II. OBJECTIVES OF THE ARTICLE

The objectives of this article are to: (1) give the reader an appreciation for the impressive success of Hong Kong's creation of a high-tech infrastructure; (2) concisely describe the basic aspects of public key infrastructure technology and digital signatures, and explain its impact on e-commerce transactions; (3) describe Hong Kong's original Electronic Transactions Ordinance, and explain its recent amendments and their justification; (4) describe Hong Kong's recently-adopted regulations pertaining to Certification Authorities and their justification; and (5) make recommendations for improvement of Hong Kong e-commerce law.