Hong Kong, Singapore's main rival for regional communications hub status, achieved only half that Internet penetration rate. Of the other tiger economies, Taiwan has 12 percent whereas China reached only 2.9 percent in its major business centres of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Singapore's Net edge over Hong Kong is even greater looking at the typical user profile. These findings will have tremendous policy implications for governments in the region getting serious about using e-commerce to further benefit from global trade. Malaysia achieved 6.3 percent, the result of heavy infrastructural investment by the Mahathir government in recent years.
Most people access the Internet at home.
The workplace is the next common point of access. In all countries surveyed, males have a higher usage rate of the Internet. All rights reserved. Please review our Terms of Service , Privacy Policy and Linking and Logo Information .