For Immediate Release

[Hong Kong, 28 June 2002] ESDlife (www.esdlife.com) announced today that it has been authorized by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (HKEA) to provide the On-line Examination Results Enquiry Service for Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) and Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) via both personal computers and ESDkiosks. In addition, with students' thoughts turning to their long-term plans once they receive their HKALE and HKCEE results, ESDlife will also launch a timely new portal on 2 July designed to help students in making their choices - student.esdlife.com. Rich in content, the site combines useful information on study and career options with a chance to relax and win some fantastic prizes.

Quick and easy access to examination results online

student.esdlife.com provides an online examination results enquiry service for HKALE and HKCEE candidates from 5 July (for HKALE candidates) and from 7 August (for HKCEE candidates) by entering their candidate number and the password issued to them by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority.

Private and evening candidates can access their results at student.esdlife.com from 8:00 a.m. on the date of publication of results with the password provided by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority in March 2002. Day school candidates will receive their passwords from schools on the date of publication of results. They can check their results on the internet from 11:00 a.m. on that day.

student.esdlife.com - a comprehensive study and career guide

student.esdlife.com features six zones rich in study and career information: Education Centre; Career Centre; Leisure Area; Adult Corner; Game & Gain Station; and Check Results Online. For those planning to continue their studies, the site shows important JUPAS dates, gives an introduction to each of Hong Kong's nine universities and colleges, and provides information on Associate Degree and Pre-Associate Degree Programmes, Project Springboard and studying overseas. For those planning to start careers, student.esdlife.com offers a wealth of resources, including information on the Youth Pre-employment Training Programme, recruitment news, resumé guidelines, and personal website creation. They can also access "Leisure Area" to receive updated leisure and entertainment news, or enter the range of other resource-rich sites in the portal.

Gift giveaway - great prizes to be won

Following the exertions of the public examinations, candidates have earned some time to relax, and with that in mind ESDlife is giving away great prizes exclusively to HKALE and HKCEE students. All candidates who register as a member with student.esdlife.com will be eligible to enter a Daily Lucky Draw held daily from 29 June to 6 August, prizes include trendy items such as accessories, figures, fashion, stationeries etc. If they miss out on the daily prize, they will automatically be entitled to enter the HK$150,000 Grand Lucky Draw, held on 7 August. The grand prizes include Tokyo tour package for two, Nokia 3610 mobile phone sets, Andy Hui concert tickets, IBM multi-media computer sets, an I-PAQ pocket PC, UNiSOFT computer course cash coupons, Hutchison Global Crossing one year free broadband service, and beauty gift packs.

About ESDlife

ESDlife is the award winning bilingual portal conceived and designed with the objective of delivering government and commercial services via a highly secure and convenient on-line electronic platform. Operated and managed by ESD Services Limited, an e-commerce operation of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, www.esdlife.com is the host of the "Electronic Service Delivery" Scheme - a core component of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's "Digital 21" information technology strategy.

Media Contact
Hutchison E-Commerce Limited    Sandra Chang    M: 9747 1970    sandrac@hecl.com.hk