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Letters | Hong Kong needs a one-stop platform for sharing spatial data to speed up infrastructure projects
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In tandem with the Hong Kong government’s promise to nurture innovation and technological advancement in the city, legislators Elizabeth Quat Pei-fan, Chan Siu-hung and Andrew Lam Siu-lo have been advocating for the use of technology to improve infrastructure building.
They propose using a geographic information system (GIS) to collect, integrate and analyse geospatial data. Displayed coherently, the integrated data would allow government bureaus and departments to make fast yet accurate decisions, avoid the duplication of research, and speed up the planning and construction of new development areas.
In short, the idea is to build a one-stop data platform with GIS to coordinate infrastructure projects and improve efficiency.
The Elizabeth Line in the UK, one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe, is also managed using this advanced technology.
Back in 2015, the Commission on Strategic Development suggested that the Development Bureau and Planning Department use the Fanling North and Kwu Tung North new development areas to pilot the use of GIS technology. They pointed out that a “Common Geospatial Information System Platform” (CGISP) would “facilitate planning, construction, monitoring and maintenance”.
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