OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF SECOND LEVEL '.HK' DOMAIN NAME
HONG KONG, 28 May 2004
– Hong Kong Internet Registration
Corporation Limited (‘HKIRC') and
its wholly owned subsidiary Hong Kong
Domain Name Registration Company Limited
(‘HKDNR') jointly announced today
Second Level ‘.hk' Domain Name will
be officially launched at 12:00 noon,
31 May 2004. Second-Level '.hk' domain
name ('2LD') refers to the new domain
name category (e.g. 'myname.hk') which
is shorter as compared to the existing
3rd Level categories (e.g. 'myname.com.hk').
In anticipation
of strong interest, the two-week period
from 12 p.m. noon on 17th May to 5:30
p.m. on 28th May 2004
has been scheduled as a special ‘Sunrise
'
Period open to the public for registration.
During the Sunrise Period, all applications
will be collected and processed together
in a batch. Where there are two or
more applicants for the same Second
Level domain name, a random selection
will be conducted to allocate the
Second Level Domain Name. Results
of the selection will be posted on
HKIRC web site at http://www.hkirc.hk/.
Random selection ceremony of Second
Level ‘.hk' domain name applications
will be held at 3:00p.m., 29 May 2004
(Sat) at the City University of Hong
Kong. We are honored to have the presence
of Hon. SIN Chung-kai, Legislative
Councilor of HKSAR and Dr. Victor
HUNG, Chief Trade Practices Officer
of Consumer Council as our honorable
guests.
About HKIRC
Hong Kong Internet Registration Cooperation
Limited (‘HKIRC') was established
as a non-profit-making and non-statutory
organization to oversee the administration
and assignment of the country-code
top level domain (ccTLD), ‘.hk',
for Hong Kong.
In addition, HKIRC represents Hong
Kong in international
internet forums and plays a key role
in facilitating Hong Kong's
e-business development.
About HKDNR
Hong Kong Domain Name Registration
Company Limited (‘HKDNR') is a wholly
owned subsidiary of HKIRC. As the
operating arm of HKIRC, HKDNR assumes
the responsibility of registration
and assignment of Internet domain
names ending with ‘.com.hk', ‘.org.hk',
‘.net.hk', ‘.edu.hk', ‘.gov.hk'
, ‘.idv.hk' as well as the new category
‘.hk' and any other Domains to be
introduced from time to time in Hong
Kong.
If you need further information, please
feel free to contact our Operations
Manager, Ms Bonnie Chun at +852 2319
1313 or enquiry@hkdnr.hk
for details.
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