Good public and corporate governance have begun to command considerable attention today in the world, as well as across the Asia-Pacific, not only from civil society, NGOs and the public itself, but also from the business community and the markets. Despite the heavy emphasis on international terror and the war against it, human rights and democracy are far from being irrelevant in good governance; in fact, the people could now become an even more effective "bridge" and "check" between good public and corporate governance than earlier envisaged. A new mentality seems to be sprouting up across Asia in terms of governance.