Political
In the past few years, both Hong Kong and China are living in a politically stable environment. With the launch and progressive extension of the Individual Visit Scheme, there was 4.3 million Mainland visitor arrivals to Hong Kong under this scheme in 2004, accounting for over one-third of overall visitor arrivals which renders an important invigorating force to Hong Kong inbound tourism. In addition, Hong Kong government will continue to expand tourism in the Southern District and link Aberdeen with OP. In 2005, the government has launched a new policy on marriage registration. Marriage ceremony is no longer limited to take place in the Marriage Registry. The marrying couple can choose different locations for marriage ceremony with advance application for officiating minister. All these give opportunities for OP the opportunities of other business development.