we already have a code book. we have pictures in the code book. but what we need is something to go through. we have a plan and it's the set of plans that we can go off of as well so just a reminder when we should be looking at things. some of the big things -- we get the big things and the toilets where they're supposed to be and when i check the fas set a certain size and we need the reminders that okay are we looking at a doctor's office? do i need to relook at the parking? if someone wants to change something okay is it allowed under the new code and gives a checklist to make sure we're not running -- because the plans aren't always the way the plans are when they get built so this has been well received. if nothing else it helps them to go to answer the questions and gives the sections they need to go to and one of the things that the guys really like. it's only been a week. i haven't gotten a lot of feedback with. if it's five pages they're not going to use it. two pages yeah we can use it. >> thank you. how liz how does the enforcement play

planning code. those are related to rear yards and construction. those issues were not previously raised but i have reviewed this project in detail and appears to be compliant with the rear yard and rear obstruction requirements. based on that, i feel the permit was properly issued and i'm available for any questions you may have. >> thank you. anything, mr. duffy? >> commissioners, joe duffy, dbi. i don't have much. it's a site permit which has been approved and the addendum is currently being reviewed. but i don't have any building issues to bring up unless anyone has any questions. >> there was a claim that there were inadequate fire exits and the additional of the lower units would pose a significant danger to safety personnel should there be a problem like a fire. >> i did hear that whenever the gentleman spoke there. i wasn't familiar with the code section that he gave. if he wants to elaborate more on that on rebuttal. this code 12 something i don't have that. my understanding on a 2-unit bui

s worth of code you felt open that up and start to actually write code inside of there. you might actually drag a button and put it into a grid so that you start of wire up where the buttons are in your app, then you start to write code as to what happens when someone clicks the button and all the pieces fit together but the actual process of testing the app there's a button that looks like a play button on a cassette machine you hit that, brings the code together, compiles it into machine language, runs the app and you can play with and test it there. you go back and repeat the process very likely a hundred or a thousand times. >> rose: and that's true with android where they're talking about apple or android. >> especially the big companies they deliver software development kits and give you a lot of the library and systems you need to make things look at behave a certain way. that the why on the iphone so many of the apps look and feel and have the same topography because apple defiance the rules and how they work. >> rose: what's the difference between sprints and st

to a code document they would be lost. >> thank you. so just wondering how your departments have engaged california as access specialists in plan review and site inspections? has this helped to improve accessibility compliance? >> gary. i will jump into that. i unfortunately have not successfully passed the test yet. i have taken it a few times. i have come close, but that knowledge and cass specialists that we work with we often refer businesses -- it's a good segue from the prior question because we have small business -- many small businesses that say we've been asked to comply and what do we do? so we refer them typically to a certified access specialists. we help them as well. we have certified access specialists who work with us through a local consultant and it's a program that not only has served the disabled community it's helped small business i think significantly. >> anyone on the panel who is a certified accessibility specialists want to talk a little bit how you work with small businesss if that's at all part of your scope

paul: what is code?e we answer that, maybe we should answer the question of, what is a computer? a computer is a clock doing second grade math. tick, take a signal and put it in box one, tick, take another signal and put it in box two, tick, take those two signals and at them together. you with a pen and paper can do anything that a computer can do, what you can't do any of those things at billions of times per second. that speed is like card trips on top of card tricks. code is a means of harnessing the computer's power, setting up all of those card tricks. it all starts with words and characters entered into a computer by a person. they are creating programming language. it tells you which words you can use to tell the computer what you need it to do. take a look at this code. it is in javascript. a very common language that turns a webpage from a document that looks like nonsense into software. many webpages, amazon for instance, are packed with software code like this. there is code all through here,

it's not just to meet a code. there is some function that it really does help. >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i have a quick story here. a couple years back we were working with a business owner for a permit process for a candy store in the mountains and kicking and screaming about the requirements all the way but eventually complied and had a compliant business and i get this cold call three months later after the building was final and the business owner was apologizing to me and they called the board of supervisors and why are you making -- we went through the whole thing as gary alluded to and i asked why and having an accessible business was the best thing that happened and i asked him to explain that statement and with the tour buses going to yosemite he had a reputation of being a compliant business and all the thank you's he got from the public and that experience lead him to vol tarly update other businesses in the state. >> you should put him on a poster or something. >> i was shocked. >> i need to know where t

