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Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation – a statutory body fostering I&T development across Asia – provides outstanding facilities, initiatives, expertise and all-round support to help innovative entrepreneurs and start-ups harness their potential.

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Hong Kong’s innovation scene in spotlight as Elevator Pitch Competition goes global

The start-ups participating in HKSTP’s annual Elevator Pitch Competition can leverage the expertise of leading companies to help them grow in the Asian market. Photo: HKSTP
  • Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation presents its seventh EPiC event, which is the biggest yet
  • Leading companies, sponsors and partners are involved in the competition that showcases the city’s I&T ecosystem and offers investment opportunities
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Hong Kong entering a ‘golden era’ of I&T, with major career opportunities

The Hong Kong Science Park is considered to be one of the world’s most robust I&T ecosystems. Photo: HKSTP
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HKSTP celebrates 20 years of driving I&T success in Hong Kong, looks to next era

Albert Wong, CEO of HKSTP, took part in the “Powerhouse Chat” panel discussion held during the 20th anniversary event at the Hong Kong Science Park. Photo: HKSTP
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Global and diverse talent flourishes in Hong Kong’s vibrant I&T ecosystem

Hong Kong’s innovation and technology sector is attracting young talents from diverse backgrounds, who share the common goal of experiencing the I&T opportunities offered in the city. Photo: HKSTP
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Hong Kong’s biotech funding boom can help start-ups

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation has added new, dedicated biomedical facilities and programmes to boost its capabilities for local and overseas biotech companies. Photo: HKSTP
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How focus on smart manufacturing unlocks opportunities for Hong Kong talent and industry

HKSTP’s Tai Po InnoPark, in the New Territories, is home to the Mars Centre, a refurbished industrial building for medical technology production and other precision manufacturing.
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Reindustrialisation necessary to fuel Hong Kong’s productivity, growth in the digital era

Tai Po InnoPark (pictured) is one of the new InnoParks that not only serve the specific role of leveraging and transforming local innovations to shape new industries, they also retain and revive current industries in Hong Kong. Photo: HKSTP
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Start-up’s use of 3D printing to restore coral reefs wins EPiC 2021

Entrepreneurs from the winning start-ups at EPiC 2021 – which attracted more than 600 entries from 40 countries and cities across five continents – competed for prize money totalling US$200,000.
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From Ideas to Impact

City I&T Grand Challenge fosters ideas from Hong Kong’s next generation of innovators

The City I&T Grand Challenge debuted with the theme of “Innovating for Hong Kong’s New Normal”, aiming to recognise the lifestyle changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance of helping people adapt to them.
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From Ideas to Impact

Beer made from leftover bread, AR app for books are winning ideas in new I&T competition

Anushka Purohit (left) and Suyash Mohan are two of the four founders of Breer, a start-up that creates beer from leftover bread. It was one of the top winners at Hong Kong’s first City I&T Grand Challenge held in October.
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Digitalised Industry

Hong Kong’s hi-tech data tech hub can speed up firms’ digital change

Roberto Leone, co-founder and managing director of NiRoTech, a company specialising in access and safety control devices for the home, is a tenant at HKSTP’s Data Technology Hub.
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From Ideas to Impact

How Hong Kong’s ‘hands on’ Experience Centre showcases thriving I&T ecosystem to the world

HKSTP Experience Centre highlights pioneering technology solutions by its partner companies in the innovation and technology sectors of artificial intelligence and robots (above), biomedical, data and smart city, and fintech.
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Digitalised Industry

HKSTP and HSBC’s Sprinter 2 programme guides traditional manufacturers into a world of innovation

(From left) Trevor Ng, managing director of Pat Chun International Limited; Aldous Mak, chief financial officer of HKSTP; Christina Ong, head of business banking, commercial banking, Hong Kong, at HSBC; and Christopher Tse, CEO of Musical Electronics Limited, welcome the manufacturing innovations developed during the first cohort of the Sprinter 2 programme.
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Pioneering Spirit

How tech unicorn Geek+ is nurturing a new generation of R&D talent in Hong Kong

Geek+ has developed a range of autonomous mobile robots that can do picking, sorting, moving and lifting functions in warehouses and other types of logistics operations.
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From Ideas to Impact

