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Issue
No. 7 - September 2003
Welcome
to Hongkong Post e-Cert Newsletter! This issue
brings you information about the latest applications
and benefits exclusively for e-Cert holders
and much more! We hope you will enjoy it!
Topics
include the following:
1)
Updates on the One-Year-Free e-Cert with smart
ID card program
i)
Launch of a new TV advertising campaign
A
series of TV commercials are now being broadcasted
on TV and buses to promote the "One-Year-Free e-Cert with smart ID card" program. Our e-Cert Ambassadors, Mr. Ekin Cheng and Ms. Miriam Yeung, featured
in the TV commercials, introduce to the audience
details about the free e-Cert program as well
as various usages of the e-Cert embedded with
the smart ID card. You can click to view the 30-second TV commercial.
ii)
Free souvenir covers distributed to free e-Cert
registrants
Hongkong
Post issued a souvenir cover on 9 August to commemorate
the offer of the one-year-free e-Cert to smart
ID card holders. This specially designed souvenir
cover is now given free to residents who apply
to embed the e-Cert in their smart ID cards at
the 20 designated post offices and at the Hongkong Post e-Cert service counters located in the Immigration
Department's Smart ID Card Centres.
This
souvenir cover adopts a strong "virtual" motif to highlight the role of the e-Cert as an ID card in the cyber world.
The cover is printed with the image of the two
e-Cert ambassadors, Ms Miriam Yeung and Mr Ekin
Cheng, and is affixed with a HK$ 1.40 definitive
stamp cancelled by the specially designed postmark.
Souvenir cover
iii)
Hongkong Post e-Cert service counters are now
in service at Immigration Department's Smart
Identity Card Centers
The
territory-wide identity card replacement exercise
has commenced to replace the existing identity
cards with smart ID cards. Hongkong Post e-Cert
service counters are now in service at Immigration
Department's Smart Identity Card Centres (SIDCC) to assist the general public to apply for the one-year-free e-Cert with smart
ID card. When applicants collect their smart
ID card, the e-Cert will have already been embedded
in it. The general public can also register for
the free e-Cert in advance prior to their turn
to replace their ID cards via the Internet at
the Hongkong Post website, by post, by fax or in person at post offices.
On
15 September, Postmaster General, Mr. Allan CHIANG,
visited the e-Cert service counters at Hong Kong
Smart ID Card Centre at Elizabeth House, Causeway
Bay. He spoke to citizens who have applied for
the e-Cert and presented them with a free autographed
souvenir cover.
Mr. Allan CHIANG's visit to SIDCC
A
range of e-Cert compatible smart card readers are now for sale at the e-Cert counters at Smart ID Card Centres and at designated
post offices.
Smart card readers
iv)
Result of the first draw of "6 Times Lucky" Draw
From
now until 31 January 2004, all successful free
e-Cert registrants can enter into the "6 Times Lucky" Draw. On 8 September, the first draw was held, and names of 29 winners are posted at our Website. All winners were notified by post individually. Entries not winning a prize
this time will be automatically carried forward
to the next draw held on 8 October 2003.
v)
Exclusive bonus offers for smart ID card e-Cert
users
Latest
usages and exclusive benefits are now available
for Hongkong Post e-Cert (Personal) holders,
including smart ID card e-Cert holders!
You
can now use the e-Cert (Personal) in a broad
array of online services e.g. shopping, auction,
stock trading, banking, betting, government services,
etc. Our business partners have offered various
privileges such as cash bonus, securities trading
commission, purchase discounts, service fee waivers,
etc.! Simply click to view the details of exclusive bonus offers.
2)
New applications of e-Cert
e-Cert
(Personal) users can enjoy more secure online
transactions newly launched by our partners.
i)
Online shopping:
HP
Online Store
You
can use the e-Cert (Personal) to log on to the HP Online Store, and gain access to the exclusive offers for e-Cert users.
HP
Online Store has offered an amazing and unprecedented
discount on top-of-the-range wireless products
including:
- The
all-in-one feature-rich HP Compaq nx9000 Notebook
- HP's
best-selling iPAQ h1940 and h5550 Pocket PCs
- The
versatile Compaq Tablet PC - simplicity of
paper with the power of a PC
This
attractive first-of-its-kind discount is only
available to e-Cert users and only through HP's
Online Store. Please visit http://www.hp.com.hk/store/ecert or call HP Sales Hotline 800-938-833* for further information.
*Customers
in Macau please call (852) 8205-1122.
ITOK
Media Ltd
LAYOYO.com is one of the largest Internet online retailers of Digital Versatile
Disc (DVD), Video Compact Disc (VCD), audio Compact Disc (CD), books, games,
mobile accessories and premium. Over 185,000 well-categorized products are
available for customers.
New
or current customers can use the e-Cert (Personal)
to authenticate their identity and register or
upgrade to e-Cert Account holders who will enjoy
special privileges and various extra benefits.
When logging your e-Cert Account, you are required
to provide the e-Cert (Personal) together with
LAYOYO.com's password for authentication. You
are also required to provide the e-Cert to digitally
sign any submitted order and payment. This aims
at authenticating your identity and protecting
the content of transaction. All these further
protect your interests.
Exclusive
bonus offers include:
- Get
1000 Cash Points for any new or current customers
using the e-Cert to register LAYOYO e-Cert
Account
- Double
Cash Points earned for using the e-Cert to
place online order and make payment
Please
visit http://www.layoyo.com for more details.
ii)
Online stock trading:
Tai
Fook Securities Group
Tai
Fook Securities Group is dedicated to providing
customers with one-stop and secure financial
services. Hongkong Post e-Cert (Personal) can
now be used on Tai Fook Securities Online Trading
Platform for authentication while logging and
conducting online transactions.
By
using the e-Cert on Tai Fook Securities Online
Trading Platform, you can enjoy the following
exclusive offers:
- One-time
HKD 200 securities or futures commission waiver
- Two-month
selected securities real-time quotation
Act
now! Please visit http://www.taifook.com or call 2213-8333 for more details.
3)
Embed trusted root certificate via Microsoft
Windows update
Hongkong
Post was admitted to the Microsoft Root Certificate
Program in July 2003. This means that Internet
Explorer and Outlook Express users of Windows
XP and Windows 2003 will now trust certificates
issued under Hongkong Post Root CA certificate.
Besides, users on platforms before Windows XP
can also pick up and install the Hongkong Post
Root CA certificate and Hongkong Post e-Cert
CA certificate to their operating system automatically
when they perform the Windows Update at URL, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Please be noted that Root Certificate Update is not a critical update and users
need to explicitly click-open the optional Windows
98/ME/NT Update list to include the Root Certificate
Update.
The
admission of Hongkong Post to the Microsoft Root
Certificate Program is a solid proof of the trustworthiness
of the Hongkong Post CA System and e-Cert.
4)
International Fulfillment Service
Since
December 2002, Hongkong Post has cooperated with
Australia Post to launch the International Fulfillment
Service for Australian premium wines. All the
wines will be delivered to Hong Kong wine lovers
from Western Australia via Speedpost.
The
response from the customers is very encouraging.
We have received a lot of orders just within
a short period of time. In this regard, we have
searched for a range of best-quality Australian
Natural Products on top of the wines to satisfy
our customers' needs. These products, including
Avocado Oil, Honey, Pollen, Medicated Honey and
Sandalwood Oil, Apple Cider and Vinegar Honey
as well as Wildflowers, can be ordered as from
11 July 2003. Hongkong Post is also the sole
agent for these products. Customers can obtain
the product catalogues and order forms from all
local post offices, or visit http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/shopping for more information.
The above photos are for reference only.
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