there's all kinds of stuff you don't do. >> that code of conduct is the convict code. and the penalties for violating it can be severe. >> it's pretty high, you know. see people take an elevator ride. problem is, there ain't no elevator. the fall doesn't hurt. it's the sudden stop at the end. >> utah state inmate tony duran is well versed in the convict code. he's spent the majority of the past 23 years behind bars for burglary, robbery and a slew of parole violations. >> the convict code is the person that carries themself with respect. he only talks to the man when he has to. he don't sit there and kick it with the man. you don't tell on nobody. >> but these days old time inmates like duran all agree the convict code is changing. >> well, because the different breed of inmate that's coming to the joint now. you got kids coming in here, you know. some are gang bangers that don't know how to carry themselves. and some of them, they just don't give a [ bleep ] about respect or nothing like that. >> we discovered the proliferation of gangs in every prison we profiled and

it's half a dvd's worth of code. you open it up and write code inside of there. you might actually drag a button and put it into a grid so you start to wire up where the buttons are in your app. then you start to write code for what happens in someone clicks that button. so all the pieces start to fit together. the process of testing your app, there is a button that is like a play button on a cassette machine and you press that and it compiled into a machine app and runs and you can start to play with and tested there. then you go back and repeat that process very likely hundreds of times. charlie: that is also true with android or apple or any other. paul: yeah. especially with these big companies. they deliver what are known as software developers kits. they give you a lot of the library systems you knew to make things look and behave a certain way. that is why, on your iphone, so many of the apps look and feel and have the same typography because apple defines those rules. they defined how that is going to work. charlie: what is the difference between stands,

so what did the state code say? the key issues in a state code starts out by ordinance a single family and multifamily residential zones. further down it states every local agency shall grant a variance or special use permit for the creation of a second unit if the second unit complies with all of the following and there is a list that you have to meet or do. then it states no local agency shall adopt an ordinance that totally precludes second units single families or multifamily zoned areas unless the ordinance contains findings acknowledging the ordinance may limit housing opportunities of the region, san francisco and further contains findings that specific adverse impacts on the public health would result. no changes or other ordinances or any changes in the general plan shall be required to implement this subdivision. so we are asking you to implement this subdivisions in light of the state code. >> do you have a legal opinion on this? >> not yet. but they are probably going to have to if they go further. he ne

but this class is still in session and the lesson today is computer-coding. >> coding is like building stuff. different games and designing electronics. >> joshua liang is one of seven students in this computer academy learning apps and computer games from scratch. some are as young as four but all have the same goal to become digital entrepreneurs. >> i made lots of games i always liked to make games. >> it is a very important general subject that all people should learn the early the better. >> john liang is the founder of the academy and a man on a coding mission. he studied at the university hong kong and won a scholarship toto harvard. he believes computer coding is the essence of 21st century literacy. with apps smartphone and digital literacy so part of our daily lives now, there is no surprise there's a campaign in hong kong to make coding part of the curriculum. here it is still not not a compulsory program. >> for most people coding at the same time. now coders want the government to commit. >> i sam a believer of coding being something that -- i am a believer of coding being

make sure all the buildings are complying with the building codes. plumbing, electrical, and reinforce enforcement is our concern in the city. then i would like to show you last year, because of the revenue compared with this year, this year is lower. due to the fee reduction, and also, 2.1 million reduction due to the work orders and decrees in 15-16 due to the reduction reduction transfer for projects. thenthe chart here will show you how we deal in our budget for this year. compared to last year. also, the department does not have any other new positions. in this proposed budget. then the fellowship is new legislation. because due to the fee, the new the reduction, and also the deep puzzle to reduce the fee, raising the fee for the new, what we call, legalizing unit two ways that the lien fee [inaudible] also, the common worked with older housing initiative including the safety program for [inaudible] and also the affordable housing units. the new housing program also included the -- program for inspection for more than 3500 units. also, we contin

at the april 15, 2015 the aa b granted did jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to administrative code appellants ask reverseal. >> first hear from the department thank you. >> good morning. >> good morning john for the department first, i'd like to congratulate our new chair think outside the box shakespeare that is a single-family dwelling is a route wall that is urban save that is near the property lineis near the property line to 225 - that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions after the appellant. >> i'm sorry can we i just had a quick question it is not clear from the pictures what was going on it seems like is that behind one 200 shakespeare the wall is in question sort of downhill i remember seeing this case before looking at the pictures actually confused me more. >> at the rear of the property. >> uh-huh. >> and adjoining a street. >> it is downhill or uphill. >> downhill. >> okay. yeah i see that but - >> but that looks like the side yard. >> are we looking at - >> yeah. that looks at - >> i think that might be where it is. >> i'll show you - >

