Information and Communications Technology

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) cover information systems, computer science, software engineering, information technology, telecommunications, multimedia and entertainment technology. According to the Report of the Census and Statistics Department (2017 Edition), the value added of the ICT sector amounted to $132 billion, representing 5.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at basic prices. In terms of employment size, some 130,700 persons were engaged in the ICT sector, accounting for 3.5 % of the total employment. In view of the recent rapid development in ICT technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Blockchain, Smart City and FinTech, both the government and the private sectors have devoted a great deal of effort to accelerate their applications in various business sectors. In addition, with the deployment of the 5G communication technology in the coming years, new applications will be developed by various ICT service providers to meet expanded customer expectation. Together with the demand of cybersecurity professionals to cope with the requirement for data protection and privacy, the experienced IT professionals are still in demand in coming years.