香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

2 Chapter 2Information Technology Usage and Penetration inthe Business SectorIntroduction2.1 2.1 Successful adoption of informationtechnology (IT) is frequently seen as one of thestrongest driving forces behind fast economicgrowth in an economy. This Chapter describes theusage and penetration of IT in the business sector.2.2 2.2 The analyses in this Chapter are based mainlyon the data collected from the Annual Survey onInformation Technology Usage and Penetration inthe Business Sector conducted by the Census andStatistics Department. The Survey was first 5 500 conducted in 2000. In the 2009 Survey, a sampleof some 5 500 establishments were selected inaccordance with a scientific sampling design,covering all industry sectors (except the agricultureand fishing sector and the mining and quarryingsector), including manufacturing; electricity and gas;construction; wholesale, retail and import and exporttrades, restaurants and hotels; transport, storage andcommunications; financing, insurance, real estateand business services; and community, social andpersonal services.2.3 2.3 The establishments were categorised intolarge, medium and small establishments according100 to their employment size as at end-March of thesurvey reference year concerned. Large50 establishments referred to establishments engaging100 or more persons for the manufacturing sector, 10 and 50 or more persons for other industry sectors.Small establishments referred to those engaging lessthan 10 persons in different sectors. The otherswere regarded as medium establishments.27Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009