Under the contract, the construction will start in May 2005 and is expected to be finished by August 2006.
China Expert completed the construction of the first phase e-government system in January 2005. According to Kung Sze-Chau, CEO of China Expert: In order to build a service-oriented e-government system, the municipal government will, in the second phase construction, enhance coordination and cooperation of government departments and improve public notifications and public hearings to expand citizens’ participation in the management of public affairs.
The aim of the e-government project is to establish a national electronic government system, in which the existing and expecting government networks and applied systems can be combined to form united technology standard and regulation and consequently a united national government service platform.
The term e-government is a process in which the government is able to take advantage of modern information and communication technologies to integrate the management and service on internet, optimize and reform the government structures and working processes, and provide good and standard international administration and service to the society beyond time and space limit.
