recent it andimpact of e commerce in asia and japan 14 november 2002 masaki komurasaki all right reserved by m i 1 growing world internet users unit million february population asiasource goldman sachs etc thousand economic indicator asian countriessource jetro ace adb 2 engineer human resource as a key factor industry intelligence & creativity individuals is valuable high mobility demand projection toward 2006 usa shortage core engineers 138k yr average nationality us h1b visa 1999 fy source institute the study international migration annual supply singapore related faculties 250 thailand 4 000 5 malaysia engineering faculty 21 mmu students 8000 12 year philippines 40 hong kong india 122 pr china 3 salary searcc south east regional computer confederation survay expectation for ict information communication