is determined there's a labor code provision and . >> sore which code provision and attorney franco in the audience maybe she can approach - with the permission of the chair. >> president and, of course. >> welcome ms. franco. >> occ i'm sorry may having i have the question to. >> the provision of the labor code. >> i don't have it by memory there is a labor code that identifying the employees of another department the director said do city attorney is weighing in and vesting that absorb we can be clear about what was allowed or not allowed the trick for us if if in the past we've received we had received this information so had is a slightly new situation but it is a good time as any to get st. it clarified. >> and commissioner turman if i might i mean at ms. franco it is the interpretation of the employer what the city attorney has o pined an employer is each department of the city and so what it labor code prohibit is one employer providing another employer affirmative. >> i know the section now. >> okay it is interesting interpretation of the labor code but okay. thank you very

standard purposes and intent of this code. to adopt such rules and regulations and enter patients if he deems necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this code. however, under section 307 [inaudible] is not granted the authority to make an interpretation in or determination that is in conflict with existing rules or regulations. section 249 33 limits the applicability of 309 exception process to conversions of existing structures. this circumstance does not apply to the 150 dennis project. the planning commission approved this project with the understanding based on the project functioned the building had a lot of the coverage of 83.4% on the ground floor. this letter coverage number is wrong and give the false impression the building would only minimally exceed the requirement. only on the ground floor contract three weeks after the hearing -- submitted another exhibit is a the lot coverage of 83.4% on the ground floor and 82.1 on the second floor. to be submitted to this hearing shows the lottery of coverage sh

for the planning code to continue on some amendments. he has since decided he's going to reintroduce new legislation for the amendment and i want to highlight what he is thinking about and if you turn to page 3 of of the document. so -- and i want to make sure that the nuances of this may not necessarily be as verbatim as i say it just because certain things still need to be worked out but the intent of what he plans to change is to deal with the solo practitioners who colocate with chiropractors and acupuncturists and completed and find a means to allow massage establishments and he specifically requested that the department come back to him with a means of how to incorporate the massage establishments into the cb 3 program making them eligible for that and then to amend the definition of service medical to include massage and how that, you know, ends up being articulated, you know, is being worked on right now. so those are the 4 key things. supervisor weiner is only going to be dealing with the planning code amendments and no changes

and now coders want the government to commit. >> i'm a believer of coding being something that every should learn at the early stages so hong kong schools are far from having something like that in the curriculum. >> right now i'm telling the computer what to do. >> for those parents who are not waiting around there are now more options than ever for teaching code literacy. sarah with al jazeera, hong kong. >>> we have the website that we can scroll through, the address is al jazeera.com and headlines coming up, in the next few seconds or so. >> on the ground. >> i told you to stay. get your asses on the ground. >> a texas police officer suspended after caught on camera arresting teenagers at a pool party. >> a manhunt is underway now for two convicted murderers who escaped a max mum security prison. >> stopping isil toms the agenda as the world's most powerful lead

code, code. code code.te the little coder. >> i am the only one of these clowns. >> do you know anybody who can debug 2 million lines of code? a systems display. >> data charts. >> give me a reading on it. >> think you had better come over here. >> i have never seen code like this. >> i think we have got a hacker. >> i am getting hacked. >> nicely played. >> come at me! not good. crap!e this hacker >> go, go, go, go! [bleep] shut them all down. >> shut down the system. for: that wraps it up today. thank you so much for watching the bloomberg market day. have a great, wonderful afternoon. we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: sally mann is one of america's preeminent photographers. for three decades, she has captured images that are haunting and romantic all at once. her 1992 series made her famous and created 10 years it featured her children at home on their virginia farm. these photos deemed a great work of art outrage some for their c

