Detailed account: The Competition Policy Advisory Group's latest annual report outlines new Government initiatives.

The Competition Policy Advisory Group has published its 2003-2004 annual report online, highlighting the Government's new initiatives to promote competition and details of 21 anti-competitive practices cases.

Last September, the group developed a set of guidelines in consultation with 30 chambers of commerce, trade and industry organisations, and the Consumer Council to offer pointers with objective benchmarks and principles to assess Hong Kong's overall competitive environment.

The guidelines also define and tackle anti-competitive practices, and ensure consistent application of Hong Kong's competition policy across sectors. For details, click here.

The group has been working with the business sector to develop codes of conduct or a self-regulation mechanism for voluntary compliance by each sector on the basis of these guidelines.

Group promotes competition concept to youths

To promote the concept of competition among students and youths to nurture a pro-competition culture in the community, the group launched in June an interactive game for students at the Education City's website.

The group has also been working with the Education & Manpower Bureau to integrate competition concepts into the senior secondary school curriculum.