Letters | How Hong Kong’s new smart city blueprint can get even smarter
- The government’s Smart City Blueprint 2.0 website currently does not track data on tech talent adequately. Ideally, dashboards should allow the public to keep track of the latest developments in innovation and technology in Hong Kong
With reference to the Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong 2.0 launched on December 10, I would like to raise the following questions from the perspective of innovation and technology.
First, the government has encouraged public and private organisations, such as car parks, to implement open data for the last few years. Can the government set specific targets with a timetable so people can trace the progress of work and there’s no fear of empty promises?
Second, the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure, a one-stop data supermarket planned for launch in 2022, will facilitate the development of innovation and technology. To make it a success, open data from government departments, and public and private sectors should comply with two principles: they must be in machine-readable format and linked to geographical locations.
Therefore, the government should announce which departments have complied in the past 18 months, as well as their plans for the coming year, to enable us to enrich the content of our data platform accordingly.