Internet portal Hongkong.com is to charge for e-mail services that come with functions such as spam filtering and added storage.
At the same time, the company announced a reduction in mailbox size and cancellation of POP3 forwarding functions for registered users who choose not to upgrade to paid services. The company said it would move those who did not choose subscription services to a different e-mail domain - @mail.hongkong.com instead of @hongkong.com, opening the way for new users to register the abandoned @hongkong.com addresses.