Internet Cafes Spread; Parents Worry Teens Hooked on Games

88.06.09　General News　Page 7

Most seats are taken at an internet cafe in the North District.

[Staff Report]

Internet cafes have been opening one after another in the North District, many advertising "all-night flat rates" that draw teenagers. Some parents complain that their children hang around internet cafes after school and their grades have plummeted.

It is understood that seven new internet cafes have opened in the North District in the past six months, charging thirty to forty dollars an hour, with flat-rate deals at night.

Operators said they register customers' IDs and send minors home late at night as required. Another said most customers are office workers and college students. "Real kids are rare. They don't have the money anyway."

Scholars suggest parents pay more attention to how long their children spend online, and schools could strengthen computer ethics education.

Reader DiscussionReplies 6

Netizen A-Te88.06.09

in our day it was arcades now it's internet cafes that's all
↳ Reader Mrs. Ho88.06.10

my son says he goes to the internet cafe to look things up I don't really believe him
↳ Netizen Hsiao-lu88.06.10

above you don't need headphones to look things up XD
Netizen Kevin88.06.12

the computers at internet cafes are way faster than at home can't help it
Reader Miss Kao88.06.21

could the paper do a price comparison of the internet cafes
↳ Information Office88.06.22

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