New Initiatives to Keep HK In Forefront of IT DevelopmentThe HKSAR government will continue to embark on further initiatives to build itself into an advanced electronic government and an IT hub in the region.It was said in Hong Kong Thursday by Carrie Yau, secretary for information technology and broadcasting. Yau was addressing the first anniversary luncheon of the Strategic Information Technology Summit organized by the Hongkong-SV.com, founded last year to promote awareness, stimulate collaboration and facilitate networking between the high-tech communities of Hong Kong and the Silicon Valley. "It is important that we maintain close link between he two high-tech communities - Silicon Valley and Hong Kong," Yau said. She also encouraged Hong Kong companies and entrepreneurs to sign up as members of Hongkong-SV.com. On e-government, Yau noted that the Hong Kong government was one of the most advanced users of IT in the Asia Pacific region. It has spent nearly 700 million U.S. dollars on IT in the past four years and another 260 million U.S. dollars will be spent this financial year to further equip itself as the leading e-government in the region. Turning to IT manpower, Yau said the government launched a five-year strategy called "Information Technology for Learning in a New Era" in 1998 which was designed to turn the local primary and secondary schools into dynamic and innovative learning institutions and to nurture the talents of the students to process information effectively and efficiently. Yau also spoke on the Cyberport which is Hong Kong's flagship information infrastructure project and a symbol of the government's determination to build up Hong Kong as a leading digital city in the 21st century. |
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