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The Hong Kong Observatory Website won the 2007-08 Web Care Award

23 October 2008

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) website (www.hko.gov.hk or www.weather.gov.hk) has won the Silver Prize of the 2007 - 08 Web Care Award in the e-Inclusion Campaign organized by the Internet Professional Association (iProA). The awards presentation ceremony was held at the Science Park, Sha Tin on 18 October 2008.

The Web Care Award aims to promote among public and private organizations the importance of barrier-free websites in addressing the Digital Divide in the society. This is done through providing needy communities, including the physically impaired, with equal opportunities to reap the benefit of the information shared on the Internet.

The HKO website has been one of the most popular government websites since its launch in 1996. Features, including audio webpages, alternative texts for images and banners, sufficient background and foreground colour contrast, etc. are built in the website to facilitate browsing by physically impaired users.

The Silver Prize of the Web Care Award 2007-08
The Silver Prize of the Web Care Award 2007-08

Dr C.M. Tam (second-left) and Mr S.W. Li (third-left) of the Hong Kong Observatory received the Web Care Award from the iProA President, Dr Winnie Tang (right-most) and Vice Chairman- e-Inclusion Committee, Mr. Peter Chu (left-most).
Dr C.M. Tam (second-left) and Mr S.W. Li (third-left) of the Hong Kong Observatory received the Web Care Award from the iProA President,
Dr Winnie Tang (right-most) and Vice Chairman - e-Inclusion Committee,
Mr. Peter Chu (left-most).