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To recognise outstanding achievement and to showcase Hong Kong's ICT success locally and abroad, the Government has collaborated with the local ICT industry to organise Hong Kong ICT Awards since 2006.

The Government supports the development of data centres as an essential infrastructure for the continued development of the economy. The Government has completed a study on the economic benefits attributable to the data centre sector.

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 57 start-up companies undergoing incubation. Cyberport is a major venue for IT and digital entertainment-related conferences in Hong Kong and Asia.

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 its industrial support centres.

Leader in E-government

E-government is an integral part of the Government's overall IT strategy. Building on a foundation laid down over 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. In March 2010, the Government launched a revamped GovHK with a new look and new functions, and in December

December 2010 the Government introduced a personalised portal 'MyGovHK'. Citizens can link up their MyGovHK with

multiple personal e-government services.

(b) Electronic Health Records

Development of the first stage of a territory-wide patient-oriented electronic health record (eHR) sharing system is in progress and is planned for completion by 2013-14. The targets of this stage are: (1) to have the eHR sharing platform ready for connection with all public and private hospitals; (2) to have electronic medical/patient record systems and other health information systems available in the market for private doctors, clinics and other healthcare providers to connect to the eHR sharing platform; and (3)

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