Tag archive: John Ure

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.

Article published in New Technology Quarterly, Q4, 1997.

Paper presented at China Telecoms: Finance, Investment and Regulation IIR Conferences, 5-6 May 1997.

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).

Hong Kong has become in recent years an important regional information and telecommunications hub.

Analysis of survey results on technology transfers taking place in Hong Kong’s manufacturing of telecommunications components and equipment sector.

Paper presented at the 23rd Pacific Trade and Development Conference, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, 8-11 December 1996.

Paper presenting survey results on the diffusion of computers in homes, as well as on their use for communications beyond the home.

Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 30 September 1996.

Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 27 May 1996.

Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 25 March 1996.

Paper presented at the Banking and Financial Services in Shanghai Workshop, 18 March 1996.

Background briefing paper for the Telecommunications Infotechnology Forum, 4 March 1996.

The issue of interactivity is becoming clouded by advances in technologies and the growth of hybrid systems.

Published in J.Cheng and S.H.Lo, From Colony to SAR: Hong Kong’s Challenge Ahead, Chinese University Press, 1995.

The ending of the Hong Kong Telephone Company’s (HKTC) monopoly on the provision of the domestic public switched telephone network (PSTN) marks a turning point in the history of Hong Kong’s telecommunications. From 1st July four new Fixed Telecommunications Network Services (FTNS) licences came into effect, issued to HKTC, Wharf Holding’s New T&T (Hong Kong) Ltd, Hutchison Communications Ltd and New World Telephone Ltd.

Published in Cheung Y.L and M.H.Sze (eds.), The Chinese University Press, 1995.

Published in Handbook of New Media: Sage Publications, 2002. Lievrouw, L. and S. Livingstone eds., 2002.

Paper delivered at the Business & Technology Exchange Forum on Telecommunications, Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre, Corporation Tech Centre, Kowloon 14th-15th September 1995.

Paper presented at the IEEE PCS Symposium, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, 7th June 1995.