More than 70 percent of Hong Kong households have a personal
computer connected to the Internet, strengthening the city's status
as one of the world's leading digital hubs, an official survey
released Thursday indicated.
Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department said that the
figure represents a slight rise on last year when 71.7 percent of
households had a computer and 67.1 percent had it connected to the
Internet.
The survey conducted in mid-2007 found 1,671,600 households, or
74.2 percent of all domestic premises in Hong Kong, had a personal
computer. Of them, 94.5 percent had their computers connected to
the Internet, representing 70.1 percent of the city's
households.
About 66.4 percent of people aged 10 and over had used personal
computers at least once and 64.8 percent had used the Internet.
Utilization of electronic business services in the city was also
high. About 98.2 percent of people aged 15 and over had used
electronic business services, a slight rise on last year's 97.4
percent. About 10.1 percent of that age group had used on-line
purchasing services, according to the survey.
(Xinhua News Agency, December 7, 2007)