IT development and career in Hong Kong

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IT development and career in Hong Kong
IT for Youth 2006 School Visit Holy Trinity
College

• Sin Chung Kai
• Legislative Councillor (IT)
• 8 January 2008

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Content

• Part 1
• IT is everywhere
• What can IT help in the future?
• Part 2
• Hong Kong as a World Digital City
• Local industry outlook
• Part 3
• IT as a profession

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IT is surrounding all of us!!!
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Realize your dreams with IT
Shrek 3(2007)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Shrek (2001)
Raman Hui (???) Co-director of Sherk 3
Antz (1998)
A Computer Animator graduated from the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University in 1984
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Entering the YOU Era with IT
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IT brings convenience to your lives

• Anywhere, Anytime, Interactive, With anybody

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Source Toward the Realization of a
Japan-Initiated Ubiquitous Society , NEC Journal
of Advanced Technology, Vol. 1
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IT rewrites the worlds rules
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IT makes things to think
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Content

• Part 1
• IT is everywhere
• What can IT help in the future?
• Part 2
• Hong Kong as a World Digital City
• Local industry outlook
• Part 3
• IT as a profession

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E-readiness rankings 2007
Source The 2007 e-readiness rankings Raising the
bar, Economist Intelligence Unit
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In Asia-Pacific Region
Source The 2007 e-readiness rankings Raising the
bar, Economist Intelligence Unit
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Our weakness

• HK scored gt 8.5 among 5 categories
• Except for one
• Social and cultural environment
• ? 6.8 only
• It shows that ICT sector is facing human shortage

Source The 2007 e-readiness rankings Raising the
bar, Economist Intelligence Unit
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Increasing trend in use of IT in business
Source Report on 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
2006 Annual Survey on Information Technology
Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector, and
Hong Kong as Information Society 2007, Census
and Statistics Department, HKSAR
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Increasing trend in IT adoption in business
Revenue generated via e-commerce
Source Report on 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
2006 Annual Survey on Information Technology
Usage and Penetration in the Business Sector,
Hong Kong as an Information Society, Census and
Statistics Department, HKSAR
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IT industry the Four economic pillars
Source 1) Census and Statistics Department,
http//www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/st
atistical_tables/index.jsp?charsetID1tableID189
2) Hong Kong as an Information
Society 2006 , (Dec 2006), Census and Statistics
Department, HKSARG
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Overview of Hong Kongs ICT industry

• NO international definition on ICT sector.
• In HK, ICT sector covers 5 groups of economic
  activities

Source Hong Kong as an Information Society 2006
(Dec 2006), Census and Statistics Department,
HKSARG
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Key business scopes of the IT sector

• The Manufacturers
• Specialized in computer peripherals, electronic
  parts components
• mostly served for overseas markets
• The Distributors
• Specialized in office automation, security
• Focus on local market
• maintenance
• The services providers
• Major services offered software design
  development, application support maintenance,
  IT consultancy, system integration
• Focus on local market

Source Hong Kong IT industry Study 2005, (Nov
2005), Hong Kong Productivity Council
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Hong Kong IT Services Sector

• Mainly composed of SMEs
• Geographic markets served
• Hong Kong (78.2), Mainland (12.7), Other
  economies (9.1)
• Major IT services specialized

Source Study on Hong Kong IT Services Sector
2006 , (Mar 2007), Hong Kong Productivity
Council
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IT - Serving the other sectors

• Banking and finance
• Electronic off-platform trading system of HKs
  Stock Exchange, interbank real time gross
  settlement system, online/wireless investment,
  electronic money
• Trading
• Tradelink to facilitate transaction management
  on import and export shipments

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IT - Serving the other sectors

• Transportation
• Octopus
• Manufacturing
• Computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
• Shipping, freight forwarding and logistics
• Electronic data interchange (EDI), RFID and GPS
  to support supply chain activities

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IT - Serving the other sectors

• E-Government
• Smart ID card

Entertainment industry
Source Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited
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IT - Serving the other sectors
Multiple answers allowed
Source Hong Kong IT industry Study 2005, (Nov
2005), Hong Kong Productivity Council
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China - Business Opportunities

• One of the biggest domestic market with gt 1.3
  billion people
• GDP
• doubled 1987-1995 again 1995-2003
• growth rate maintained at 10 2003-2006
• Business opportunities since China opened up its
  Telecom and Internet services in phases to
  foreign investment after WTO entry

100 million yuan
Source Nationl Bureau of Statistics of China
(Feb 2007)
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Being a gateway to Mainland market

• Proficiency in adapting foreign software to suit
  the Mainland market
• Substantial experience and connections in the
  Mainland
• Language and cultural advantages
• Taking a tripartite partnerships among Mainland,
  foreign and Hong Kong players

Our special ticket The Closer Economic
Partnership Arrangement between Hong Kong and the
Mainland (CEPA)
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Asia Market Outlook

• Total demand for staff with networking skills
  across Asia

Estimates
Source International Data Corp (Oct 2006)
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Local Market Outlook

• Number of IT employees employed
• Steady increase over the past 6 years

No. of IT employees employed
Year
Source 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 Manpower Survey
Report , Committee on Information Technology
Training and Development, Vocational Training
Council
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Local Market Outlook

• Significant increase in computer operations
  managers and supervisors in companies engaged in
  various business services sector and the
  community
• Employers forecast in 2007
• Overall annual growth rate on the number of IT
  posts is 2.5

Source 2006 Manpower Survey Report on IT Sector
today , (Feb 2007), The Committee on Information
Technology Training and Development of the
Vocational Training Council
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Local Market Outlook

• Gentle growth in the industry
• Projected manpower growth in the next 12 months
• ??Hong Kong (5.2) Mainland (8.8) Overseas
  (7.9)
• Projected revenue growth in 2006
• ??Hong Kong (11.6) Mainland (10.8) Overseas
  (10.1)
• Market expansion
• 72.4 were interested in developing the Mainland
  market
• 54.4 expressed intention to set up overseas
  branch offices

Source Study on Hong Kong IT Services Sector
2006 , (Mar 2007), Hong Kong Productivity
Council
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Content

• Part 1
• IT is everywhere
• What can IT help in the future?
• Part 2
• Hong Kong as a World Digital City
• Local industry outlook
• Part 3
• IT as a profession

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IT as a profession
Profession. the practice of it directly
influences human well-being and requires mastery
of a complex body of knowledge and specialized
skills which are acquired through formal
education and practical experience. The Online
Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

• Is IT a profession?
• Yes, because
• our society has become highly dependent upon the
  use of IT
• IT professionals are required to have practical
  experience
• IT professionals have to undergo formal education
  training for performing IT-related jobs.

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To be an IT professional

• To be an all rounded IT professional
• Portable technical skills business intelligence
  management skills .
• Able to work with different culture willing to
  travel continuous learning.

The most important point Your attitude!
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• Thank you!
• http//www.sinchungkai.org.hk

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Interactive Discussion
IT for Youth 2006 - School Visit Holy Trinity
College
8 January 2008