The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is committed to reporting to the community on the progress of its pledges every year (Note). The publication of the Progress Report should enable the public to judge the Administration's performance according to the published targets.

2.   In the past year, we have worked on a total of 961 pledges. The following paragraphs summarise the progress we have made.

On Target

3.   The Government is well on target in meeting 922 of these commitments, or 96% of the total.

• We have already completed in full the implementation of 381 commitments.
• We continue to work on 139 commitments which are ongoing, achieving substantial progress in areas such as education, housing, health, security, infrastructure and social service.
• We are on schedule in implementing a further 366 commitments.
• We are actively reviewing 33 commitments where the programmes may have to be adjusted to take account of the changing needs of the community, the need for further discussions with the Legislative Council, the need to take account of public consultation or because of revisions to past policies.
• We have encountered some slippage but expect to meet our overall targets on three commitments.

Behind Schedule

4.   There are 39 undertakings, or 4% of the total, where we are behind schedule. Our Report identifies clearly those undertakings which are behind schedule and explains the reasons for the shortfalls or delays. We will take all possible measures to catch up with these items.

5.   We will continue to report to the community on progress made on the outstanding commitments.

Note : The progress of the Judiciary Administration's pledges is not included in this year's publication. The Chief Justice will publish a separate report on the policy initiatives of the Judiciary in the new legal year in 1999.