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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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DN18 |
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14.7.2000 |
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Ms
Maria |
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The
Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong |
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Consultation
Paper on the Review
On Administration and Assignment
Of Internet Domain Names and
Internet Protocol Addresses in Hong Kong
With reference to the captioned review, the Association has the
following comments:-
- We
support the formation of a non-profit making and non-statutory
corporation to administer and assume the overall responsibility
for Internet domain name administration in Hong Kong rather than
assigning the duties to the HKNIC under the Joint Universities
Computer Centre (JUCC) at present.
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order to run on a self-financing basis and to ensure the proper
and efficient operation of the corporation, a governing body comprising
of representatives from the government, the academia and the business
community should be formed to supervise and monitor the overall
performances of the new establishment.
- We
also agree to the proposal of separating the registrar responsibilities
in respect of the .gov.hk domain and the .edu.hk domain to the
government and the JUCC respectively.
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present, each organization is only allowed to register for one
domain name under .hk while multiple registrations are possible
for the top level domains (gTLDs) worldwide. Therefore, we believe
that with the more stringent requirements of registering .hk domain
names in alignment with the true business nature of the registering
organization, more than one domain name under .hk should be granted
to serve the needs of such organization.
- As
for individual registration, we support the idea of allowing each
individual resident of Hong Kong to register for one domain name
in a new second-level domain category under .hk in order to facilitate
the local population to migrate to the information age, by providing
more enabling technologies and means to the public to use the
internet in their daily communication.
- With
reference to the renewal fee now not being levied by the HKNIC,
the Association opines that only a nominal fee should be charged
if we are to encourage more enterprises and individuals to do
their businesses on a web-based environment.
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