rincon hill includes the lesser tower separation and the budget on the site it is lens the planning code which provide for variation on the upper scoping e skup tower requirement this received it's entitlements in march of 2006 to date the department has one corresponds regarding that that was e-mailed to the commission the commission initiative and displaced the draft resolution to the commission may consider the legislation and approval of an ordinance on july 6 2015, and currently the project approvals will be 1086 schedule for july 16th the spokeswoman it present and has a short presentation >> project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm cameron the senior managing director with hines along with our investment partner we pleased to be here and i'll be happy to answer any questions for us recognizing there be be a more complete presentation when we rupture in july we've been working in collaboration with city planning over two years and pleased with the process and the high quality design of a building that has resulted and projects lead by the architect i am sorry to our co

is the code for funds received for fees in programs it corrects this and in exactly the same way the second is more complicated by didn't have an impact on the ways the funds are spent or administered through the so-called appropriately language that is in lieu of fees that are deposited into the fund the appropriationly not consistent in the planning code put simply the planning code is candidate in the two fees and one funds the affordable housing funds are self-appropriate and the planning code is silent in prescription language for 3 fees, however, to complicate those fees refer to the fund that is self-appropriately parish the draft ordinances seeks to correct this this is at the request of the controller's office again to be clear the draft owners in no way aeltsz the expenditures by the fees i'll be specific the fees revenues are restricted to used by the mayor's office of housing on the other hand and community development for affordable housing in all cases those are administered through by the mayor's office of housing it will be carried over to the administrative code no s

and compulsory coding. will hong kong schools lead the world in what's being called literacy for the 21st century? hello, thing political party of turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan faces weeks of political wraing rang ling. rangling to form a compromise. the maim party chp came second, prokurdish people's democratic party, significant break through first time they have secured enough votes to enter parliament. omar al saleh is in turkey. when can we expect a stable government to be formed? >> well, the winning party the ruling ak party is expected to be nominated 50 president it should happen in a few days. once the president calls on the party to form a government, the party has 45 days to try and bring a coalition together. if the party has the right to say he can't they failed before the 45 days. we are talking about a matter of weeks. we do understand from the ruling ak party that they are trying to get a coalition together. they need at least 18 seats in parliament to unable them to form a minori

and the lesson today is computer coding. >> coding is like building stuff, different games and designingcs. >> reporter: joshua is one of 700 students who are part of this coding academy. learning to create apps and computer games from scratch. some are as young as four but all have the same goal to become digital entrepreneurs. >> i make lots of games and i always wanted to make games. >> coding is no longer in the domain exclusive domain of computer science it's actually a very important general subject that all young people should learn, so i think the earlier the better. >> reporter: john wayne is the founder of the academy and a man on a coding mission. he studied engineering at the university of hong kong and won a scholarship to oxford university. after a career in computer game, he turn today computer education. and believes that digital literacy is a core life skill. >> i think that is a very meaning. mission to me to teach our young people to learn programming which i think is the 21st century literacy. >> reporter: with apps, smart phones and digital technology so much a part

code for an affordable housing code fund for the 8 amending the planning for correspondent changes recommended to the city affordable housing fund and revising the program fee to change into a pro rating fund and the reintroduction the first one was supervisor wiener's adu dwenlz for about district 8 you'll be hear in the near future and the last one was the rezoning properties supported by supervisor yee you'll be hearing in two weeks that concludes my report thank you. >> any public comment on this report. >> okay. not seeing any commissioner richards and. >> wanted to make sure to remind staff other than the 2020 presentation and i'll hoping to do that we have a number of work sessions coming up. >> appreciate it. >> commissioner moore mr. star could you give me a little bit more background on the diego rivera it park and how is that changing the game board. >> the only thing that ordinance will do to rezone this portion of the public right-of-way so it is public and open space and that will be coming to you for review another piece in the puzzle it didn't change it. >> it didn't change it.

amending the existing definition of performance that is the law and consist with the public health codehe - this is merely trying to clean up the legislation by the mechanism by the department may enforce you you know being in compliance with the existing law. >> we're going to inflict onerous fines $500 is expensive thursday offense rather than to have someone levi a $500 offense what's going to happen you'll spend a lot of time and money disputing this so this is an because you are amending the legislation and some opportunity to address and what is nothing like that an obvious short coming of the existing legislation and relate to the business specific business entities you're trying to legislate to clean up some of the stuff so. >> uh-huh. >> there's a tremendous amount of ambiguity there's no ambiguity i'm saying fine that person didn't come to buy gasoline and put it in their car if they brought a gasoline container give me two ounces of gasoline it didn't matter they're not putting it in their vehicle if that's the way you want to leave it maybe that's the best possible thing the

