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
Each city’s government has their unique set of problems
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Hong Kong: Study, Study, Study
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Latest report from PwC commissioned by government (ITB)
9 “strategic actions� 5
Invigorating the
ecosystem for innovation
Integrating with
city planning Equipping students and workforce with the knowledge and skills
Cultivating a
Engaging the public and business and
culture of
co-creating
embracing
smart solutions
changes
Establishing a sound digital
framework
Reducing the digital divide and ensuring
and
inclusiveness
infrastructure Developing an innovative strategy for procuring
Improving
preparedness and prevention 6
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 8
Hong Kong in 2030‌ Infrastructure and city expansion?
Sustainability and development?
Citizen’s quality of life?
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How to design goals and measure progress?
Tablet project Show and explain your web, app or software projects using these gadget templates.
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Comparing to other Asian countries / cities
Seoul
Taiwan Singapore 11
Singapore ●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 12
"You have to be in time for the future!" Jacqueline Poh Chief Executive Government Technology Agency (GovTech) of Singapore 13
GovTech Hive ● Singapore Government’s innovation lab for digital services – using government data ● 100-strong team of coders, UX designers and software testers 14
Success credited to... ● 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
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A transportation system powered by Big Data and IoT
Seoul – Efficiency builders 16
• Operation data: gathered via GPS + wireless communication • Bus lanes to the centre: drastic increase in bus speed and punctuality
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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 18
TOPIS – virtual control tower for Seoul’s transportation system, managing operation of buses and road traffic
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What’s behind Seoul’s progress? A government which is… ● Proactive in addressing its issues ● Has its own unique urban planning
● Strong public-private partnership
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Taiwan #1 out of 94 regions in open data (2016)
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Data.gov.tw
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Smart city applications
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Hong Kong – our hurdles • 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! 24
Thank You Facebook: Charles Mok 莫乃光 charlesmok@charlesmok.hk 25