Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the usage rate of Information Technology (IT) in the business sector stood at 46.9% in 2011, down by 1.8 percentage points from 2010, caused by a marked decline of 9.0 percentage points in IT usage rate in Industrial Production. Analysed by industry, usage of IT is fully adopted in the Gaming Sector; usage rate in Travel Agencies and Service Sector was 97.3% and 84.1% respectively; however, Restaurant Sector had the lowest usage rate of 29.5%. As regards Internet usage, 84.5% of the establishments or enterprises using IT had Internet connection, and the major purpose included information search (79.6%), purchasing (32.6%) and sales (27.3%). In 2011, there were 146,600 households (84.9% of total) possessing IT devices (desktop computer, portable computer, smart-phone, etc.), up by 1.9 percentage points year-on-year. For the population aged 3 and above, the rate of computer usage (61.8%) and Internet usage (60.2%) increased by 5.5 and 6.4 percentage points respectively year-on-year; those aged 15-24 had the highest rate of computer usage (95.7%) and Internet usage (95.3%). In respect of the location of accessing Internet, 96.1% of those aged 3 and above accessed Internet at home, and 30.0% at workplace; major purpose of accessing Internet included information search and online services (89.8%), communication (85.7%) and web entertainment (76.0%). Survey coverage of usage of IT in the business sector includes Industrial Production; Construction; Wholesale & Retail Trade; Travel Agencies; Hotels; Restaurants; Gaming; Transport, Storage & Communications, as well as Service Sector (Real Estate Management; Security Services; Cleaning Services; Advertising and Conference/Exhibition Organising Services). In addition, usage of IT in households includes individuals aged 3 and above.
