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Estimates
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch)
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Communications and Technology Branch)
Innovation and Technology Commission
Intellectual Property Department
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Radio Television Hong Kong
Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
Full list of estimates
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IT Initiatives of Government Bureaux and Departments in 08-09:
Architectural Services Department
- All programmes
- enhance existing and develop new information systems for improved efficiency and transparency
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Buildings Department
- Buildings and Building Works
- continue to make preparations for the introduction of a web-based system for retrieval of building plans and records in the form of electronic images
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Census and Statistics Department
- Trade Statistics
- continue to support the use of electronic submission services for import/export declarations and cargo manifests
- Social Statistics
- Initial planning for the 2011 Population Census has commenced. The feasibility study (including business process re-engineering) for the supporting computer systems and web applications will be conducted in 2008¡V09
- General Statistical Services
- launch a number of strategic IT projects to implement data capturing system and replace the Full Harmonized System on top of other strategic IT projects which have been launched already
- continue to use modern technologies in the collection of data and dissemination of statistical information to enhance efficiency. The Department will continue to enhance its website in respect of contents, navigation, user friendliness and value-added services. Efforts are also being made to encourage more data users to obtain statistical publications and survey respondents to submit survey questionnaires through electronic means
- Price/Industry/Service Statistics
- study the feasibility of compiling new statistics to measure the economic impact of innovation activities in the business sector
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Civil Aviation Department
- Engineering and Systems
- develop implementation plans and procure equipment for the study and trials of the satellite-based Communications,Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management CNS/ATM Systems
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Correctional Services Department
- Prison Management
- explore the application of advanced technology for enhancement of daily operation at penal institutions
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Customs and Excise Department
- Control and Enforcement
- develop a Road Cargo System to enable shippers to submit electronic advance cargo information for enhancing the operational efficiency of cargo clearance for road cargoes and facilitating cross-boundary cargo movement
- Intellectual Property Rights and Consumer Protection
- safeguard the rights of intellectual property owners and the interests and safety of consumers
- strengthen action against piracy and counterfeiting activities by developing more vigorous enforcement strategies and launching more intelligence-based operations
- tackle internet piracy and other computer crime problems relating to infringement of intellectual property rights
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Department of Health
- Medical and Dental Treatment for Civil Servants
- work together with the Hospital Authority (HA), aims to fully implement an on-line Medical and Dental Benefits Eligibility Checking System to replace the existing paper-based eligibility certification to provide greater convenience to eligible persons seeking medical and dental services
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Department of Justice
- Civil
- advise on the legal aspects of:
- the regulation of companies, securities, insurance, information technology, electronic transactions, e-commerce, transportation, television broadcasting and telecommunications (including provisions prohibiting anti-competitive practices) as well as proposals for reform
- legislative initiatives to rewrite the Companies Ordinance, and establish the Communications Authority
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Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
- Energy Supply; Electrical, Gas and Nuclear Safety
- enhance the computer-based ¡§Integrated Gas Safety Enforcement System
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation, and Alternative Energy
- promote the application of the life-cycle energy analysis software tool for building construction to improve energy efficiency in building design
- continue research and development works on the application of innovative energy efficiency technologies
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Environmental Protection Department
- Waste
- implement a recovery programme for used computer equipment and explore the feasibility of developing a similar programme for other waste electrical and electronic equipment
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Fire Services Department
- Ambulance Service
- plan for the procurement of a computer aided Quality Assurance System for enhancing the quality of paramedic ambulance service
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Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
- Environmental Hygiene and Related Services
- contribute to the introduction of an on-line Application Tracking Facility through which licence applicants can monitor the progress of their applications
- contribute to the implementation of electronic submission of liquor licence applications
- Public Education and Community Involvement
- enhance public awareness on the importance of food safety through electronic media and public transport system
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Government Secretariat: Civil Service Bureau
- Translation and Interpretation Services and Use of Official Languages
- provide up-to-date Intranet and Internet versions of the electronic glossaries of terms commonly used in the Government
- Civil Service Training and Development
- update the contents of the training resource available on our e-learning portal, in particular the National Studies Portal, and promote the use of e-learning mode in the civil service
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Government Secretariat: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch)
- Commerce and Industry
- continue to work together with the Mainland authorities to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of the CEPA and to further its development
