HK moves to combat spams, IPR
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-22 15:35
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government
vowed in Hong Kong Monday to take more aggressive moves to curb
the deluges of unwarranted e-mails and crack down on illegal downloading of
intellectual property rights (IPR) products.
Speaking on a radio program broadcast to the city's some 7 million population
Monday morning, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong said
a bill, which is expected to be submitted to the Legislative Council in June or
July, will propose a heavy fine on anyone who repeatedly makes unsolicited phone
calls or sends unwarranted e-mails.
The Office of the Telecommunications Authority will contact the relevant
senders to stop their unwarranted deluge of messages once nuisance is reported
by a complainant, Wong said.
Meanwhile, the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau has submitted an
amended bill on the Copyrights Ordinance to Legislative Council to enhance
protection of intellectual property rights in Hong Kong, he said.
The bureau will join hands with the Customs and Excise Department and the
Intellectual Property Department to launch a publicity campaign on intellectual
property protection next week.
The campaign will appeal to parents to work together with the government to
guard their children from downloading proprietary contents from the Internet,
and highlight the around-the-clock internet surveillance Customs undertakes.
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