Office of the Government Chief Information OfficerThe Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Office of the Government Chief Information OfficerThe Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
The Concepts and Initiatives of Smart City
3 January 2020
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What is Smart City?
Smart city is the wide application of modern technologies such as Internet of
Things (IoT)/sensors, cloud computing, mobile technology, open data and big
data analytics, etc. to develop intelligent systems in city planning, construction
and management, with the objectives to:
achieve better allocation of resources
facilitate sustainable development
enable better managed city operations
for the benefits & quality living of
citizens
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Boyd Cohen: Smart City Wheel & Six Areas
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Smart Economy – advocates innovation and entrepreneurship,
focusing on developing new and emerging
technologies and encouraging innovation
Smart Mobility – enhances efficiency and service quality of
urban transport systems and infrastructure
Smart Government – strengthens the communication within the
Government, connection between the
Government and the people/enterprises to
enhance the Government’s accountability,
responsiveness and transparency
Smart
City
Smart
Economy
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Govern-
ment
Smart
Enviro
Smart
People
Smart
Living
Boyd Cohen: Smart City Wheel & Six Areas
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Smart
City
Smart
Economy
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Govern-
ment
Smart
Environ-
ment
Smart
People
Smart
Living
Smart Environment – promotes green and sustainable urban planning,
effective management and optimisation of urban
resources to achieve energy saving and emission
reduction
Smart People – engages human resources conducive to the
development of innovation and information
technologies, through promotion of social diversity,
open-mindedness and creativity, and participation in
public affairs
Smart Living – improves people’s living environment and quality of
life to promote a healthy, happy and vibrant lifestyle
Boyd Cohen: Smart City Wheel & Six Areas
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Seoul
Vienna
BarcelonaPursue actively integrated
town planning and
extensive use of
information and green
technologies
Achieve growth with
reduced resources
consumption whilst
improving quality of life
through innovation
Combine the
technologies and
infrastructure and the
city’s accumulated
administrative data to
create a new growth
engine and provide new
services
Global Smart City Development
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Singapore
London
New York
• Data.London.gov.hk provides
over 700 datasets to help citizens
understand the city and develop
solutions
• Foster the development of
services that find novel ways to
make use of the information
• Build a well-connected city by
developing and engaging
information and communications
industry
• Data.gov.sg is the government's
one-stop portal with over 100 apps
created using the data
• Open Data is an invitation for
anyone, anytime, anywhere to
engage with New York City
• Open Data Plan for strengthening
connections between City data
and New Yorkers
Global Smart City Development
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Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong
• Consultancy study completed in
June 2017
• Blueprint published in December
2017
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Vision
• Embrace innovation and technology to build a world-famed Smart Hong
Kong characterised by a strong economy and high quality of living
Policy Objectives
• Enhance the effectiveness of city management and improve people’s
quality of living
• Enhance Hong Kong’s attractiveness to global businesses and talents
• Inspire continuous city innovation and sustainable economic
development
Smart City Vision and Objectives
Smart City Blueprint
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Six Major
Areas
> 70
Initiatives
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Living
Smart
Government
Smart
People
Smart
EconomySmart
Environment
Smart City Development Plans – Six Areas
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Smart City Development
in Hong Kong
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Infrastructures
• Multi-functional Smart
Lampposts Pilot Scheme
• 5G
• Wi-Fi.HK
• iAM Smart
• Next Generation
Government Cloud
Infrastructure Services
• Big Data Analytics Platform
• Common Spatial Data
Infrastructure (CSDI)
5G
Spatial
Data
Gov’t
Cloud
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• Launched 50 smart
lampposts in Kwun
Tong and Kai Tak
Development Area
• Established Technical
Advisory Ad Hoc Committee
to examine personal privacy
protection technologies and
measures
• Set up Smart Lampposts
Thematic Webpage to
provide comprehensive
information to the public
• Released smart lampposts
locations and functions,
and data collected as Open
Data
Multi-functional Smart Lampposts Pilot Scheme
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• OFCA assigned spectrum in the
26 GHz, 28 GHz bands and
auctioned spectrum in the 3.3, 3.5
GHz and 4.9 GHz bands last year
• Opening up suitable government
premises for operators to install
5G base stations
• Using smart lampposts for
installing 5G base stations
Assignment
Of New
Spectrum
Network
Rollout
Network
Rollout
5G Mobile Services
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Wi-Fi.HK
“Wi-Fi.HK” website and app to facilitate
the public and visitors
Aug2014
Jan2015
Feb2016
Aug2017
Aug2018
Dec2019
5,000
12,100
17,400 19,800
23,000
36,000
No. of Wi-Fi Hotspots continues to increase
Concerted efforts of the industry, public and
private sectors and the Government
Free of charge under a common
brand ”Wi-Fi.HK”
A key digital infrastructure for smart city developmentand digital government transformation
Registration
• Smart phones
• Kiosks
• Service counters
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Login
with iAM
Smart
• access to digital government services
• application / form submission
• licence renewal
• enquiry and complaint
• personalised information / notifications
• ……
e-Government services
iAM Smart Platform
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• e-Banking
• e-Commerce
• Integrated e-Business
• e-Services of Public
Organisations
eID Launch
Mid-2020Public and Private Organisations
Q3 2018 Issue
Tender
Q2 2019 System Design
Q3 2019
API Ready
Q4 2020
Launch
iAM Smart Platform
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• Leverages on both private cloud & public
clouds
• New development technologies
(containers, DevOps) for supporting the
next generation of e-government services
• API gateway to facilitate the
implementation and reuse of common
services
Government Cloud
Next Generation Government Cloud Infrastructure Services (GCIS)
Launch in Q3 2020
GCIS
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Big Data Analytics Platform
.
