Hong Kong plans to enact an anti-spam law next year to crack down on companies that send unsolicited e-mails or make automated telemarketing calls to consumers, an official has said.
The government has consulted with industry groups to craft a law that would combat junk faxes, e-mails, text messages and telemarketing calls.
Au Man-ho, director-general of the Telecommunications Authority, said the law — to take effect at an unspecified date in 2006 — would not cover "manually made cold calls" to avoid interfering with normal business activities.
He said the issue still requires public discussion and that the government was working with fixed-line and mobile operators to create a code of practice for telemarketing.
According to research from security outfit Sophos, China and Honk Kong are the world’s third biggest producers of spam behind the US and South Korea.
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