Dongguan pupils 'love Net surfing'

DONGGUAN: More than 90 percent primary and middle school students in this South China city "like" or "very much like" to surf the Internet, with 3 percent being addicted to it.

The manufacturing city's Guancheng District recently conducted a survey covering 11 schools to know the extent of students' dependence on the Net. The exercise is to help the government better regulate cybercafes.

About 18 percent of the 3,400 students polled surfed the Net frequently in cybercafes and 17 percent did so once in a while. But Net cafes are the first option for 1 percent of the students.