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"The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will actively adopt information technology and build an e-government, "a senior HK official said yesterday. "This is an integral part of Hong Kong’s Digital-21 Strategy formulated in 1998 to make Hong Kong both a regional and worldwide Internet center," said Kerry Yao, secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting. She outlined 3 policy objectives in developing an e-government in Hong Kong at the IBM Asian-Pacific E-Government executive Seminar. The first policy objective is to develop an electronic and paperless government so as to improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality of public services. The second is to promote the wider adoption of e-commerce with the government setting a leading example. The third is, through the e-government program, to integrate service delivery across multiple departments and agencies.