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Jan, 2012

Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) (Cap. 554) enforced by the ICAC


Dear Sir / Madam,

The coming Chief Executive (CE) Election will be held in March 2012. Similar to other public elections, the CE Election is also regulated by the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO) (Cap. 554) enforced by the ICAC.

Apart from the candidates and their election helpers who should abide by the laws and regulations, their supporters (including individuals or organisations) should also understand the legislation and avoid any inadvertent contravention of the law.

As an "Umbrella Organisation" in your subsector, your members might have been elected to the Election Committee or act as active supporters of the candidates in the CE Election. The ICAC has prepared the attached "Reminder to Candidates" Supporters which is aimed at helping the supporters avoid inadvertent breaches of the law while electioneering for the candidates.

I am writing to enlist your support to bring it to the attention of your members. The reminder has also been uploaded onto the following dedicated website : www.icac.org.hk/elections

Should you have any enquiries, please contact me at 2899 3931 or Ms Debbie LY at 2899 3937.

Thank you for your support in upholding clean elections in Hong Kong.

Regards,

Willis WONG
Senior Community Relations Officer
ICAC

Reference:
Chinese PDF
English PDF

Jan 14, 2012

Information Technology Forum for Hong Kong Industries 2012

Date: Jan 14, 2012
Time: 9:30 - 13:30

There are many IT issues we are facing today. The event aims to discuss the top challenges of IT that are facing by Hong Kong industries and see how to change the challenges into opportunities. Can we upgrade and strengthen our IT industries so as to provide more job opportunities in Hong Kong? The chief executive officers from IT industries will be invited to share their experiences in the forum.

Reference:
PDF

Jan 13, 2012

IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter AGM 2011

Date: Jan 13, 2012
Time: 9:30 - 13:30
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Kowloon Shangri-la Hotel, 64 Mody Road Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon

November 28, 2011

Distinguished Seminar by the President of IEEE Computer Society

Date: 28 Nov 2011
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Venue: M1603, 16/F, Li Ka Shing Tower, The HK PolyU

Event website: here

PDF: here

Prof. Sorel Reisman is the President of IEEE Computer Society. He is Managing Director of the international, higher education, digital library consortium, MERLOT, and is a professor of information systems at California State University, Fullerton. He has held management positions at IBM, Toshiba, and EMI. He is an IEEE senior member and has been vice president of the Computer Society Publications Board, vice president of the Electronic Products and Services Board, and a member of the Computer Society's Transformation and Planning and Membership Committees.

Prof. Reisman was a member of the Publications Board; chair of the Magazines Operations Committee; editorial board member for IEEE Software; founding board member of IEEE MultiMedia and IT Professional; and author of the IT Pro column, The Ivory Tower. He has presented or published more than 50 articles and authored the books Multimedia Computing: Preparing for the 21st Century, and Electronic Learning Communities— Current Issues and Best Practices. He is an advisory board member of the MERLOT African Network and a liaison to the international digital library consortium, GLOBE. He received a BS in electrical engineering and an MA and a PhD in computer applications from the University of Toronto.

November 8, 2011

IPv6World:Asia - Deployment Experience with IPv6

Date: 8 Nov 2011 (Tue)
Time: 3pm - 5pm
Venue: Conference Hall 3, 1/F, Core Building, HK Science Park, Hong Kong

Event website: here

REGISTER HERE: here

IPv6 deployment is ongoing in core and access networks. Fred Baker will discuss IPv6 deployment in commercial networks, what has been easy, what has been hard, and giving suggestions for those that would deploy in the future.

Oct 25, 2011

Free PASS to App Planet at MAC2011 (Nov 16-17) in HKCEC

For the 2nd year, App Planet is returning to the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress! Being held 16-17 November, App Planet will unite the key players to focus on the explosive growth in the mobile apps market while fostering direct communication between developers and platform owners. For two days, we will make App Planet the Centre of the Apps Universe for the mobile market in Asia.

App Planet explores the many dimensions of the ever-changing mobile apps market. This year's format will include App Bytes, a two-day conference featuring "byte-sized" sessions aimed at the mobile app developer, along with an app focused exhibition area called App Zone. In addition, it presents a unique opportunity to connect and network with key industry players.

Click HERE to request a FREE pass to attend App Planet at MAC 2011.

September 20, 2011

China Outstanding Software Product Award 2011

We are one of the supporting organizations of this event:
Website: http://cospa.hksia.hk/drupal/index
Deadline: Oct 31, 2011, 6pm

Reference:
PDF

September 16-18, 2011

Innovation and Technology Fair

Date: 16-18 September, 2011 (Friday - Sunday)
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: Room 603 (Reading Room), Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Website: http://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/20th_Anniversary/event/IT.htm

Shuttle bus from MTR University Station to Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building will be available on 16 September, 2011 and please refer to the website for the time table.

