Source: Hong Kong Information Services
People usually find rural life a good way to kick back and spend time at a leisurely pace. But to keep up with the pace of modern technology, the copper-based network villagers once relied on for basic telecommunications services has fallen short.
This is why the Government implemented the the Subsidy Scheme to Extend Fibre-based Networks to Villages in Remote Areas that provides telecommunications companies with financial incentives to encourage the extension of fibre-based networks to cover 235 villages in the New Territories and outlying islands. Now, more than 160 villages have already been equipped with fibre-based networks under the subsidy scheme launched by the Office of the Communications Authority.
Keeping pace
Since the middle of…
