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On Hong Kong’s latest Budget, I would like to comment from the following aspects of the innovation and technology (innotech): 1) Nurturing I&T talent The programs including “Knowing More About IT” for primary schools to enhance students’ interests and knowledge in I&T, as well as regularising the scheme which subsidises local university students studying science and technology to enrol in I&T related internships can surely help to upgrade Hong Kong young people’s IT competency and to nurture more talents for our smart city. Once the economy is back on track, we can seize the opportu...

The long-awaited Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong 2.0 ("Blueprint 2.0") was launched on 10 December 2020. There are 130 projects this time, including 70 projects first mentioned in the blueprint in 2017. It is indeed encouraging with the number of initiatives having doubled. However, under the fierce global competition today and coupled with the COVID-19 epidemic that seriously hit the local economy, we need to move quickly. Therefore, I would like to raise the following questions regarding the Blueprint 2.0, especially from the viewpoint of innovation and technology: 1）Open data from pri...