- continue to formulate policies and monitor programmes on inward investment promotion, especially in relation to positioning Hong Kong as part of the Greater Pearl River Delta Region, attracting Mainland enterprises to invest in Hong Kong
- continue to work with the SME Committee to monitor the operation of the SME Funding Schemes
- introduce subsidiary legislation related to the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 into the Legislative Council, and bring into operation new liability provisions in the Ordinance by phases after publicity and public education programmes designed to promote awareness have been rolled out
- release the Government¡¦s preliminary proposals for strengthening copyright protection in the digital environment, with a view to building up consensus for changes that may require legislative amendments
- continue to oversee efforts to promote respect for intellectual property protection in the business sector, particularly amongst SMEs
- introduce in the 2008¡V09 legislative session the Import and Export (Electronic Cargo Information) Regulation which seeks to provide the legal basis for implementing an electronic advance cargo information system for customs clearance of road cargoes
- complete the tender exercise for the provision of GETS after 2009
- Subvention: Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- strengthen Hong Kong¡¦s position as Asia¡¦s international business platform; promote the Hong Kong platform to Mainland and international companies; enhance the leadership position of the HKTDC trade shows; upgrade and promote the HKTDC integrated marketplace comprising online portal, publications and exhibitions; and enhance Hong Kong¡¦s position as a technology marketplace
- champion Hong Kong¡¦s service and manufacturing companies¡¦ quality, creativity and sophistication; promote a favourable image of Hong Kong products and services; promote Hong Kong branded products; consolidate Hong Kong¡¦s position as a creative hub and regional design centre; promote Hong Kong as Asia¡¦s international financial centre; and continue with path-finding efforts in emerging markets
- Subvention: Consumer Council
- enhance and promote the Council¡¦s new dedicated website for Mainland visitors shopping in Hong Kong
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Government Secretariat: Development Bureau (Planning and Lands Branch)
- Air and Sea Communications and Logistics Development
- continue to work closely with the logistics industry to monitor the implementation of the DTTN System in accordance with the DTTN Operating Agreement
- Subvention: Consumer Council
- continue to heighten awareness of consumers on their rights and responsibilities through a multi-media platform, i.e. internet, fixed and mobile phone networks of CHOICE magazine, and publicity drives such as the Consumer Rights Reporting Awards for the mass media
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Government Secretariat: Education Bureau
- Vocational Education
- implement strategic development in a number of academic disciplines, including design, business administration, information technology and engineering, through strengthened industry input to course planning, curriculum development and quality assurance to meet the manpower needs of industries
- Policy and Support
- oversee the coming into effect of the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Cap. 592), and implement related measures such as launching a web-based Qualifications Register containing information on qualifications, courses and providers recognised under the framework, piloting the recognition of prior learning mechanism and launching the Qualifications Framework Support Schemes
- continue to promote the use of information technology in education by implementing the third strategy on information technology
- oversee the upgrading of the web-based School Administration and Management System to improve efficiency and reduce security risks
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Government Secretariat: Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (The Treasury Branch)
- Service Departments
- co-ordinate with the Treasury on the implementation of the new Government Financial Management Information System with a view to completing the project within 2008¡V09
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Government Secretariat: Food and Health Bureau (Food Branch)
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Safety
- continue to collaborate with the Mainland Authorities to explore the feasibility of applying information technology to enhance the traceability of food
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Government Secretariat: Food and Health Bureau (Health Branch)
- Health
- set out a roadmap for taking forward the initiative of developing a territory-wide electronic health record sharing infrastructure
- oversee the implementation of a centralised organ donation register (a computerised database to register the wish of organ donors) and publicity efforts to promote organ donation in collaboration with relevant organizations
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Government Secretariat: Offices of the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary
- Government Records Service
- study the feasibility and implications of applying electronic records keeping system for managing government records
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Government Secretariat: Security Bureau
- Immigration Control
- oversee the gradual extension of e-channel service to frequent visitors
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Government Secretariat: Transport and Housing Bureau (Transport Branch)
- Air and Sea Communications and Logistics Development
- continue to work closely with the logistics industry to monitor the implementation of the DTTN System in accordance with the DTTN Operating Agreement
- continue to work closely with the HKPC to ensure the smooth implementation of the On-Board Trucker Information System (OBTIS) pilot project
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Highways Department
- District and Maintenance
- continue to develop a new computer system to replace the Utility Management System to improve efficiency in excavation permit processing
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Hong Kong Observatory
- Weather Services
- continue to enrich the contents of the Observatory¡¦s website in response to the evolving needs of the public and further develop the delivery of weather services through the Internet
- install a High Performance Computing System for implementing a suite of
high resolution mesoscale models for weather prediction
- continue to enhance the aviation weather service through the use of technology to meet user needs
- implement an enhanced thunderstorm and lightning alerting system for the HKIA.
