The eMacao program, launched in 2006, has so far focused on providing information to the public but will soon become “more interactive,” Simon Chan Kai Man said. One project on the table involves smartphone applications providing services such as SMS-payment.
But the official warned that the eMacao is “a long-term” initiative. “It depends on the population and also on the technology available,” he explained.
Chan was speaking on the sidelines of the presentation of the IT Week 2011, which will include a seminar on government Information Technology (IT) security.
“Everybody can catch up with technology but very often they will neglect the security side,” he stressed.
The SAFP was forced into action in 2008, when two computers were stolen from the Conde de São Januário Hospital, with the personal information of more than 200 patients. Even though the data was encrypted, the bureau decided to create a policy that could also deal with the recurrent problem of tampering of Administration e-mails.
“Any event that could lead to data loss is bad for the government image,” Chan conceded. But he stressed that IT security is improving in the Administration. “We gave information to every department, not just the IT technicians, including the directors, and we set guidelines for issues such as sharing e-mail passwords,” Chan said.
IT Week
The IT Week 2011 will take place from Friday to Sunday at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. The 12th edition of the event is slated to host more than 100 booths from around 50 exhibitors.
About 35,000 visitors are expected, the president of the Macao Computer Society, Lam Teng, said. That would be a significant improvement from last year’s event, which attracted about 20,000 people, he added.
“It’s an opportunity for citizens, government representatives and the education sector to know more about IT technology,” Simon Chan told MDTimes. The introduction of technology is one way to “improve every area,” he added.
For instance, the official said, IT solutions can be used to benefit teaching in local schools or to improve Administration management. Lam Teng expects that about 10 percent of all visitors to the IT Week 2011 will be high-school students. In fact, one of the five exhibition areas will be dedicated to the academic sector, with the presence of 14 local secondary education institutions.
The event will also include the seminar ‘Can Macao’s overall competitiveness be enhanced by importing IT experts?’, a sharing session on IT education in the Pearl River Delta and a seminar on ‘Embracing Cloud Computing’.
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Quelle/Source: Macau Daily Times, 23.11.2011
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