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Smart City Initiative Under the 2014 Digital 21 Strategy. Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Information Technology Division) Annual Conference 22 May 2014. Adoption of Internet of Things ( IoT ) in Hong Kong. Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong. Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong.
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Smart City InitiativeUnder the 2014 Digital 21 Strategy Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Information Technology Division) Annual Conference 22 May 2014
Adoption of IoT in Hong Kong Baby Tracking system Monitoring energy consumption
Hong Kong’s Present PositionOutstanding Performance in International Rankings 1 2 3 3 7 Global Global 2 Global 1 Global 1 Global 1 Asia Asia Asia Asia International Internet bandwidth Business and innovation environment Mobile tariffs affordability World Competitiveness Yearbook 2013 Global Innovation Index 2013 5 6 “Global Information Technology Report” published by World Economic Forum in 2013 Global 1 Asia Asia Cloud Readiness Index 2012 Data Centre Risk Index 2013
World Class Infrastructure Robust Network Effective Mechanism For • Coverage • 98% coverage • Choices • Affordable price Cyber Security • Speed • Fastest peak connection speed • 4th fastest average connection speed Data Protection • Resilience • Minimal downtime
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Vision Develop intuitive services Grow the ICT industry Building platforms Smarter Hong Kong, Smarter Living Wireless & mobile platforms Cloud computing Internet of things Big data
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
City-wide Wi-Fi for the Public and Visitor Extending Wi-Fi services • Further extend free GovWiFi service • Work with government-related organisationsto provide Wi-Fi services at their premises • A common Wi-Fi branding
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
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
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
Supporting the Startup Ecosystem Government support for startups • One-stop portal for startups and continued support • Cyberportand 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
Closer Collaboration with the Mainland • Further strengthen ICT collaboration with the Mainland in - • cross-boundary e-commerce facilitation • technology collaboration • technology exchange • Closer cooperation withGuangdong
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
Paperless Solutions andCollaborative Platforms More pervasive information sharing at reduced costs • Roll out more paperless solutions and workflow platforms in different policy domains progressively
Smarter City Infrastructure Pilot site for smart city infrastructure • Explore practicability • Identify possible infrastructure and applications