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By PWI Reporter Greater China

Hong Kong - Last week we reported that the iPad2 would be available in Hong Kong on Apr 11, 2011. As it turned out, the product was not to be found at any Apple dealers. Inquiries to the dealers did not result in any clear reply with the sales staff simply saying that the iPad2 was not available in Hong Kong and no availability date had been announced by Apple.

Speculation is ripe that Apple is witholding the iPad2 for sale in Hong Kong due to the unsold inventory of the original iPad. Casual browsing at the Apple Store for Hong Kong shows that four models of the original iPad are still available.

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By PWI Reporter Greater China

HONG KONG – Apple has just announced that the iPad2 will be available in Hong Kong on Apr 11, 2011. As a result many parallel importers are scrambling to lower their prices accordingly. It will be interesting to see if the price of the original iPad will drop further given that some stocks are still available on the market. So far the price of the original iPad has dropped by about HKD1000 since the announcement of the iPad2 in early March, 2011. Now other manufacturers such as Samsung, LG and Motorola also announced that their latest tablets would also be available sometimes in April, 2011, but no exact date so far.

-- by PWI Reporter Greater China - greater.china@peoplewebinternational.com

HONG KONG - Recently the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong officially opened its door on Mar 29, 2011. The hotel is located in the International Commerce Centre from the 102nd to the 118th floor, making it the highest hotel in the world. With this hotel, the Ritz-Carlton redefines the meaning of staying above the cloud. Since its opening, it has generated a lot of interests among the public.

Boasting six F&B outlets, the hightlight is the OZONE bar on the 118th floor. Designed by a well-known Japanese interior designer, it has a spectacular panoramic view of Hong Kong.

The hotel gives daily tours to anyone who's interested in learning more about the facilities of the hotel.

-- Photos and Text by PWI Regional Reporter Greater China - greater.china@peoplewebinternational.com

With the beginning of Web 2.0 era, one can see that information can be disseminated in a matter of seconds by anyone, anytime anywhere. This capability is unprecedented and has redefined the way information is delivered. It has also allowed anybody to mobilize a large group of people to start a demonstration. Such cases were demonstrated recently in Africa and the Middle East, where authoritarian governments were toppled in a matter of weeks.

Currently there're about 1.9 billion internet users (Source: www.internetworldstats.com). As this number grows, one can foresee many more so called "Butterfly Effect," whereby a small incident could evolve rapidly into something much bigger and cause a change in the world order.

-- by PWI Regional Reporter Greater China - greater.china@peoplewebinternational.com

The term Social Media is being heard more and more often recently. Many people may not know what it really means. To me I see it as part of the evolution of the internet, which was invented as a means to send messages electronically from one location to another.

In the early 80s, the internet was still undeveloped and reserved for geeks and techie users. Internet connection was slow and expensive so it didn’t appeal to the general public. It was only in the late 90s with the advent of the Internet Broadband, which made digital communication affordable to many people. That created an internet boom called Web 1.0.

Fast forward ten years later, technology has created affordable mobile devices capable of sending and receiving digital contents anywhere in the world. This is called the Web 2.0 era. During the Web 1.0 era, digital contents were mostly text and simple graphics. Now contents are richer with multimedia format such as graphical animation, audio and video.

-- by PWI Regional Reporter Greater China - greater.china@peoplewebinternational.com

CHINA (Continent Editor Asia) - As the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) reports on the 28th February 2011, they counted a total of 111 million new subscribers in the year 2010. This pushes the number of subscriptions in China to a stunning 859 million. This converts to a coverage of around 86.5%.

The numbers released in the NBS report also show that the number of fixed lines is continuing to decline and for the first time slipped under the 300 million subscriber mark. I.e the number of mobile phone lines outnumbers the fixed line subscribers by a factor of three (see graphic).

You can view the full report under: http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110228_402705764.htm

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