Organised by the Information Technology Services Department of the HKSAR Government, the "Seminar on Enhancing Web Accessibility" was successfully held on 5 January 2001 pm at Room 601, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Seminar was well attended with an audience of over 260 who were absorbed in the presentations by our guest speakers. As more events will be organised in the near future, please visit our website regularly for more details.

Tips for improving accessibility of web pages are available in the following web page:
http://www.ogcio.gov.hk/eng/knowledge/eaccess_main.html

Mr. LAU Kam-hung, JP Director of Information Technology Services

Programme Rundown

14:00-14:15	Registration
14:15-14:20	Welcome speech (Chinese version)	Mr K H Lau, Director of Information Technology Services
14:20-14:25	Opening speech	Miss Elizabeth Quat, President, Webmasters (HK) Association
14:25-14:40	Web Access & Disability Discrimination Ordinance	Mr Chu Chung-man, Chief Equal Opportunities Officer, Equal Opportunities Commission	(138KB)
14:40-14:55	Government Initiatives to Improve Accessibility of its Home Pages	Mr Ng Hon-wah, Principal Assistant Secretary, Home Affairs Bureau
14:55-15:25	Assistive Technology in Accessing Web Pages	Dr Lu Qin, Associate Professor, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	(75KB)
15:25-16:00	Tea Break
16:00-16:30	Design Considerations in Making Web Pages More Accessible	Mr Kevin Chow, Chairman, IT Advisory Committee, The Hong Kong Blind Union	(23KB)
16:30-17:00	Technical Implementation Considerations on Accessibility	Dr Robert Luk, Assistant Professor, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	(1,389KB)
17:00-17:30	PC demonstrations open for interested audience

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