The chief executive stressed that "while moving forward steadily and purposefully with constitutional development, we must continue to improve on our administrative system."

    The Accountability System for Principal Officials will be stepped up in helping officials to undertake growing political work and reach out to various social sectors to seek wider public support for the government, Tsang said.

    The chief executive vowed to enhance the development of welfareservices in a bid to foster harmony in the community in his policyaddress.

    The disadvantaged groups deserve appropriate care, said Tsang, citing that the government has set up the Commission on Poverty toco-ordinate relevant policies and implement district-based povertyalleviation measures.

    The government will continue to implement various social policies, including mobilizing the strengths of the community to provide an opportunity for healthy and balanced development for the next generations, Tsang said.

    For disabled people, government will provide them with transitional residence, day training, nursing and support services,and introduce a new scheme for visiting doctors to take care of their medical needs, Tsang said.

    To build a harmonious community, Hong Kong must take vigorous measures to make sustained improvement to air quality and step up efforts in enhancing food safety, Tsang said.

    To reduce air pollution, the government will take the lead to reduce power consumption. From January 2006, power consumption in all government office buildings will be reduced by 1.5 percent annually, and the government will take the lead in using ultra-lowsulfur diesel in all government projects.

    Since 1999, Hong Kong has introduced measures progressively to control vehicle emissions, and they have started to produce results, Tsang said. The next step is to introduce in stages Euro IV emission standards for newly registered vehicles from January 2006.

    On another problem that many Hong Kong residents concerned about - food safety, Tsang said the government has decided to reorganize the government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department to pool resources forbetter food safety control.