ownthen first reading. >> item 21 is a ordinance ret row actively waving the fee for public works code for street space [inaudible] saturday may 16 and 23 as part of small business week >> same house and call? without objection the ordinance is passed on the first reading >> imet 22 is a resolution reing continued membership in the 18 county [inaudible] renewal of hult packards [inaudible] human services to expand expendsture authority from 53 million to [inaudible] totaling 82.6 million from [inaudible] >> shame house same call. without objection the ordinance is adopted unanimously >> imet 23 is a [inaudible] knhunty development to accept and expend the [inaudible] california department of housing and community development to assist low income first time home buyers and low income home owners in the amount of 925 thousand through sept24 nob na >> same house and call? without objection the ordinance is adopted unanimousically squlrks item 24 is approving a cost sharing agreement not to exceed 10 million nob gas house cover for the term of october [inaudible] >> supervisor avalos. >> t

, of the intent of the code, the zoning administrator not use his discretion. the courts direct account body such as the court of appeals to go for two reasonable code interpretations. as -- were an official enforcing ordinances as interpreted differences granted the agency's interpretation lessons clearly erroneous or an authorized. local officials interpretation be overruled only if a reasonable person cannot reach the same conclusion. so under this deferential standard, we do believe that the zoning administrator made a reasonable interpretation of the code, that the planning commission in reliance on it interpretation made a reasonable and fact-based decision that a small exception to the code was wanted. thank you. >> clerk: >> commissioner i believe in your brief you indicated that there were multiple design concepts for this property. did any of those concepts create a greater setback adjacent to the la porte school site and change the same density kubrick >> testifier: no. this form, was the claimant went for starting in 2013 with the planning departmen

amending the existing definition of performance that is the law and consist with the public health code - this is merely trying to clean up the legislation by the mechanism by the department may enforce you you know being in compliance with the existing law. >> we're going to inflict onerous fines $500 is expensive thursday offense rather than to have someone levi a $500 offense what's going to happen you'll spend a lot of time and money disputing this so this is an because you are amending the legislation and some opportunity to address and what is nothing like that an obvious short coming of the existing legislation and relate to the business specific

you know we would like to from the citation based on the california building codes and san francisco building codes as well now the second agenda we have is the citation of one 02 dot one which is fine as a unsafe building with the citation all of the charges being brought against the gentleman like you need to have a permit for this you have to have is structurally assigned and the contractor to do that so as a matter of fact those charges doesn't apply under the what is cited a one 02a dot one because the one 02a dot one unsafe building is a fire hazard to so it says no person but limited to the fire hazard the point is the retaining wall is a wall that didn't have properties to constitute any fire hazard it is totally a different charges against the retaining wall itself so whatever charges being billed to us for unsafe building and so on didn't apply and besides if it don't apply it is 4 feet as high or 4 feet below under the california codes and the san francisco building codes didn't need a permit the main questions actually things we would like to whatever the charges one 02 d

hsu joe, two, plans were squarely within with the code was residential design code the planning department it is -- it is why the pacific ice subordinates is why the planning department issued the planning is why the planning commission did not support discretionary review. i grew up in this town correct my families been in this town i know it means to be a good san francisco and works very hard to try to meet with mr. talebi are not going to dignify his comments about dollars and cents. were young family pack we want to stay up and i ask for your support so we can build a home that we want to be with to continue to be productive members of our city. we have asked for no special treatment, no variances, no nothing. we just want to be able to woods within the code and allowed first be able to move forward. thank you. >> commissioner: this is more of a curiosity. the views north onto the bay. >> testifier: correct >> commissioner: if you have flipped that room then from that room and from the deck you have use of the bay. >> testifier: no >> commissioner note? >> testifier: no. signage stree

and helping them get jobs. >> code is just giving instruction. computers are stupid. we teach them everything. >> he taught code as a new york city teen-ager. he dropped out of college to write software for a hedge fund and then coded his own web based business and on the side he began teaching others to code at meetups, workshops and coffee shops and students thanked them for changing their lives. >> that was a profound amount of impact to have on somebody. >> and he sent a tweet and they met up for coffee. >> my mind is melding. i said you are doing what most in education can't do. >> they figured they would start their own school. >> i thought no one would come to our school. >> within days they changed their mind. leased space, bought desks and for $40,000 total, opened the float iron school in october of 2012. >> having vocabulary and give very clear instruction is a itself. >> only a a certain percentage are accepted and it cost $50,000 and nearly 500 in less than threjobs. average pay, more than $70,000 a year. >> my increase in salary was

