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Information Technology in the Banking and Financial Sectors
Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 25 March 1996.
Mobile Telephony: For How Long a Licence to Print Money?
Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 27 May 1996.
Multimedia: Trends and Prospects
Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 30 September 1996.
Home Computers and Networking in Hong Kong
Paper presenting survey results on the diffusion of computers in homes, as well as on their use for communications beyond the home.
Telecommunications and Privatization in Asia
Paper presented at the 23rd Pacific Trade and Development Conference, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, 8-11 December 1996.
Technology Transfer and Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Sector
Analysis of survey results on technology transfers taking place in Hong Kong’s manufacturing of telecommunications components and equipment sector.
Hong Kong’s Communication Infrastructure: The Evolving Role of a Regional Information Hub
Hong Kong has become in recent years an important regional information and telecommunications hub.
The Economic Benefits of Telecoms Liberalization in Hong Kong
A revised and updated version of a study undertaken August-October 1997 on behalf of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation (HKCPEC).
China Telecoms: Regulations and Market Forces
Paper presented at China Telecoms: Finance, Investment and Regulation IIR Conferences, 5-6 May 1997.
Telecommunications in China – More Than Was Bargained For?
Article published in New Technology Quarterly, Q4, 1997.
Information society In Hong Kong and Other Asian ‘Tiger’ Economies
For Hong Kong, an island-economy dependent upon its competitiveness as a world financial and trading centre, and as an entrepot to China, the challenge of information technologies is particularly intriguing.
Home Computers and Networking In Hong Kong
Results of 1994, 1996, and 1998 TRP surveys on home computers and networking in Hong Kong.
Telecommunications Policy in China: A Two-Tier Bargaining Model
Telecommunications has become one of the anointed ‘pillar industries’ of China’s economic reform program.
The Internet in China
Paper presented at the (Mis)Communicating Across Boundaries Conference, 48th Annual Conference of the International Communications Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-24 July 1998.
Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Policy
Published in Wong siu-lun and T.Maruya, Hong Kong Economy and Society: Challenges in the New Era, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong and the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1998 (pp. 39-60).
Television Policy In An Era of Convergence
Telecoms Infotech Forum (TIF) position paper, January 1999.
Quality Issues and Programme Diversity
Response to the 1998 Review of Television Policy, by Joyce Nip Yee Man and John Ure.
Hong Kong as an Internet Financial Hub
Telecoms Infotech Forum (TIF) position paper, September 1999.
Broadband Interconnection
A Response to the Consultation of OFTA, 3 November 1999.
The Era of International Simple Resale: Not Waving, But Drowning?
Paper published in Telecommunications Policy v.24.2, February 2000.
Third Generation Mobile: To Auction or Not to Auction?
Response to OFTA's Consultation Paper and Reply to Jake van der Kamp, Monitor Column, SCMP.