How Hong Kong’s incubation support helps innovative young entrepreneurs develop successful start-ups

Dr Choi Pui-wah hopes her idea for using a non-invasive blood test to detect cervical cancer will have a positive impact on women’s lives.
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Pioneering Spirit

How Hong Kong’s young innovators are using technology to build a safer society

The Rice delivery robots can travel on elevators to deliver meals in quarantine hotels, allowing companies to protect their employees while providing necessary services.
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From Ideas to Impact

Hong Kong ‘co-creation’ space will help I&T talent live, work and play – and collaborate

The design of InnoCell’s co-creation environment reflects how today’s young working professionals are embracing a more flexible lifestyle.
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From Ideas to Impact

Hong Kong invites innovative ideas amid Covid-19 pandemic

The City I&T Grand Challenge, organised by the Hong Kong government and supported by HKSTP, will offer winning participants the resources and support to further develop their ideas.
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From Ideas to Impact

Covid-19 was perfect storm for digital revolution that inspired I&T talent

The week-long online jobs fair, Hong Kong Science Park Virtual Career Expo – organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation between March 18 to 24 – aims to match tech companies with local and international STEM talent.
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R&D-driven Innovations

Hong Kong boosts regional fintech development amid Covid-19 pandemic

Hong Kong has continued to promote the development of financial technology, or fintech, as the city adapts to Hongkongers’ rapidly changing needs for more convenient banking services during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. Photo: Shutterstock
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Digitalised Industry

‘Made in Hong Kong’ is coming back stronger than ever

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation's Yuen Long Industrial Estate serves a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, biomedical production, logistics services and petrochemicals. It is one of three industrial estates in the city that will be revitalised to support advanced manufacturing operations.
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From Ideas to Impact

Budding innovators to help Hong Kong foster smart city living amid Covid-19

Albert Wong (left), CEO of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, and Rebecca Pun, Hong Kong’s commissioner for innovation and technology, hope the City I&T Grand Challenge will attract innovative smart city ideas from around the world.
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Pioneering Spirit

2 Hong Kong pioneers’ hi-tech robotics can transform industry and research

Nikyang’s SmartLab, which is still under development, will integrate sensor technology, smart wearables and cloud data management so researchers can work more efficiently with machines. Photo: Nikyang
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From Ideas to Impact

Virtual 60-second ‘business pitch in a lift’ contest helps tech start-ups move ahead in tough times

Robert Luo, CEO and co-founder of Mi Terro – the overall EPiC champion – makes his company’s business pitch during the virtual competition.
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Pioneering Spirit

How Hong Kong innovators turn ideas into reality that can change the world

Dennis Lo (left), professor of medicine and chemical pathology at Chinese University of Hong Kong, has developed a blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer from just one sample, which gives patients the chance to undergo medical treatment when survival rates are high.
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From Ideas to Impact

Hong Kong programme puts future I&T leaders on path to success

Eight talent were selected from more than 600 local and international applicants for HKSTP InnoAcademy's signature scheme, the Technology Leaders of Tomorrow programme.
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From Ideas to Impact

Virtual pitch competition lifts tech start-ups towards success in a post-pandemic world

The fifth annual Elevator Pitch Competition (EPiC), organised by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP)
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R&D-driven Innovations

HKSTP platform to build trust in AI and robotics business solutions

HKSTP’s independent Technology Validation Platform, uses real and virtual test environments to provide comprehensive analysis of the performance of artificial intelligent and robotics solutions.
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From Ideas to Impact

Global Matching 2020 ‘beats’ Covid-19 to help start-ups find investors

Global Matching 2020, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation’s inaugural matchmaking initiative, attracts more than 270 pre-registered world-class corporates and regional investors with an array of local and overseas startups seeking fast track to unlock innovative potential.
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Healthy living: Tech for good

How Hong Kong’s innovative tech community rose to challenge amid Covid-19 crisis

A home quarantine bracelet used in Hong Kong during the coronavirus outbreak is supported by location-tracking technology developed by Compathnion Technology, a Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks start-up.
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