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Hong Kong Police Force
- Prevention and Detection of Crime
- maintain a high standard of investigation and provide professional service in all cases of domestic violence, enhance the capability of the central domestic violence database and continue to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach with other stakeholders in tackling the problem
- Road Safety
- enhance anti-speeding enforcement through the wider use of new technology
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Housing Department
- Rehousing of Occupants upon Clearance
- maintain computerised records on miscellaneous housing benefits granted by the Lands Department (LandsD) and the Urban Renewal Authority (URA)
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Immigration Department
- Pre-entry Control
- continue to develop and implement the Application and Investigation Easy System and the Electronic Records Programme to enable applications to be assessed and cases handled in a paperless environment supported by imaging facilities
- continue to roll out the pilot system for the advance passenger processing as promoted by the APEC for facilitation and security control of passengers
- continue to develop and implement the Data Warehousing Information System (formerly known as Data Management Information System) to provide relevant information and statistics for better-informed decisions and planning
- Personal Documentation
- implement a new computer system for providing better registration services and enhancing births, deaths and marriages records management
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Information Service Department
- Publishing
- continue to co-ordinate the Government¡¦s publishing requirements and to promote wider use of the online Government Bookstore. The migration of the Electronic Service Delivery Government Bookstore to GovHK in early 2008 will provide more user-friendly features for the online purchase of publications
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Inland Revenue Department
- Assessing Functions
- promote the use of electronic services and expand the scope of services under eTAX. Apart from filing tax returns, obtaining personal tax information and notifying changes of personal particulars electronically, taxpayers will be given the option to receive notices and documents related to tax return filing, assessment and tax payment in electronic form
- Collection
- continue to promote the use of electronic services for tax payment
- Taxpayer Services
- continue to deliver quality customer service and promote the use of electronic services, through which taxpayers can file tax returns, notify the changes of postal address, lodge requests for documents and obtain their personal tax information
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Intellectual Property Department
- Statutory Functions
- continue to promote e-filing to increase the migration rate to 60 per cent for trademark applications, 40 per cent for patent applications and 45 per cent for design applications
- Protection of Intellectual Property
- provide policy, legal and technical advice to the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau in relation to the drafting and enactment of subsidiary legislation under the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 and the Copyright Ordinance; and in relation to the formulation of preliminary legislative proposals concerning the review of the Copyright Ordinance on more effective protection of copyright works in the digital environment
- continue to provide policy, legal and technical advice to the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau in relation to the drafting and enactment of rules of court in relation to the implementation of the Protocol to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the WTO and other follow up matters
- continue to play a proactive role in the APEC and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Council of the WTO, and through such institutions to provide appropriate technical assistance to developing and least-developed economies overseas
- support the business community in strengthening their intellectual property protection in the Mainland through the Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
- disseminate information through the Internet on the intellectual property systems in the Mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region
- strengthen the out-reaching effort to young people on intellectual property protection through school visits and media such as computer games and comics
- organise promotion and education activities specially for SMEs with emphasis placed on using intellectual asset management as a tool for business development in compliance with intellectual property legislation
- continue collaboration with stakeholders to strengthen and publicise the ¡§No Fakes Pledge¡¨ Scheme to promote the sale of genuine products
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Lands Department
- Survey and Mapping
- continue to implement the Second Generation of Computerised Land Information System for maintaining the territory-wide digital map database
- continue to implement the Data Alignment Measures project for improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness in data exchange among government departments
- continue to develop the Digital Map and Land Record Data Dissemination System for efficient dissemination of digital maps and land record data
- develop, enhance and expand the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Geospatial Information Hub service to facilitate easy access to geospatial information by more government officers
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Legal Aid Department
- Support Services
- update departmental pamphlets and its website on the Internet to promote public understanding of legal aid services
- implement the Legal Aid Electronic Services Portal to enhance communication between the Department and assigned lawyers and facilitate timely and efficient monitoring of assigned out legal aid cases
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Legislative Council Commission
- General and Secretariat Services
