2nd OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable: May 2000

The 2nd OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable took place in Hong Kong on 31 May - 2 June 2000 on "The Role of Disclosure in Strengthening Corporate Governance and Accountability," co-hosted by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Society of Accountants. The meeting focused on three broad aspects of disclosure: the role of the board of directors in overseeing disclosure, accounting and audit standards and their implementation, and non-financial disclosure. As countries move from merit based regulation to greater disclosure based regulation, financial transparency was identified as the remedy of choice for many problems associated with governance in the region.

• Agenda
• Summary Note
• General Information on the Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable

Materials

• Accounting Standards in the East Asia Region by M. Zubaidur Rahman, Millennium Consulting Company
• A Consolidated Report on Corporate Governance and Financing in East Asia - Executive Summary - Report prepared for the Asian Development Bank
• Corporate Governance and Financial Transparencies in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China by Judy Tsui, Head and Professor and Ferdinand A Gul, Professor (Chair) of Accounting, City University of Hong Kong
• Corporate Governance and the Empowerment of the Investors, by Pratip Kar, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India
• Corporate Governance in Indonesia, by Dudi M. Kurniawan and Nur Indriantoro, Indonesian Institute of Accountants
• Corporate Governance Practices and Disclosures in Singapore: An Update, by Yuen Teen Mak and Chee Kiong Chng, National University of Singapore Business School
• Corporate Governance Trends in OECD Countries, by Stephen Davis, Davis Global Advisors
• Corporate Ownership And Corporate Governance: Issues And Concerns In The Philippines, by Roberto F. de Ocampo, President, Asian Institute of Management
• Country Paper for Malaysia by Rabindra S. Nathan (Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysia), Chiew Sow Lin, (Group Financial Controller, Genting Berhad, Malaysia), and Soo Wai Fong, (Group Accountant, Genting Berhad, Malaysia)
• Current Initiatives to improve disclosure, by Andrew Procter, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong China
• Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations, by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
• Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance in China, by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
• Non-financial disclosures in the annual report by Roger Adams, Head of Technical Services and Research, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants .
• Private Vices In Public Places : Challenges in Corporate Governance Development in China , by Dr. Cyril Lin, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK
• Public and press announcements and disclosures, by Estella Ng, Senior Director, Listing Division, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• Raising Reporting and Auditing Practices Worldwide - the IFAD Initiative, by Jacques Manardo, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• Regulation of the Audit Profession by Tsuguoki Fujinuma, President, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
• Shareholder meetings and communication at shareholder meetings, by Mr. Herwidayatmo, Chairman, Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Agency
  - pdf document
  - powerpoint presentation
• Thailand's Corporate Governance Issues and Development, by Kiattisak Jelatianranat, Chairman, The Institute of Internal Auditors of Thailand and Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thailand
  - pdf document
  - powerpoint presentation
• The External Audit - What Kind of Assurance Does the Market Need?, by Peter Dey, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Canada Limited
• The Relationship between Disclosure and Governance, by Lawrence Fok, Senior Executive Director, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
• The Role of Accounting Disclosure in the East Asian Financial Crisis - Lessons Learned?, by M. Zubaidur Rahman, Millennium Consulting Company
• The Role of the Board in Overseeing Financial Reporting and Disclosure, by Hideki Kanda, Professor of Law, University of Tokyo
• The Short Term Legends Program by Robert Kutsenda, Partner, Arthur Andersen, United States
• The Tide Rises, Gradually - Corporate Governance in India, by Omkar Goswami, Chief Economist, Confederation of Indian Industry
• Transparency, Accountability and Standards in Global Markets, by Andrew Sheng, Chairman, Securities and Futures Commission
• TSE Efforts to Encourage Thorough Corporate Governance by Listed Companies in Japan, by the Tokyo Stock Exchange