Hong Kong has planned to unveil Digital 21 Strategy 2014 edition to leverage ICT development in the wake of evolution of cloud computing, Internet of Things, Big Data, wireless and multi-platform technologies. Formulated first in the year 1998, the Digital 21 Strategy has since been updated thrice in 2001, 2004 and 2008. Envisaged with the theme- “Smarter Hong Kong, Smarter Living” the new edition is based on four thrust strategy to reap benefits of ICT for all the stakeholders in the community including general public, innovators, visitors, ICT service providers, companies of different scales, startups, and so on. As a part of updated strategy, the Government plans to roll out more paperless solutions and collaborative workflow platforms under different policy domains in a progressive manner to augment efficiency, use/re-use of data, and reduce costs and facilitate information sharing. Plans are also there to develop strategies and priorities for establishing a smarter city infrastructure. This includes deployment of weather and traffic related sensors for better city management and quick & easy sharing of data. The new E-Government Infrastructure Services (EGIS), which will be fully functional by 2015, will be able to host 100 additional e-Government services on top of the 118 e-Government services in the former platform. The government has also planned to come up with the mobile version of MyGovHK that conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines promulgated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
International e-Gov Update
HONG KONG PLANS NEW EDITION OF DIGITAL 21 STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF ICT
From October 2014 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre