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

Hong Kong launched its second smart city blueprint, featuring more than 130 related initiatives, on December 10. The first such blueprint was published in December 2017. Photo: Shutterstock

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?

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