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Sources: Legislative Council, Networked Trade Platform, and The Hang Seng University of Hong KongFigure 29. Development timeline of electronic platform for trade document submissionGovernment Electronic Trading Services (GETS) launched,to handle electronic submission of four documents to theGovernmentSouth Korea: Single Window (2008)70 other economies have set up TSWTaiwan: CPT Single Window (2013)Singapore: Networked Trade Platform (2018)All other GBA cities launched TSW by 2018Government commissioned the development ofDigital Trade and Transportation Network (DTTN)to facilitate information exchange within the industryDTTN started operationConsultation on Trade Single Window (TSW) beganPhase 1 of TSW rolled outFull implementation of TSW200320062016201820241997Hong Kong Other economiesHong Kong lags behind other economies in providing an all-encompassing Trade Single WindowAnother example that illustrates the Government’s lacklustre efforts is the process of submitting trade documentation. For the trading of goods into, out of, and through Hong Kong, a trader is required to submit 51 different documents for trade declaration and customs clearance purposes to nine government agencies. A total of 24 out of the 51 documents are in electronic form, while the remaining 27 documents are in paper form. One can well imagine the burden of these trade controls and the cost of such documentation compliance.42