Common Reusable Modules
for Data Analytics
Computing Resources & Tools
Available Now
Digital Highway
Data Science Advisory Service
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Data Science Advisory
Data Analytics Team to
provide data science
advisory serviceCleansing & Modeling
Visualisation
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• Launched GeoData Store in December 2018
• Foundation for the development of CSDI
• Full rollout by 2022
• Real-time geospatical information including
weather, traffic, air and beach water quality, etc.
Spatial Data & Common Spatial Data Infrastructure
Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI)
dimension
>80%
data has a
SPATIAL
Environmental Data
New CSDI Portal
Data have to be
• standardised
• geo-tagged
• inter-operable
• discoverable• sharable
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Open Data
• Open Data Policy and Measures
• Current Status of Open Data
• Examples of Open Data
• City Dashboard
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Open Data Policy and Measures
Bureaux/Departments should as a matter of principle endeavour to release their data for free public use on the Public Sector
Information Portal, unless there are justifiable reasons such as involvement of personal privacy.
• Data for free use for both commercial and non-commercial purposes
• Encourage public / private organisations to open up data of high public interest
• Machine-readable formats (JSON, XML, CSV)
• Retain historical data
• Launch more geospatial data
• Provide more Application Programming Interfaces
• Timely update of data
• Data annotated with appropriate descriptions to facilitate searching
• Dedicated feedback channel
Policy
Measures
2019 Total 20%700+
datasets
2020
2021
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Smart Mobility with Open Data
Design
Thinking
Geospatial
Data10 Million
Weekly Downloads
18Categories
101Data Providers
4 000Datasets
1 340APIs
Historical
Data
Current Status of Open Data
Real-timeEstimated
Arrival Time
Annual Open Data Plan
Open Data Policy
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Examples of Open Data
Public Transport Data
• real-time arrival data from
transport operators (MTR & 3 bus
companies)
• disseminated via “HKeMobility” &
data.gov.hk
• installed at bus
stops & public
transport
interchanges
• provide real-time arrival
data
• facilitate fleet
managementReal-time arrival
information display panels
• air quality health
index
• marine & river water
quality data
Environmental data
Green minibus real-time
arrival data
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Examples of Open Data
Open Data Policy
Road Network
Parking
Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations
Traffic Flow
and News
Road Works
ETA of Public
Transportation
Facilitate general public to visualise open data
Stimulate Data Providers & Public to brainstorm for
opening up more data
Stimulate Industry & Public to develop more Smart City related Innovation
Showcase the Use of Open Data
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City Dashboard
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City Dashboard
Traffic & Transport
Environment & Weather
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Smart technologies and services
• Faster Payment System
• Common QR Code
• Blockchain
• Building Information Modelling
• Government Chatbot Services
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Faster Payment System
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$
$
$ $
$
• Faster payment system launched in
September 2018
real-time fund transfer
support the use of mobile phone number and
email address for payment
currency: HKD and RMB
• Single common QR code standard for
accepting different payment schemes
HKMA’s Smart Banking initiatives:
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Department of Health
Compilation of Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Reports
Environmental Protection Department
Traceability of Pharmaceutical Products
Transfer of Trademark Ownership
Intellectual Property Department
Blockchain
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Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Common digital engineering tool
• carry out design and construction works in a virtual
environment
• adopt BIM in major government capital works
• require consultants to use BIM techology
• provide funding to support local industry’s transformation
• integrate BIM data with 3D Spatial data
• create BIM friendly data environment to facilitate work
and development
• Set up BIM data repository
• support geospatial data sharing platform and 3D maps
of the whole territory
Government Chatbot Services
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Assist citizens through textual dialogue interactively
Support a mix of Chinese, English, colloquial Cantonese
Facilitate direct access to forms available online
Chatbot Service
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• High-level inter-departmental steering
committee
• Chaired by Chief Executive with most
Principal Officials as members
• Provide steer to I&T development and
smart city initiatives
• Allocate resources and monitor progress
Steering Committee on Innovation and Technology
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Industry Collaboration
Utility Network
and Utilisation
TelecommunicationsBuilding Plans
People
Education
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Smart Government Innovation Lab
Government
Departments• New Government Pro-innovation procurement
policy more emphasis on technical than price
a certain percentage of technical marks allocated
to innovative suggestions
• Smart Lab as an Innovation Facilitator to
help B/Ds formulate innovative IT
measures more effectively to improve
public services
create more business opportunities for
local start-ups and SMEs
AdoptionProof-of-Concept
Solution Matching
Engage-ment
Conduct proof-of-concept and technology testing
Invite the industry to
propose innovative
IT products and solutions
Gather business needs of public services delivery
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Industry Support
• Encouraging Local R&D Activities – Tax Deduction
• Science Park and Cyberport Expansions
• Postdoctoral Hub Programme
• Re-industrialisation and Technology Training Programme
• Social Innovation Fund
Tax
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Promoting I&T
• Internet Economy Summit
• Hong Kong ICT Awards 2020
• International ICT Expo 2020
• City I&T Grand Challenge
City I&T Grand Challenge
15-16‧4‧2020
International ICT Expo
13-16‧4‧2020
13-16‧4‧2020
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Smart City Blueprint 2.0
• Release Smart City Blueprint 2.0 for Hong Kong in 2020
• Revamp Smart City Portal with progress update, new initiatives, and city dashboards
Smart People Smart Government Smart Economy
Smart LivingSmart Mobility Smart Environment
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