PCCW Limited is a Hong Kong-based information and communication technology (ICT) and telecommunications company.
The Octopus card is a reusable contactless stored value smart card for making electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong. Launched in September 1997 to collect fares for the territory's mass transit system, it has grown into a widely used system for transport and other retail transactions in Hong Kong. It is also used for purposes such as recording school attendance and permitting building access. The cards are used by 98 percent of the population of Hong Kong aged 15 to 64 and the system handles more than 15 million transactions, worth over HK$220 million, every day.
Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong, consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 digital and technology companies.
Although Hong Kong law provides freedom of speech and press, and freedom of expression is protected by the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, the Hong Kong national security law gives the government the power to "take down any electronic messages published" that the government considers endangering national security. The government has blocked several anti-government, doxxing or politically sensitive websites after the commencement of the law, leading to increased concerns of Internet censorship.
Dr Lui Che Woo, GBM, GBS, MBE, JP is an extraordinary entrepreneur and philanthropist from Hong Kong. Lui is a pioneer who founded K. Wah Company in 1955, which later became a multinational conglomerate, K. Wah Group. Currently, K. Wah Group has two listed flagships, K. Wah International Holdings Limited（00173）and Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited（00027）, as well as major companies such as K. Wah Construction Materials Limited and Stanford Hotels International, and over 200 subsidiaries around the world. K. Wah Group is engaged in various businesses including properties, entertainment and leisure, hospitality and construction materials across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia and major cities in the world.
100Most was a satirical weekly magazine published in Hong Kong by Most Kwai Chung, which also runs online platform TVMost. The magazine featured graphics, jokes and reports. Disrespectful and stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication described its characteristics as "short", "hilarious" and "Hong Kong style". The slogan of 100Most is "看得完，剛剛好".
TeamNote is a mobile-first business communication and collaboration software developed by the Hong Kong based technology company TeamNote Limited. TeamNote is a product that is provided as a white label solution to corporations and deployed in a private cloud or an on-premises server. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, share images, documents, user locations, and other content. It is not available for download on the iOS App Store or in Google Play. TeamNote adds new users by sending out links or manual deployment.
Handicraft markets in Hong Kong provide a platform for artists and craftspeople to show or sell their original artistic works. They are growing in range and popularity, but remain restricted by the availability of venues.
Erwin Huang is involved in bringing technology to education and social enterprise.
TVB Finance, Sports & Information Channel was a Cantonese-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Hong Kong. Owned by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), it first launched on 31 December 2007 as TVB HD Jade, before relaunching as TVB J5 on 22 February 2016.
Hong Kong ICT Awards is a technology-related award in Hong Kong, organised annually by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer of the Innovation and Technology Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong.
PayMe is a mobile payment service from HSBC, currently available only for Hong Kong users with local phone numbers and banks. Users can pay businesses, transfer money to one another using a mobile app, linked to their credit card or bank account.
Wave Chow (周榮佳)(born 1975, Hong Kong) is a Premier Senior District Director of AIA and a regular columnist for Hong Kong Economic Journal.
HK01 is a Hong Kong-based online news portal launched by Yu Pun-hoi, a former chairman of the Ming Pao. It is operated by HK01 Company Limited, established in June 2015. The website went live on 11 January 2016. It publishes a weekly paper every Friday, the first edition of which was released on 11 March 2016. As of 2019, The company has a staff of approximately 700.
The Three Sharp Peaks of Hong Kong are a collection of three peaks that Hong Kong hikers deem as very challenging to summit because of loose rocks and steep inclination. The peaks are Castle Peak (583m) in Tuen Mun, Sharp Peak (468m) in Sai Kung and High Junk Peak (344m) in Clear Water Bay. The three peaks are scattered in different regions in Hong Kong. While Castle Peak is the tallest of the three, Sharp Peak is generally considered the hardest of the three to hike up because of its remoteness and steepness.
The Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hong Kong to promote the development, usage and awareness of wireless technology applications in Hong Kong; and to enhance communication and partnership between different types of companies in the wireless technology industry.
Wong Ho-wa is a Hong Kong data scientist and pro-democracy activist. He led the open government data community g0vhk from 2016 to 2021. He was an Election Committee member representing the information technology (IT) industry from 2016 to 2021 and ran for the Information Technology constituency in the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election as part of the pro-democratic caucus.
The British Consulate General Hong Kong is the sole governmental agency currently tasked with offering professional formal English-to-Cantonese name translation services to British officials. No similar services are offered by UK diplomatic missions within the Greater China area. It is a long tradition for the UK government to provide such uniform translation for certain cabinet members and other officials. This practice has its origin in the distasteful translation of the name of the 16th Colonial Governor of Hong Kong, and the UK government keeps this tradition alive. The translation process is very refined, and there is a set of principles that they observe to avoid taboo, undesirable, or embarrassing translations as well as making the translated names more relatable, approachable, and agreeable to local Hong Kongers.
GT College is a full-time direct subsidy school for boys and girls in Hong Kong.
Flow Daycation App(booking platform) is a Hong Kong-based hotel booking platform that allows users to book hotel rooms on an hourly basis. It was launched in 2018.
