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Alice Woodhouse

Ernest Kao

An elite Scottish university has set up its first overseas innovation centre in Hong Kong to develop and promote low-carbon technologies.
The University of Edinburgh-based Centre for Carbon Innovation will incubate projects relating to sustainable construction, transport, air quality, water, resource usage, energy efficiency and smarter cities.
It will also provide a conduit for Scottish enterprises to introduce products and services to Hong Kong businesses and to the Pearl River Delta region.
"China produces 26 to 27 per cent of the world's carbon, and Hong Kong is a key gateway and an important centre in its own right," said the centre's deputy director, Ed Craig.

"This provides a significant opportunity for Scottish ideas, services and products to enable sustainable economic development in this region."
The centre will take up an office at the Science Park in Sha Tin and employ five staff members from Scotland and Hong Kong.
The project builds on a memorandum of understanding between the park and Scotland's investment and trade promotion agency in 2013.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who was in the city to open the facility yesterday, said the centre was "the first education institution in the world to establish a low-carbon research and innovation centre in another country".

"I'm confident that this relationship will help provide Scottish companies with a route into Hong Kong and, through its strong links with mainland cities, act as a gateway into China," the Scottish National Party politician said.
Nearly 20 Scottish businesses have been brought to the city in the past three months. Six more are due to arrive soon under the new agreement.
Andrew Young Meng-cheung, chief commercial officer of the company running the park, said "commercialising environmentally friendly innovations" was one of the park's goals.

Three partners will work together in the centre - the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University and BRE Scotland. The former will also work with Polytechnic University on urban planning for intelligent cities, while built environment specialists BRE Scotland will work with the city's Construction Industry Council.
Craig identified the city's transport system as another area ripe for innovation.
The city uses 4,200 buses made by Scottish firm Alexander Dennis, for example, which he described as "relatively low carbon", but improvements could be made as the company had started to introduce hydrogen buses in Scotland.
 


Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opens low-carbon innovation hub in Hong Kong

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon arrives the opening ceremony of the Scotland Hong Kong Centre for Carbon Innovation in Hong Kong. Photo: AP

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon poses at Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong on Thursday. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon attended a signing ceremony between Chinese health companies and Scottish universities in Shanghai on Wednesday before making the trip to Hong Kong. Photo: AP

More Chinese companies are recycling waste as the country moves to embrace the concept of a 'circular' economy. Photo: Xinhua

One of many green initiatives promoted at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park earlier this year. Photo: Handout

Ed Craig, deputy director of the new centre, has identified Hong Kong's public transport as one area in need of innovation to lower the city's carbon footprint. Photo: Dickson Lee

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the South China Morning Post at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Scotland Hong Kong Centre for Carbon Innovation in Hong Kong. Photo: AP

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon poses at Island Shangri-La Hotel. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister, pictured with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Sturgeon in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Sturgeon celebrating the SNP election sweep in May. Photo: AFP

Sturgeon holding a copy of the Scottish independence white paper with Salmond in 2013. Photo: Reuters

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opens Science Park office to develop low-carbon technologies


Scotland's top politician Nicola Sturgeon was in Hong Kong on Thursday to officially open a centre aimed at promoting the adoption of low carbon and sustainable technologies in the city and the Pearl River Delta, which extends into south China’s Guangdong province.


Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opens low-carbon innovation hub in Hong Kong

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opens Science Park office to develop low-carbon technologies