To promote SITO, some countermeasures were recommended such as introduction of SITO at exhibitions in each countries, and to print SITO membership in the name card of each associations, etc. IT industry will become more and more important in Hong Kong. People in Hong Kong are busy. Most of participants at the dinner meeting tried record new ideas so that they do not forget. The scene that people show each other those tools are very much 'Hong Kong' style.
People look for the seeds of next idea even while they are eating.
While it is reported that the economic recession in Asia hit the bottom, SITO is expected to play the leadership in Asian IT industry. General meeting of SITO will be held in December in New Delhi . We will expect even more dynamic activities in the next ten years. Election of Chairman was conducted, and Hong Kong was unanimously selected as the new Chair country. Hong Kong has resolved the economical and political instability after the restoration to China and many ex-residents are coming back to Hong Kong.