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2016-09-27
Co-organized by Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) and Smart City Consortium (SCC). A forum on smart city was held during the eight-day InnoTech Expo 2016 in late September. Seven experts from the Government and private sector discussed on Hong Kong's future as a smart city. In his welcoming remarks, Mr. Eric Yeung, SCC's Convenor, envisaged that smart cities would be established quickly around the...
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2016-09-13
Organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Kazakhstan is Central Asia's largest economy and the world's ninth largest country with an abundance of natural resources. It is a key player in the Belt and Road Initiative and is the critical gateway between the East and the West. Recently, it was elected as a non-permanent member in the Security Council of the United Nations and also became a...
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2016-08-19
Smart City Consortium (SCC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tus-Holdings Co., Ltd. (TUS) and China Digital Industry City Association to jointly develop a smart city innovation ecosystem. Dr. Winnie Tang, Founder and Chairman of the SCC Steering Committee, signed the MoU with Mr. Ma Chi Kong, Executive Director of TUS, under the witness of Mr. Nicholas Yang, Secretary for...
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2016-08-04
The government has scheduled to hold a public consultation for formulating a master framework of Smart City Development Blueprint in the second half of this year. Smart city is one of the solutions to urban development problems - our lives would be greatly improved by a broad range of unprecedented social, economic and environmental growth.- Smart city initiatives are multi-disciplinary and...
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2016-07-28
National governments and cities around the world are investing in the potential of smart cities at an ever increasing rate. In China alone, over 300 smart city pilot schemes are under planning aiming to address the acute challenges of how to move people and things around; how to provide fuel and electricity; how to keep people safe when more and more people are moving into cities from the...