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Public
Comments on the "Consultation Paper on the Review on Administration
and Assignment of Internet Domain Names and Internet Protocol Addresses
in Hong Kong"
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DN12 |
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12.07.2000 |
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Mr
K.W. Chan |
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Head
of Information Technology Services |
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Hong
Kong Trade Development Council |
Dear Sir,
Consultation Paper on the Review on Administration & Assignment
of Internet Domain Names & Internet Protocol Addresses in HK
We congratulate the proposal prepared by the Task Force on the captioned
subject. Among others, we support the idea of setting up an independent
and non-profit organization to handle the Internet domain names
registration and related issues. Upon reading the consultative paper,
we have the following observations:
- In
the transition period, it makes sense to have the target organization
to handle the administrative tasks of domain registration. On
a long term basis, the Task Force might want to consider to "outsource"
the administrative tasks to external parties and have the organization
to focus in policy-making only. The benefits with this arrangement
are two folds. First, the target organization can maintain its
impartiality by separating policy making from execution. Second,
efficient services to the public can be offered without having
the target organization to invest into this area. Engagement of
"Networksolutions" by the US Government is a good case in point.
- The
proposal makes reference to practices elsewhere. This should be
encouraged in the future organization. SAR should adopt the "best
practices" within the Internet community as far as possible without
creating its own version.
- It
might be a good idea to include representatives from the legal
community on the Board of Directors. Legal issue over the Internet
is always complicated. A legal representative on the Board could
offer the right advice at the right time.
- The
Task Force may also want to consider having a user representative
on the Board, e.g. from a large e-commerce company. With such
an inclusion, the view of user community can be considered at
an early stage of the policy making process.
To conclude,
we fully support the proposal made in the consultative paper and we
wish you a very successful implementation of the proposal.
Yours
faithfully,
K. W. Chan
Head of Information Technology Services
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