港中資企業指數) HSCEI (恒生中國企業指數) HSI (恒生指數) HSHKCI (恒生香港綜合指數)
Corporate Governance Performance by Categories A: Rights of Shareholders (股東的權利) B: Equitable Treatment of Shareholders (對股東的公平待遇) C: Role of Stakeholders in Corporate Governance (利益關係團體在公司治理中扮演的角色) D: Disclosure and Transparency (公開與透明度) E: Board Responsibilities (董事會的責任)
Rights of Shareholders (股東的權利) Improvements: • Improve the quality of Notice to Call Shareholders Meeting • Attendance of all Board members, Esp. Board Committee Chairs 92.63 71.47 49.19
B. Equitable Treatment of Shareholders(對股東的公平待遇 ) Improvements: • Allow minority shareholders to influence the Board • To use cumulative voting in the election of board members • To facilitate voting by proxy 95.16 71.01 51.61
C. Role of Stakeholders in Corporate Governance(利益關係團體在公司治理中扮演的角色) Improvements: • Disclose more details on the role of supplier/business partner • Give more details on the environment issue in its public communication 95.71 40.21 8.1
D.Disclosure and Transparency(公開與透明化 ) Improvements: • The information in website’s • Shareholding structure • Organization structure • To Disclose the management’s shareholding • Communication with public • Analyst briefing (s) • Press conference (s)/ press briefing 98.77 89.47 72.71
E. Board Responsibilities(董事會的責任 ) Improvements: • Separate the role of the chairman and CEO • A set of writing the code of ethics • Setting up the Nomination Committee • Role and responsibilities • Performance and meeting 98.99 69.50 31.18
Results • NOT finger-pointing exercise • Important input for policy-makers, companies, and the public • Score for individual companies will not be made public • Feedback report can be obtained for individual companies
Ten Best Performing Companies in Corporate Governance Score (by alphabetical order) • BOC Hong Kong (2388) • CLP Hldgs (2) • HKEX(388) • HSBC Hldgs (5) • Hang Seng Bank (11) • Hysan Development (14) • Li & Fung (494) • MTR Corporation (66) • Shenzhenexpress (548) • Solomon Systech (2878)