- continue to enhance the provision of easy and quick access to information relating to activities of the Council and its committees through improvement to the Council Website and making it more user-friendly
- enhance the database on policy issues and legislative proposals in the Council Website to enable Members, staff and the public to have easy access to these subjects
- Research and Library Services
- continue to enhance public understanding of the work of the Council by efficient and effective dissemination of information through the Council Website and Library
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Leisure and Cultural Service Department
- Recreation and Sports
- strengthen the channel for booking of sports facilities and enrollment to sports programmes through the provision of automated self-service kiosks
- Public Libraries
- continue to provide additional Internet Express Terminals in libraries
- closely monitor the project for the replacement of the Library Automation System
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Official Receiver's Office
- Official Receiver¡¦s Office
- explore the long-term information technology strategy
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Planning Department
- Technical Services
- focus its efforts on providing training on four major aspects: vocational training, management and general knowledge, language and communication as well as information technology
- manage a consultancy for implementing a three-dimensional modelling and visualisation system to facilitate planning decision-making and public engagement
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Radio Television Hong Kong
- Public Affairs Television
- explore more High Definition Television (HDTV) programme production opportunities with various broadcasters as well as bodies like the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
- School Educational Television Production
- stress the diversification of learning opportunities through eTVonline and continue to strengthen its ties with schools to host interactive activities on campuses, with the aim of building a learning community of students and teachers
- launch an educational portal in eTVonline website by phases to educate students and the public on the development of digital terrestrial television in Hong Kong
- New Media
- continue to enhance web content and develop e-learning projects through digital video production and co-operation with outside organizations
- continue to improve the technical performance of RTHK ON INTERNET for stable access by local and overseas users as well as allowing personalised use of the content
- collaborate with Efficiency Unit to develop ¡¥Youth Portal¡¦, an Internet portal delivering government youth services
- continue to explore the delivery of RTHK ON INTERNET content to the next generation of multimedia and communications devices
- continue to enhance the content of ¡¥Culture Web¡¦, with a view to promoting and encouraging activities on the local arts and cultural scene
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Rating and Valuation Department
- Statutory Valuation and Assessments
- review and enhance the computer systems to further improve efficiency and services to the public
- Collection and Billing of Rates and Government Rent
- review and enhance its Accounting and Billing System to speed up the recovery of arrears and to identify areas for improvement in service delivery
- Provision of Valuation and Property Information Services
- review and enhance its computer systems to enrich the textual and graphic repository of property information, so as to improve the efficiency of data retrieval and transfer among the parties concerned, including government departments and agencies
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Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
- Broadcast Monitoring and Regulation
- assist the Broadcasting Authority (BA) in reviewing the codes of practice in the light of the findings of the 2007 Broadcasting Services Survey and changes in the broadcasting environment such as digitisation of terrestrial television
- assist the BA in gauging public opinion on broadcasting services through enhancing the role of the Television and Radio Consultative Scheme
- assist the BA in monitoring the two domestic free television programme service licensees in implementing their digital services in accordance with their investment plans as approved by the BA
- review the licence fee of domestic free television programme service licences in the context of digital terrestrial television
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Transport Department
- Planning and Development
- achieve the installation of electronic black boxes on franchised buses
- continue to develop and implement the Transport Information System
- continue to study the feasibility of harnessing advanced technologies to enhance the Department¡¦s incident management capability
- District Traffic and Transport Services
- continue the construction of the area traffic control (ATC) and closed circuit television (CCTV) systems for Tuen Mun and Yuen Long Districts
- implement the replacement of ATC systems for Kowloon, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin and expansion of the system to Tseung Kwan O
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Treasury
- Central Accounting, Collections and Payments
- continue to explore ways and means to achieve higher efficiency with lower costs for revenue collection activities, including promotion of e-payments
- Payment of Salaries, Pensions and Benefits
- continue to enhance the payroll-related systems in order to ensure the prompt and accurate payment of salaries, pensions and benefits
- Accounting and Financial Information Systems
- continue to work on Phase 2 of the Government Financial Management Information System (GFMIS) replacement project with a view to completing the project within 2008¡V09
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Water Supplies Department
- Water Quality Control
- continue to publish water quality data through the Department¡¦s website
- Customer Services
- continue to review the systems and procedures and the information technology in use to ensure cost-effectiveness in delivering customer services
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