IT Voter Registration

Here comes the third video clip (in English) on IT voter registration! With support from members of the IT industry and a number of social celebrities, we have produced a series of video clips on IT voter registration. Enjoy and please share them with your friends and colleagues.

The Legislative Council is an important channel for monitoring the work of the Government. To cast your vote for the IT constituency in the coming election on 7 September 2008, I urge you to register as IT voter before 16 May. For further information on voter registration, please visit our thematic website (http://www.sinchungkai.org.hk/ITvoter).

GovWiFi

On 27 March, Government Wi-Fi Programme (GovWiFi) officially launched. Currently, free Wi-Fi service is offered at 30 Government premises. By mid 2009, the number of Government premises offering free Wi-Fi services will increase to 350.

Going wireless is a trend happening around the world. With a pervasive wireless network, innovative applications can be introduced. Location-based service, for example, make use of several Wi-Fi hotspots to track down a Wi-Fi device with algorithm approaches. In urban area, such a technology can be even more accurate than GPS.

Although the OFTA has revised its policy on application for installing Wi-Fi devices in Government facilities last year, a wireless network operator recently has expressed its difficulty of getting power supply in installing Wi-Fi devices on Government lamp posts to me. While GovWiFi is a good head start and there are increasing number of Wi-Fi hotspots in places like shopping malls and convenience shops, such a distribution will still be too scattered. To establish a pervasive wireless network, I urge the Government to further coordinate various departments to facilitate installation of Wi-Fi devices in public facilities.

If you have any comments on IT voter registration and GovWiFi, please do share your view by dropping me a few lines at cksin@sinchungkai.org.hk.

CK Sin

Panels

• Follow-up actions on the issues relating to Internet disruptions caused by earthquake damage to undersea cables
• Progress update on the implementation of Film Development Fund
• Issues relating to the English title of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer

Panel on Commerce and Industry
Next meeting: 15 April 2008 [Agenda]

• Copyright protection in the digital environment
• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's participation in the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China

Activities

WTISD 2008

Jointly organized by CAHK and the Office of Mr. Sin Chung Kai, WTISD is an event aiming at bringing young people’s attention to the ICT industry. A series of activities will be held in coming months. For details of WTISD, please click here.

International ICT Expo 2008

Organized by HKTDC, the Expo will have 7 thematic zones representing different industry sectors and a series of thematic conferences.

IT Matters 2008 – Pearl River Delta – Collaborative Innovation

Organized by HKCS, HKITF, ISIA and WTIA. This event features prominent business leaders, renowned scholars and international industry experts to share their views on how Hong Kong ICT industry can contribute on meeting the challenge created by China’s economic and political rise.

As an elected legislator, I always love to know your views. If you have anything would like to share with me, you can either email me or make an appointment for an office visit or home visit. Please leave your name, contact number, and discussion topic via email, and my office will follow up your request with phone calls accordingly.