The usage rate of Hong Kong e-government services has risen dramatically, reaching 12.9 billion information searches and electronic transactions by 2012 - a 2.7 times increase from 2010.
“We have established a government cloud platform (GovCloud) to develop shared electronic government services. It will comprise of core infrastructure and a shared pool of computing resources that can be dynamically provided to e-government services, based on individual demand,” shared Lai.
It will support provision of shared services such as electronic information management, electronic procurement and human resources management for about 30 bureaus or departments.
With more than 16 million mobile service subscribers and 66 per cent of them using smartphones, Hong Kong has a high demand for mobile public services. “The Government has developed over 120 mobile apps and mobile websites to serve public interests. We also open public sector information for the community to create value-added services,” Lai revealed.
More than 13 mobile apps have been developed with popular apps such as real time road traffic condition. Hong Kong has also opened 14 categories of public sector information via the Data.One portal, including hundreds of datasets for the public to create innovative mobile apps.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Medha Basu
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 23.12.2013
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