"... In PAGE 2: ... Next, we revisit the Internet development situation in Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei and provide some conclusions. A brief survey of Internet and e-commerce development in Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei Table1 provides a comparison of Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei in terms of some essential indicators related to Internet and e-commerce growth. Data triangulation from several sources indicates that B2C e-commerce is more developed in Hong Kong than in Chinese Taipei.... In PAGE 3: ... Consumers in these economies exhibit a higher level of preference for mobile phones than their counterparts in Europe or America (Wilson 2001). The pervasiveness of mobile phones in these economies ( Table1 ) is likely to accelerate the 1See http://www.... In PAGE 7: ... Entrepreneurial people, innovative business models of the enterprises involved in e-commerce, and the governments apos; effective macro-economic policies are the factors that are overcoming the barriers to Internet and e-commerce caused by the interactions of several structural and contextual factors mentioned above. E-retailers in Chinese Taipei have developed new business modes to cope with such problems as low credit card penetration ( Table1 ) and consumers apos; concern about security issues. For instance, e-commerce companies in Chinese Taipei are using different payment and delivery options to overcome the problem of security.... In PAGE 9: ... Chinese Taipei is the world apos;s third largest IT hardware player behind Japan and the US and the world apos;s largest supplier of LAN cards, monitors, mouse devices, PC motherboards, notebook PCs, scanners, and other PC products. In fact, the household PC penetration rate is higher in Chinese Taipei than in Hong Kong ( Table1 ). Since computer and telephone are the prerequisites to use the Internet and e-commerce, Chinese Taipei apos;s higher PC penetration rate is one of the 12See http://www.... ..."

"... In PAGE 4: ... receive so much attention and emphasis that gets them onto prominent positions of the index. Table2 shows the performance of the four translation systems on the Hong Kong data.... In PAGE 4: ...Table 2 Translation Accuracy for Hong Kong data From Table2 , we see that on the whole WorldLingo managed to translate, at least partially, more than 50% of the top 100 names in Hong Kong. On the contrary, TongYi was the least satisfactory, about 10 times worse... ..."

"... In PAGE 4: ... Apart from the building envelope standard, four sets of energy efficiency codes of practices for building services design have been prepared during the past two years (EMSD 1998a amp; b, 1999a amp; b). Table2 shows the current status of the building energy codes. These energy codes were implemented initially on a voluntary basis, but they will be examined whether they should be put on a mandatory basis in the coming years.... ..."

"... In PAGE 4: ...3. CURRENT ISSUES After calculating the mean score for each issue in terms of their current importance (for 1994) and their importance over the next five years (1995 - 1999), the 20 issues were then ranked (See Table1 ). Each of the currently rated Top 10 issues are discussed briefly below.... In PAGE 8: ... This can be interpreted in one of two ways: either, IS is perceived as being more important in the future business environment in Hong Kong; or, future problems always seem more critical than current issues. Nine of the Top 10 issues in Table1... In PAGE 11: ... To this effect, the Top 10 issues from the USA in 1989 (Niederman et al. , 1991) and the Top 10 issues from Taiwan in 1992 (Wang, 1994) compared to current issues in Hong Kong in 1993 (from Table1 ) are given in Tables 3 and 4, respectively. Although Wang (1994) uses a list of 30 IS issues, the list is partially based on the Niederman et al.... ..."

"... In PAGE 8: ... 4. FUTURE ISSUES The ratings of the 20 IS issues in terms of importance over the next five years (1995-1999) is given in Table2 . As can be seen, the mean scores for each issue are higher than their corresponding mean scores as a current issue.... In PAGE 9: ...10 in Table2 , while all the current Top 5 issues are seen as being important in the future. This suggests that the critical issues facing IS executives in the future are not perceived to be substantially different from those which are currently seen as important.... In PAGE 9: ... Table2 also expresses the difference in rank of each issue between current and future. A positive difference indicates that the issues was rated as being more important (attaining a higher rank) in the future than currently.... ..."

"... In PAGE 2: ... In 1998, the building sector (commercial and residential) accounts for 85% of electricity consumption and over 33% of final energy requirements (CSD 1999). Table1 shows the final energy requirements in Hong Kong in... In PAGE 3: ...Table1... ..."

"... In PAGE 20: ...Table6... In PAGE 28: ...Table6 . Estimated Monopsonistic Rents earned by Hong Kong Banks for the period 1987 through 1992 (Figures in HK$ billions)*.... ..."