Building off our previous discussion, it is of our view that Hong Kong must leverage technology to connect – not just hardware and existing infrastructure, but also people and networks, that have come to define our city’s competitive edge. Hong Kong must ride on the latest trends, to set a vision that brings people together, as opposed to pulling them apart (i.e., the trends that we have seen taking to our home over the past few years).
The incoming waves of exciting developments across the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrency, blockchain technology must be seized upon by the city’s administration to ensure that Hong Kong becomes the regional leader in nascent digital technologies – whilst juggling considerations pertaining to privacy and information security.
Read more: CN: Reforming Hong Kong for the better: Technology, connectivity and people
Imagine the following scenario in a doctor’s office in Hong Kong. “Doctor, you have seven online patients and two colonoscopies to perform today.”
The doctor logs onto the tele-console – three patients with their identities verified are already waiting. He clicks on the first patient and a Mr Chan appears on screen.
Read more: CN: How open, inclusive telemedicine will benefit all Hong Kong patients
Dozens of Chinese firms have built software that uses artificial intelligence to sort data collected on residents, amid high demand from authorities seeking to upgrade their surveillance tools, a Reuters review of government documents shows.
According to more than 50 publicly available documents examined by Reuters, dozens of entities in China have over the past four years bought such software, known as “one person, one file”. The technology improves on existing software, which simply collects data but leaves it to people to organize.
Read more: China uses AI software to improve its surveillance capabilities
My new English electronic book Smart City 4.0 demonstrates to the younger generation and startups how spatial data and geographic information system (GIS) revolutionises our lives through sharing of real cases from all walks of life.
The British government estimated that spatial data can generate a value up to £11 billion (about HK$110 billion) for the country each year, and the acquisitions of related startups by large companies directly reflected these values.
Read more: CN: Hong Kong: Successful cases of local geographic information applications
In five years, the innovative and green metropolis has taken shape
Five years after China announced the establishment of the Xiong'an New Area, a 1,770 square kilometer site in North China's Hebei Province about a two-hour drive from Beijing, the foundations of the new "dream city" are taking shape in a miraculous manner, with construction cranes dominating the skyline, new modern buildings springing up one after another, and a magnificent landscape created with trees, forests and wetlands that echo the city's focus on innovation and green development.