E-SCM Developments in Hong KongE-SCM Developments in Hong Kong

Opening address by Mrs. Carrie YauOpening address by Mrs. Carrie YauSecretary for Information Technology Secretary for Information Technology

and Broadcastingand Broadcasting

E-SCM means

• the use of IT to conduct business with partners and customers along supply chains

• concrete benefits:

- Exposure

- Efficiency

- Enhancement

- Ensuring

- Expansion2

E-Supply Chain Management (e- (e-SCM)SCM)

E-Supply Chain Management (e- (e-SCM)SCM)

• Hong Kong has :

- strong service culture

- world-class business environment

- great potential to be a key enabler in the global e-supply chain

• We need:

- advanced infrastructure

- clear strategy

- dynamic business sector3

Where Hong Kong stands -

• 60% PC penetration rate

• 50% Internet penetration rate

• Broadband network reaches all commercial buildings and over 95% of households

• One third of our households use broadband service

• Nearly 40% of our businesses use Internet in their operation

• Over 2.6 million Internet accounts

• Internet services among cheapest in the world at less than

– $1.6 per hour for dial-up– $200 per month for unlimited br

oadband usage

• External connectivity: 900 Gbps

Where Hong Kong stands -

Where Hong Kong stands -

• 86% of people aged 15 or above use e-business services

• 85% of our population have mobile phones

• One of the first in Asia to introduce GPRS

• Over 8.5 million e-payment smart cards in circulation.

• Over 600, 000 citizens are online banking service users

Clear Government strategy

• Digital21 IT Strategy positioning HK as a leading digital city

- Enhancing our e-business environment

- Building E-government- Developing our IT workforce- Building a digitally inclusive society- Exploiting enabling technologies

Legal infrastructure

• Electronic Transactions OrdinElectronic Transactions Ordinance to provide legal framewoance to provide legal framework for electronic transactionsrk for electronic transactions

• Legal recognition for electronLegal recognition for electronic records and digital signaturic records and digital signatureses

• Review to provide the most uReview to provide the most up-to-date legal frameworkp-to-date legal framework

Public key infrastructure

• Public key infrastructure established

• Four recognised certification authorities

• The world’s first to issue mobile digital certificates for community-wide adoption

• Wireless stock trading, banking and betting

E-government developments

• Clear E-government strategy

• Over 70% of public services have provided e-option

• Electronic Service Delivery Scheme

• Amongst the top in the world in terms of E-government development

• One of the world’s first web-based electronic tendering systems

• Issue tenders and receive bids securely via the Internet

• Leading Asia in terms of online procurement

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Electronic Tendering SystemElectronic Tendering System

Dynamic business sector • Large businesses:

develop portals for online trading and logistics services

• Small businesses:- Small food shops receive

take-away orders online- Vegetable wholesalers receive

purchase orders and issue payment requisitions online- photo shops receive photo

images and orders online

E-entrepot for online services

• Excellent connectivity with the Mainland and the rest of the world

• Edge in providing business support services

• E-entrepot for online services along the global supply chains H.K.

E-logistics development

• Electronic submission of trade-related documents

• Paperless submission of air, sea and rail cargo manifests

• Studying a similar system for road cargo

Wireless SCM • Exchange and share information over wireles

s devices

• Free supply chain operation from traditional barriers

• Advanced mobile telecommunications network

• Third generation of mobile service at door-step

Government Funding Support

• SME Development Fund

• Over $21 million disbursed to drive adoption of IT by SMEs

Thank you