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Website Accessibility Testing in Yuen Long, Hong Kong

Audits for Yuen Long against the standard that actually binds you in Hong Kong.

What Yuen Long actually requires

Roughly 668,000 people live in Yuen Long, one of Hong Kong's 18 districts. Hong Kong's government website guidelines date from 1999 and reference WCAG 2.0, and the Disability Discrimination Ordinance sits underneath covering services generally.

The district is an administrative unit rather than a legislative one, so nothing about the duty changes as you move between them. What changes is the density of the businesses inside them.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Yuen Long site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 contains everything the standard above asks for, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

The rules in force in Yuen Long

Guidelines on Dissemination of Information through Government Websites (Hong Kong)

Standard
WCAG 2.0
Where it stands
In force since 1999
Who it binds
The public sector
Reaches sellers based abroad
Not by itself
What non-compliance costs
Government policy, with the Disability Discrimination Ordinance underneath
Year the guidelines issued
1999
WCAG version referenced
2.0
Who the guidelines bind
Gov
The law underneath
DDO
The Hong Kong guidelines dates, 1 of them
  1. 1999Guidelines on Dissemination of Information through Government Websites issued

Read the full Hong Kong guidelines page

What we test, and how, in Yuen Long

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Yuen Long as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check
55
Techniques and failures
432
ACT test rules
90
ARIA roles documented
94
Terms in the glossary
131
Checklists to work from
9

The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Yuen Long is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

What owners in Yuen Long want to know first

Is accessibility testing in Yuen Long different from anywhere else?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

Who sets the rules for a website in Yuen Long?

Hong Kong guidelines is the one that reach Yuen Long first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Does Yuen Long expect a published accessibility statement?

No law that reaches Yuen Long names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

How much is an audit, and when does the report land?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Find out where your site stands in Yuen Long

Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Yuen Long can act on.

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