Computer 99 exhibitor hongkong.com is owned and operated by China.com Corporation, the mainland's leading integrated portal company. It delivers the 'three Cs' - content, community and commerce - to Internet users on the mainland, in the SAR and throughout Asia.

Other services include on-line advertising and Web solutions . . . and that prestigious-sounding free Web-based e-mail address - which has proved so popular that more than 170,000 people have registered.

The Hong Kong portal is based on the company's premier portal, china.com. A sister portal operates in Taiwan at taiwan.com. The sites offer similar services - free Web-based e-mail, message boards, chat rooms, search engines, news and information, business and finance, technology, entertainment, shopping, sport and travel. Information is provided in Chinese and English. Meanwhile, hongkong.com also offers local content for browsers, such as detailed information on local films, restaurants, arts, sports and music. Community services include local polls, message boards and features with a Hong Kong flavour.

The portal's attraction is obvious to first-time visitors. Unlike many US-based portals, hongkong.com really is for, and about, the SAR. International browsers will find the informative 'city guide' useful if planning a visit to Hong Kong. It also offers affiliated Web sites and services including: AOL.COM.HK - co-branded, joint product with AOL, the recognised world leader in branded interactive services. Bilingual content in six popular categories - entertainment, travel, money, computers, sports and local.

Netscape guide and search by china.com - an Internet-based Chinese-language directory listing and navigational service used to perform Internet-wide queries for topical content and information.