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Hong Kong will be providing free Wi-Fi service in 2000 hotspots serving 350 government buildings, sports and recreational centers, and three public parks. The local government is working with telecommunications provider, PCCW and equipment provider, Aruba Networks, to offer the service to residents and visitors. The project is called GovWiFi and will take five years to complete. At present, more than thirty government facilities have been unwired; the rest will be finished before the middle of 2009.  Other uses of…

The doom and gloom associated with public Wi-Fi access apparently stops at the Pacific Ocean’s edge, right by California. Hongkong isn’t weeping into the tea leaves or canceling Wi-Fi deployments for health reasons (unlike Sebastopol, California whose super healthy residents, no doubt exposed to the sun’s completely harmless rays many days a year, forced the city council to say no to Sonic.net’s plan to build a large Wi-Fi network).

Hongkong has created a program called GovWiFi, which gives free access…

The Hongkong Legislative Council has approved a plan to make free Internet access available via Wi-Fi in government spaces. They will start with libraries and community centers and hope to expand wireless access throughout the city.Hongkong will be setting up Wi-Fi networks in 350 government-owned spaces and allowing residents to access the Internet for free in those areas. They want the city to have full wireless coverage but according to this report, they will do this together with the private…