Smart LAB launched

May 30, 2019

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The Smart Government Innovation Lab was officially launched today to showcase how innovative technology can enhance city management and provide better public services. 

The Tree Movement Monitoring Console helps the Tree Management Office to detect changes in tree stability. A sensor is installed at the bottom of the tree trunk to measure its tilt angle. 

Deputy Secretary for Development (Works) Joey Lam:
With the use of sensors, their stability and their tilting condition can be monitored 24 hours a day and seven days a week. So it is a continuous monitoring. If the tree shows signs of exceptional tilting or instability, then we can alert our arborists to quickly inspect the tree again. 

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The Tree Management Office will install the system on 8,000 trees in urban areas in the third quarter of this year. 

The Smart LAB also features this 4D Immersive CAVE system, which is useful for the Lands Department and the Architectural Services Department in urban planning. 

The lab connects the service needs of government departments with quality solutions from the IT sector, particularly local startups and small and medium enterprises. 

Government Chief Information Officer Victor Lam: 
We have showcased some solutions here, so that other departments can also make reference to these showcases to think about what measures they can take to make use of these technologies to develop their own applications on smart city. 

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The Smart LAB also supports government departments to conduct proof-of-concept and technology testing on innovative solutions for better understanding of their effectiveness and limitations.

The Smart Government Innovation Lab was officially launched today to showcase how innovative technology can enhance city management and provide better public services.

Located in Cyberport, the Smart LAB provides a platform for encouraging innovative solutions and product suggestions from the technology sector to address public service delivery and operational needs.

It also supports government departments to conduct proof-of-concept and technology testing on innovative solutions for better understanding of their effectiveness and limitations.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Acting Secretary for Innovation & Technology David Chung described the setting up of Smart LAB as a milestone towards the development of a "smart government".

He said the lab will not only further assist departments in the adoption of technology, but also open up more business opportunities for local startups and small and medium enterprises.

Smart LAB showcases technologies being tested or successfully tested including the Tree Movement Monitoring Console which helps the Tree Management Office detect changes in tree stability, and the 4D Immersive CAVE (cave automatic virtual environments) system for the Lands Department and the Architectural Services Department's use in urban planning.

Technology forums and thematic workshops will be organised regularly to foster exchanges and sharing between departments and the industry.

The first forum themed "Smart City Infrastructure" will be held on June 26.

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