Reference:
CUHK IT Fair

September 2, 2011

IPv6World.Asia - After World IPv6 Day, what's next?

Date: 2 Sep 2011 (Friday)
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Venue: Function Room, Core E, Cyberport 3,100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong (free shuttle bus from Admiralty to Cyberport will be arranged)

Event website: here

REGISTER HERE: here

On World IPv6 Day (June 8th 2011), top content providers such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and more than 1000 participating websites joined together for a successful global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. This is the first ever largest IPv6 deployment in the world. By providing a coordinated 24-hour "test flight", the event helped demonstrate that major websites around the world are well-positioned for the move to a global IPv6-enabled Internet, enabling its continued exponential growth.

A key goal of World IPv6 Day was to expose potential issues with real-world IPv6 use under controlled conditions. Given the diversity of technology that powers the Internet, the global nature of the trial was crucial to identify unforeseen problems. The vast majority of users were able to access services as usual, but in rare cases, users experienced impaired access to participating websites during the trial. After World IPv6 Day, then the question is "what's next?". We are pleased that speakers from Google, Yahoo and Hurricane Electric, who did the actual IPv6 deployment work on World IPv6 Day, will come to Hong Kong and share with us their valuable experience, including how they planned for World IPv6 Day, operational issues, deployment problems, security issues and transition mechanism.

August 26, 2011

IEEE Hong Kong Competition on Cloud Computing Applications 2011

Deadline: 1 November 2011

The competition is open to all IEEE members and all students from universities, colleges, vocational institutions, or secondary schools in Hong Kong. Participants can be individuals or teams of less than six members, who can be from the same or different schools or faculties. A participant cannot sign up as a member of multiple teams. A team (including an individual) can submit more than one mobile application. The competition will complete in November 2011. The judge panel will assess the entries based on a number of criteria including technologies applied, creativity, usability, business value, presentation, etc.

Reference:
Cloud Computing Competition
Microsoft Training Workshop

July 23, 2011

Special Certification Opportunities

IEEE Computer Society is offering two very special certification opportunities for both members and nonmembers. We would appreciate your help with announcing these offers to individuals involved with your particular chapter.

1. Call for CSDA (our entry-level software development certification) beta candidates - we have an immediate need for 200 testers to take the CSDA beta test beginning 17 August 2011. Students can save 77% and professional developers can save 65% on the exam package through a limited time offer.

2. Seasonal Special for nonmembers: save up to 53% on a software certification package, and get 2011 IEEE Computer Society half-year membership for free.

Reference:
CSDA 2011 Students
CSDA 2011 Professionals
Seasonal Specials 2011

June 30, 2011

Message to our Members

Dear Members of the IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter,

This is a friendly reminder that you are eligible to be registered as an individual elector in the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) and an individual voter in the Information Technology (IT) subsector of the Election Committee (EC) if

(a) you are a Permanent Resident of the Hong Kong SAR; and

(b) you are a Full Member (that is, Professional Member), Senior Member or Fellow of BOTH the IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society Chapter; and

(c) your Primary Address Country in the record of IEEE is Hong Kong (or Hong Kong, China).

Please also be reminded that, to do so, you will need to have been registered or have applied to be registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency (GC). You are strongly encouraged to exercise your right to be registered if you are eligible.

If you have not registered, you may register online (see below) or you may complete the application forms (which can be downloaded as follows). *Your applications must reach the Registration and Electoral Office by 16 July 2011 for inclusion in the final register this year.* The coming EC subsector election will be held on 11 December 2011.

Registration in the ITFC and IT subsector of the EC: REO-41 ( http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/reo-41.pdf ) Registration in GC: REO-1 ( http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/reo1_form.pdf ) Online registration: http://www.voterregistration.gov.hk/ (if you hold a valid personal digital certificate)

Once you are registered as an elector in the ITFC and as a voter in the EC subsector, you will be entitled to vote in respect of the Legislative Council (LegCo) and the EC subsector:

(1) to elect the Member of the LegCo in respect of the ITFC; and

(2) to elect your representatives in respect of the IT subsector as members of the EC. Under the Basic Law, the EC is responsible for returning the Chief Executive of the Government of HKSAR.

To view information on the ITFC: http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/gn/it_e.pdf The Registration and Electoral Office Web site: http://www.reo.gov.hk

To join or renew your membership: http://www.computer.org/join (Click "View Join Options" under "Professional Membership" and choose "Option 3" or "Option 4".)

** Note 1: To be eligible to be registered as an elector in the ITFC, you have to be a Professional Member, Senior Member or Fellow of *BOTH the IEEE and Computer Society* and, in the record of IEEE, your Primary Address Country must be Hong Kong (or Hong Kong, China). Student Members or Graduate Student Members are not eligible. Of course, you also have to be a Permanent Resident of Hong Kong.

