Presentation to Future Cities Summit 2017 on Aug 3 2017 at HKU on "Policy of Smart City Development in Hong Kong"

1. Policy of smart city
development in Hong Kong
Charles Mok, Legislative Councillor (IT)
Fast Forward to 2030: Megacities –
The New Land of Opportunity and Crisis
Future Cities Summit 2017

2. Each city’s government has
their unique set of problems
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Hong Kong:
Study, Study,
Study

5. Latest report from PwC
commissioned by government (ITB)
9“strategic actions”
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6. Invigorating the
ecosystem
for innovation
Engaging the public
and business and
co-creating
smart solutions
Cultivating a
culture of
embracing
changes
Integrating with
city
planning
Establishing a
sound digital
framework
and
infrastructure
Reducing the digital
divide and ensuring
inclusiveness
Equipping students
and workforce with
the knowledge
and skills
Developing an
innovative strategy
for procuring
Improving
preparedness
and prevention
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7. Proposed structure of governance
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SCSC:
● chaired by the CS/FS, high-level steering and
coordination of relevant policy bureaux
● Members: heads of bureaux
SCPO:
● Oversight, management of the implementation of
smart city programmes at departmental level
● Overseeing and promoting collaboration with
private sector and academia on research

9. Hong Kong in 2030…
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Sustainability
and
development?
Infrastructure
and city
expansion?
Citizen’s
quality of life?

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Tablet
projectShow and explain your web, app
or software projects using these
gadget templates.
How to design goals and measure progress?

11. Comparing to other Asian countries / cities
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Singapore
Seoul
Taiwan

12. Singapore
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●A top global smart city in 2016
●Smart Nation strategy covers a wide range of smart city initiatives
related to energy, transport, lighting, mobility and technology
innovation
●The Prime Minister is the champion who provides high-level
direction and coordination
●The Smart Nation Programme Office (SNPO) has been
established to provide effective integration of stakeholder views
and to coordinate activities across departments

13. "You have to be in
time for the future!"
Jacqueline Poh
Chief Executive
Government Technology Agency (GovTech)
of Singapore
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14. GovTech Hive
● Singapore Government’s
innovation lab for digital
services – using
government data
● 100-strong team of
coders, UX designers and
software testers
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15. Success credited to...
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● leadership and effective delivery - ensures
cooperation from within the government
● flexible "living" blueprint - 'do it now and fix it
later‘, rather than ‘delay and miss’
● early successes - attracts firms to use Singapore
as a test bed

16. Seoul – Efficiency builders
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A transportation system powered by Big Data
and IoT

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• Operation data: gathered via GPS + wireless
communication
• Bus lanes to the centre: drastic increase in bus
speed and punctuality

18. Seoul
Distance-based
integrated fare system
passengers get discounts
based on the total travel
distance, as the card stores
record of time and location
of travel
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TOPIS – virtual control tower for Seoul’s transportation
system, managing operation of buses and road traffic

20. What’s behind Seoul’s progress?
A government which is…
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● Proactive in addressing its issues
● Has its own unique urban planning
● Strong public-private partnership

21. Taiwan
#1out of 94 regions in open data (2016)
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22. Data.gov.tw
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23. Smart city
applications
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24. Hong Kong – our hurdles
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• Bureaucracy in procurement
• Lack of incentive for internal
innovation and transformation
• Need coordination and KPIs in
implementation
• Prolonged decision making
• Outdated regulatory framework
We need to catch up!

25. Thank You
Facebook: Charles Mok 莫乃光
charlesmok@charlesmok.hk
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