Hong Kong Internet junkie fight to combat addiction, AFP, 12 Jan 2005

“In the neon-shiny future-world of Hong Kong, the computer is king and the Internet its kingdom. Some 90 percent of the population owns or has access to a computer and everyday an estimated 3.5 million of the territory's 6.8 million population logs onto the Net. Around Asia, the numbers logging on run into the hundreds of millions…But for some of the Net-generation, like Anthony, who have grown up surrounded by home computers, video games and the Internet, this strange new world has its dangers. A basic function the Net was invented to assist has been lost: the art of human communication.�

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