** Note 2: You may join/renew your membership for full-year or half-year.

Yours sincerely, IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter ( http://www.computer.org.hk ) For enquiries, please mailto:hk.computer@ieee.org

June 30, 2011

Message to our Past Members

Dear Past Members of the IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter,

Thank you for your support to IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter. This email serves as a friendly update of our member benefits, such as:
(1) joining the exciting activities organized by our Chapter in Hong Kong,
(2) being eligible to be registered as an elector in the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) and a voter in the Information Technology (IT) subsector of the Election Committee (EC) in Hong Kong, and
(3) enjoying rewarding benefits from the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.
To enjoy these benefits, you have to renew your membership (for full-year or half-year) if you have not already done so. See below for more details.

[*Exciting activities organized in Hong Kong*]
Our Chapter has been very active in organizing and sponsoring technical, professional and social activities for our members. Recent highlights in this year include, for instances, the World IPv6 Day (8 June), Cloud Computing Symposium (3 June) and Distinguished Lecture on Photo Forensics (23 March). Many of the activities are free of charge to members. Visit our Chapter's Web page ( http://www.computer.org.hk ) for details.

[*Eligibility to be registered as elector/voter in ITFC & IT subsector of EC*]
You are eligible to be registered as an individual elector in the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) and an individual voter in the Information Technology (IT) subsector of the Election Committee (EC) if
(a) you are a Full Member (that is, Professional Member), Senior Member or Fellow of *BOTH the IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society Chapter*; and
(b) your Primary Address Country in IEEE's record is Hong Kong (or Hong Kong, China); and
(c) you are a Permanent Resident of the Hong Kong SAR; and
(d) you have been (or have applied to be) registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency.
You are strongly encouraged to exercise your constitutional right to be registered *by 16 July 2011* if eligible. To do so, follow these steps:
(1) renew your membership online at http://www.computer.org/join (for full-year or half-year) if it has expired (click "View Join Options" under "Professional Membership" and then choose either "Option 3" or "Option 4") ;
(2) apply to be registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency (GC) by completing the form REO-1 (downloadable at http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/reo1_form.pdf ) if you have not been so registered;
(3) apply to be registered as an elector in the ITFC and a voter in the IT subsector of the EC by completing the form REO-41 (downloadable at http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/reo-41.pdf ).
For (2) or (3) above, if you hold a valid personal digital certificate, you may register online at http://www.voterregistration.gov.hk/ instead. *Your applications must reach the Registration and Electoral Office by 16 July 2011 for inclusion in the final register this year*. The fourth election of the District Councils and the coming EC subsector elections will be held on 6 November 2011 and 11 December 2011, respectively.
Information on the ITFC: http://www.reo.gov.hk/pdf/gn/it_e.pdf
The Registration and Electoral Office Web site: http://www.reo.gov.hk

[*Rewarding benefits from the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society*]
As you know, the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society are the world's leading organization of Engineering and Computing professionals. As the largest of 38 societies within IEEE, the Computer Society offers members essential technical information, career development tools, professional and peer networking opportunities, and many other exclusive benefits, including:
** member discounts in IEEE-sponsored conferences and other activities;
** FREE online self-paced technical, business and certification courses/exams;
** FREE online technical/business books (incl. 600 from Safari Books Online);
** access to the Computer Society Digital Library at a low member rate, etc.

View the attached PDF files or visit the following Web sites for more details:
** IEEE Computer Society: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/membership/benefit-home
** IEEE: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/benefits/index.html
** IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter: http://www.computer.org.hk
** IEEE Hong Kong Section: http://www.ieee.org.hk

Yours sincerely,
IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter ( http://www.computer.org.hk )
For enquiries, please mailto:hk.computer@ieee.org

June 8, 2011

Call for participation in World IPv6 Day on 8 June 2011

8 June, 2011 is dubbed "World IPv6 Day" as on that day, Internet conglomerates like Facebook (www.facebook.com), Google (www.google.com; www.youtube.com) and Yahoo (www.yahoo.com), websites with more than one billion combined visits each day, are joining major content delivery networks Akamai and Limelight Networks, and the Internet Society, for the first global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. Participants will enable IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours.

Internet Society Hong Kong, following the initiative of IPv6World.Asia as well as echoing the headquarter's support on World IPv6 Day, initiates World IPv6 Day X IPv6World:Asia campaign.

Join us on the World IPv6 Day and prepare your services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition.

Date: 8 June 2011 (Wed)
Time: 2:00pm to 5:30pm Venue: Ocean View Court, The Arcade, Cyberport 3, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong


Detail and Registration: Register

Reference:
URL: ipv6world.asia

IEEE Computer Society's Outstanding Chapter Award


Our chapter was chosen by the IEEE Computer Society for the Computer Society's Outstanding Chapter Award in 1998. Click on previous activities and reports to see our achievements over the past years.

Please send any comments and suggestions to hk.computer at ieee dot org