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19 March 2002, Hong Kong
According to the results of a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department from April to June 2001, there were some 1.26 million households having at least one PC at home at the time when the survey was carried out and this constituted 61% of all the households in Hong Kong. The survey also revealed that among those 1.26 million households having a PC at home, some 1.01 million households had connected their PCs (excluding PDAs) to the Internet accounting 80% of all households in Hong Kong. In fact, the percentage of persons in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) having used a PC along with the Internet was the highest among young people in South China, including Taiwan, particularly those of school age. Another recent report conducted by NetValue, the global leading research firm in Jan 2002 indicated males and students aged 15-24 were the two leading Internet users groups of users in Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong. The below chart shows the rising figures of Internet users in Asia.
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In fact, the Hong Kong Education Web (HKEW) released a "Survey on Online Learning 2001" last year showed that 11% of the respondents had participated in online courses or courses supplemented by online learning, in which over half of the courses were provided by overseas institutes. The survey also stated that the respondents believed that the three biggest advantages of taking online courses or courses supplemented by online learning were "No need to attend class in fixed venues" (76%), "Greater learning autonomy" (64%) and "time saving" (59%). According to YC Tsang, Sales Manager of PurpleTrain.com Hong Kong, a consultancy study on the Manpower and Training Needs of the Information Technology Sector by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggested that training and education programmes need to be timely and flexible because the IT industry is particularly dynamic. "PurpleTrain.com responses to market demand. We offer great flexibility, easy accessibility and total convenience, which allow learners to learn at their own pace. Some of the facilities offered include learners' automated online assignment dropbox and confirmation, online chat and discussion sessions, cyber library, amongst others," commented YC adding that e-learning is here to stay as learners' acceptance level of e-Learning in Hong Kong is growing. About Informatics Open Institute Hong Kong Informatics started operation in Hong Kong in 1992 under the name of Informatics Resources (HK) as a Open Learning Education centre in Tshimshatsui and was known as Informatics Open Institute (IOI) later in 1999. IOI together with their University partners and overseas affiliations are focused on providing high quality education at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It has in the past years managed over 11 Degree programmes with an average overall enrolment of over (10,000 students). It works with university partners in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. These programmes are registered with the authorities under the Hong Kong Non-local Higher and Professional Education. For more information, please visit http://www.informatics.edu.hk. About Informatics Hong Kong Informatics Hong Kong began its first IT education and training center
in 1992. After having established itself for almost a decade, Informatics
offers courses ranging from certificate to master degree levels, in areas
of study in IT to Business, which cater for children to working adults.
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