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香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

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4 Chapter 4Operating Characteristics of the InformationTechnology and Telecommunications Sector Introduction4.1 4.1 Emergence of the "e-economy" has brought anew wave of demand for information technologyand telecommunications (IT&T) products andservices. Industries taking advantage of the newtechnologies come forth to capture the opportunitiesbrought about by this emerging market. Neweconomic activities take form, while many existingcompanies shift their focus from related lines ofbusiness towards IT&T products and services.These industries, mainly engaged in production anddistribution of IT&T products and provision ofservices related to IT&T, may be grouped togetheras the "IT&T sector" (also known as the Informationand Communication Technology (ICT) sector) forstatistical compilation purposes.4.2 4.2 Different economies adopt their owndefinition of IT&T sector. In the case of HongKong, the IT&T sector covers five groups of industries engaged in the following economic(1) activities respectively:(2) (1) Manufacturing of IT&T products;(3) (2) Communication system installation(4) (5) and maintenance;(3) Distribution of IT&T products;(4) Telecommunications services;(5) Information technology (IT) services.4.3 4.3 This Chapter describes the structural andoperating characteristics of the IT&T sector in HongKong. Analyses are based on data collected fromthe Programme of Annual Economic Surveys5 conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.A more detailed analysis of the charateristics of thetelecommunications services within the IT&T sectoris given in Chapter 5 of this publication.67 Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009

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