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Kong will continue to take forward the pilot run of applications of mutual recognition of electronic signature certificates for the development of e-commerce in the two places.

Cyberport

The 24-hectare Cyberport is a critical piece of infrastructure for the development and support of IT and related industries in Hong Kong. It brings. together a cluster of high quality IT and related enterprises, and facilitates synergy and partnership among members of the ICT industry. Cyberport is home to more than 80 local, Mainland and overseas companies specialising in IT applications, information services and multimedia content creation, including 21 start-up companies undergoing incubation. Cyberport is a major venue for IT and digital entertainment-related conferences in Hong Kong and Asia. Since 2002, over 1 350 IT-related events have been held at Cyberport.

Cyberport also provides the ICT and digital media industries with important infrastructure, technical and resource support and facilitates the development of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through the industrial support centres established at Cyberport.

Leader in E-government

E-government is an integral part of the Government's overall IT strategy. Building on the foundation laid down in the past few years, Hong Kong has. launched the next stage of e-government. The key developments include:

(a) GovHK

Following its launch in August 2007, GovHK (www.gov.hk), the one-stop portal, had continued to achieve a high level of user satisfaction, and had won awards for its design, services and accessibility features among other e-Government services in Hong Kong and around the world.

The aim is to make continuous improvements and, from 2010 onwards, to launch a revamped GovHK with a new-look and new functions, offer geospatial information, and to provide a more personalised interface to meet the specific needs, preferences and interests of individual users.

(b) Electronic Health Records

Hong Kong needs a modern healthcare system that can cater for the changing demographic structure, increasing healthcare needs and rising. health expenditure. As part of Government healthcare reform, the Government will be spending $702 million over the next five years on the development of a territory-wide patient-oriented electronic health record sharing system. A dedicated office has been set up under the Food and Health Bureau to co-ordinate the development of the electronic health record sharing system for both the public and private sectors. This will provide the pivotal infrastructure for implementation of the reform.