When Chief Executive John Lee visits Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam later this month, Legislative Councillor for the Technology & Innovation Functional Constituency Duncan Chiu will be part of his delegation.
Chief Executive John Lee .(Source: news.gov.hk)
Looking ahead to the visit, Mr Chiu highlighted that the total population of the three countries – each of them member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – exceeds 120 million, a figure that represents huge market potential. He said he hopes to use the visit to look at ways of addressing Hong Kong’s manpower shortage in the innovation and technology sector.
“We have actually quite a bit of connection with Vietnam in the tech sector. I think some companies, I know they have already outsourced some development work to Vietnam. The English standard of a lot of the younger generation in Vietnam has improved a lot, so that solves the previous big communication problem.”
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He noted that the Vietnam’s local development potential is enormous, meaning that opportunities abound for Hong Kong firms focused on research and development and advanced technology.
“Expanding from Hong Kong into the Vietnam market is another possibility because they have almost (a) 100 million population in Vietnam,” he said. “The economy is actually quite vibrant recently and that is actually a big opportunity for Hong Kong companies to export there, in terms of hardware or software products. I think Hong Kong has a lot of good technology products. If we understand how to market and package them, there is huge potential in these countries.”
Legislative Councillor for the Technology & Innovation Functional Constituency Duncan Chiu.(Source: news.gov.hk)
Mr Chiu added that healthcare technology developed by Hong Kong’s universities – from medical devices and diagnostics tools to solutions that adopt artificial intelligence – can be marketed in Southeast Asian countries that do not have the facilities to manufacture such technology on their own.
Last year, Mr Chiu followed in the Chief Executive’s footsteps as he visited Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. He said a Hong Kong delegation led by Mr Lee will be able to interact with top-level government officials to learn more about local policies, management and regulations.
He stressed that such face-to-face interactions will help to build and strengthen business relationships and friendships.
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S for S leads heads of disciplined services to visit Beijing and Fujian for study and exchange
The Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, today (September 6) led the directorate officers of six disciplined services to continue the study and exchange programme in Beijing. The delegation called on the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Mr Xia Baolong, this evening and will depart for Fujian tomorrow (September 7).
During the meeting with Mr Xia, Mr Tang expressed gratitude to the Central Government for its long-standing and staunch support for the Security Bureau (SB) and its disciplined services. He also briefed Mr Xia on the key areas of work.
Mr Tang and the delegation arrived in Beijing yesterday (September 5) to commence a five-day study and exchange programme organised by the Ministry of Public Security. The delegation watched the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square this morning and later attended sharing sessions and study courses held at the National Academy of Governance and the International College of Defence Studies of the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army.
Mr Tang will lead the delegation to visit the National Anti-Fraud Center tomorrow morning, and will travel to Fujian in the afternoon to meet with the provincial leaders and officials of the Provincial Public Security Department.
Mr Tang will depart for Jiangsu on September 8 and attend the 2024 Conference of Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) the following day (September 9) with the Commissioner of Police, Mr Siu Chak-yee. The conference seeks to foster win-win co-operation and build a global public security community. Participants from different countries and regions will have in-depth exchange of views on public security and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Other members of the delegation will continue the itinerary in Fujian on September 8 and return to Hong Kong on September 9. Members of the delegation include the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho; the Director of Immigration, Mr Kwok Joon-fung; the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Wong Kwok-hing; the Director of Fire Services, Mr Andy Yeung; the Controller of the Government Flying Service, Captain West Wu; the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mr Chow Yat-ming, and directorate officers of the departments.
Mr Tang will return to Hong Kong on September 10.
S for S leads heads of disciplined services to visit Beijing and Fujian for study and exchange Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
S for S leads heads of disciplined services to visit Beijing and Fujian for study and exchange Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
S for S leads heads of disciplined services to visit Beijing and Fujian for study and exchange Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
S for S leads heads of disciplined services to visit Beijing and Fujian for study and exchange Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
