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Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Information Technology Division) Annual Conference

22 May 2014

Smart City InitiativeUnder the 2014 Digital 21 Strategy

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Adoption of Internet of Things (IoT)in Hong Kong

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Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong

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Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong

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Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong

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Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong

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Baby Tracking system

Monitoring energy consumption

Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong

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Digital 21 Strategy Review 8

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International Internet bandwidth

Business and innovation

environment

Mobile tariffs affordability

World Competitiveness Yearbook 2013

Global Innovation Index

2013

Global

2Global

Cloud Readiness Index 2012

Data Centre Risk Index 2013

Asia

Global

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3Global

1Asia

7Global

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5Asia

6Global

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“Global Information Technology Report” published by World Economic Forum in 2013

Hong Kong’s Present PositionOutstanding Performance in International Rankings

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Robust NetworkCoverage• 98% coverage• Choices• Affordable price

Speed• Fastest peak

connection speed• 4th fastest average

connection speed

Resilience• Minimal downtime

Effective Mechanism For

Cyber Security

Data Protection

World Class Infrastructure

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Digital 21 Strategy

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Big data Cloud computing

Internet of things

Building platforms

Grow the ICT industry

Develop intuitive services

Wireless & mobile platforms

Smarter Hong Kong, Smarter Living

Vision

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User-friendly Digital Identity

Simplifying procedures and providing more applications using digital identity• Issue free e-ID to all Hong Kong

residents• Make e-ID more user-friendly• Encourage more government

departments, NGOs and private sector to use e-ID

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City-wide Wi-Fi for the Public and Visitor

Extending Wi-Fi services• Further extend free GovWiFi

service • Work with government-related

organisations to provide Wi-Fi services at their premises

• A common Wi-Fi branding

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Programming in Every Child’s Education

Use of ICT in daily life• Inculcate structured

and logical thinking• Foster a creative

mindset through learning basic programming

• Ready to resort to ICT to solve problems

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Public Sector Information (PSI) as Default

Releasing more PSI in standardised format• Data.One portal since 2011• 16 categories comprising over 2,000

datasets• 2014-15 Budget: make all government

information released for public consumption machine-readable in digital formats from 2015 onwards

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SME Cloud Services

Encouraging cloud adoption among SMEs• InfoCloud portal to provide • practical guides• checklists• examples of business cases

• Cloud promotion programme to offer training and incentives

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Supporting the Startup Ecosystem

 Government support for startups• One-stop portal for startups and

continued support• Cyberport and Science Park: provide all-

rounded support to startups under the incubation programmes -• subsidised office accommodation• mentorship• marketing and promotion assistance

• ITC, Create Hong Kong and Trade and Industry Department: various funding schemes

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Closer Collaboration with the Mainland

• Further strengthen ICT collaboration with the Mainland in -• cross-boundary e-commerce

facilitation• technology collaboration• technology exchange

• Closer cooperation with Guangdong

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Mobile and IntegratedE-government Services

A centralised platform for e-government and other services• MyGovHK: personalised

interface for GovHK• One-stop access to

multiple government services

• Proposed e-ID: a secure common platform for residents

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Paperless Solutions andCollaborative PlatformsMore pervasive information sharing at reduced costs• Roll out more paperless solutions

and workflow platforms in different policy domains progressively

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Smarter City Infrastructure

Pilot site for smart city infrastructure• Explore practicability• Identify possible infrastructure

and applications

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