The Hong Kong Observatory won the Web Care Award 2009
28 January 2010
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) website ( www.hko.gov.hk or www.weather.gov.hk ) has won the Silver Prize of the Web Care Award 2009 in the e-Inclusion Campaign organized by the Internet Professional Association (iProA).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 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. With continuous improvement, the website features audio webpages, alternative texts for images and banners, sufficient color contrast, etc. to facilitate browsing by physically impaired users.
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