here's a look at how code has been portrayed on film over the years. ♪ >> code. >> code. >> code?ite the little coder. who canu know anyone beat 2 million lines of code? simple i do not even see the code. all i see is blonde, brunette, redhead. give me a systems display. >> wait a second. >> i think you better come over here. >> i have never seen code like this. >> wow. >> [indiscernible] >> i think we've got a hacker. >> i am getting hacked! huis that all you've got, h? come at me! >> this is not good. >> 15 seconds. >> go, go, go! >> aah! [fiendish laughter] >> turn them off. >> shut them all down. alix: that wraps it up for today. thank you for watching the bloomberg market day. i am alix steel. have a wonderful afternoon. we will see you back here tomorrow. tells me whyends he feels betrayed by ellen pao's tales of gender discrimination at kleiner perkins. ♪ i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg west." jumping in itsit public trading debut. what it could mean for the world market. a $10chipmaker with million bet on china. all of that ahead on "bloomberg st

all building inspectors were trained with the code.hey have it available to them if they need it but often a quick tickler is important to all of us when walking the field so as a committee we concluded that would be the most easily portable and easily assimilated product. it would be short, easy to carry. it could be put in a three ring binder or carried about. our second task was related to how do we develop this check list in the manner that isn't a repetition of other documents that are out in the field? and we concluded that today probably one of the hardest short coming is a major construction job is finished and the knowledge fortunately -- building official shows up and it's terrible to hear this floor needs to be changed because the toilet is in the wrong decision. we need to move it over 3 inches so we reflected on that and concluded that many of the agencies are already at the site multiple times so we did a quick survey. we found out that sacramento county had eight stages of inspections already where the inspectors were on

the housing fund is not currently defined in the administrative code only in the planning code and typically specific program funds are defined and governed by the administrative code and that would be corrected by defining it in exactly the same way that other special funds are typically defined and secondly the so-called appropriating language is not consistent in the planning code and the jobs housing linkage fee as well as the incl u.s. ionary housing fee are called out as self appropriating but refer only to the affordable housing fund otherwise silent as to their appropriation so the larger fund to which they refer to are silent and the draft ordinance would clarify that all of these fees are self appropriating and the two fees and one fund are self appropriating and seeks to correct all of this at the request of of the controller's office and to be clear it in no way alters the allowable expenditures so mainly all of these fee revenues are restricted to use by the mayor's office of housing and community development and the mayor's 's office of community development would continue to a

first line of code i ever wrote was making the turtle go around.was a turtle in the middle of the screen. you had commands that could make ae turtle move around, go in line, take a left, take a right, but it was typing commands to move around and change colors. it was pretty advanced. crowley, i amnis the cofounder and ceo of foursquare. everyone has ideas for things that should exist in the world. usually been a steep learning curve and a high bar to go and build those things. you would assemble bits of code like lego blocks and make complicated things quickly. i wrote the early prototypes with friends. is not verywrite elegant, but it was enough to get the point of across and put a prototype together and show real engineers that i have this idea, can you help me make something awesome. this is the first piece of code for foursquare. i wrote this in late 2008. the big idea being that if you had all this information about where people had been because they checked in, could you use that to make a list of all the places that are popular with my frie

and a man on a coding mission.ed engineering at the university of congress hong and won a scholarship to oxford university. after a career in computer gaming, he turned to computer education. and believes that digital literacy is now a core life skill. >> i think this is a very meaningful mission for me to teach our young people to learn programming. which i think is the 21st century literacy. >> reporter: with apps, smart phones and digital technology so much a part of our daily lives now it's no surprise in hong kong there is a campaign to make coding a mandatory part of the school curriculum. while some countrys, like the united kingdom and estonia have it on the agenda, here there is still no compulsory computer program in school. but the enthusiasm is clearly there. this year, a group of 1,000 students from hong kong broker the world record for the most people coding at the same time. and now coders want the government to commit. >> i am a believer of coding being something that every kid should learn at the e

>> the code question mark stephanie: besides the fact that