Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... I List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................... II Abbreviation .......................................................................................................................................... III Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. V 1. Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Structure of Report ................................................................................................................. 3 2. Study Goal and Objectives of the Final Report ............................................................................... 5 2.1 Study Goal ............................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Objectives................................................................................................................................ 6 3. Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Study Process and Methodology ............................................................................................ 8 3.2 Phase ONE: Inception Report .................................................................................................. 9 3.3 Phase TWO: Working Paper .................................................................................................... 9 3.4 Phase THREE: Final Report .................................................................................................... 10 4. What is Smart City? ....................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 Defining Smart City ............................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Smart City Wheel .................................................................................................................. 14 5. Theoretical Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Smart City ......................................... 17 5.1 Challenges of Smart City ....................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Opportunities of Smart City .................................................................................................. 20 6. Local Policy and Review ................................................................................................................ 24 6.1 Current Smart City Related Strategies in Hong Kong ............................................................ 25 6.2 Challenges ............................................................................................................................. 32 6.3 Opportunities ........................................................................................................................ 36 7. International Case Study ............................................................................................................... 39 7.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 40 7.2 Justifications .......................................................................................................................... 40 7.3 Summary of the Smart City Initiatives adopted in Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo .................. 41 7.4 Lessons .................................................................................................................................. 43 8. Recommendation .......................................................................................................................... 50 8.1 Vision & Objectives ............................................................................................................... 51 8.2 Strategy ................................................................................................................................. 52 8.3 Raise Living Quality ............................................................................................................... 55 8.4 Improve Economic Foundation ............................................................................................. 67 8.5 Support a Proactive Public Administration ........................................................................... 73 8.6 Encourage Regional Interaction ............................................................................................ 82 8.7 Roadmap ............................................................................................................................... 87 9. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 89 9.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 90 Reference .............................................................................................................................................. 92 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................ List of Figures Figure 1 Smart City @ Kowloon East....................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2 Study Progress ........................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 3 Smart City Wheel .................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 4 Smart Nation initiative of Singapore ....................................................................................... 41 Figure 5 Smart Seoul ............................................................................................................................. 42 Figure 6 Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City ....................................................................................................... 42 Figure 7 Cross-sectoral Cooperation Process ....................................................................................... 48 Figure 8 Electronic Health Record Sharing System of Hong Kong ........................................................ 56 Figure 9 E-Med of United Kingdom....................................................................................................... 57 Figure 10 Standard Chartered Office in central with intelligent networks to save energy costs ......... 62 Figure 11 Waste reduction .................................................................................................................... 65 Figure 12 Waste-to-energy plant (incinerator) ..................................................................................... 65 Figure 13 Plasma gasification (process) ................................................................................................ 66 Figure 14 NTT Communications Hong Kong Financial Data Center, with Tier 4 ready infrastructure . 68 Figure 15 Hong Kong Data Center, one of the Tier 3 data centres ....................................................... 68 Figure 16 Strategy I: Coworking space .................................................................................................. 69 Figure 17 The Information & Communications Technology Experience Centre, Singapore ................ 70 Figure 18 Current layout of data.gov.hk ............................................................................................... 75 Figure 19 Current layout of ozp.tpb.gov.hk .......................................................................................... 75 Figure 20 Aerial photo showing the Location of Lok Ma Chau Loop .................................................... 82 Figure 21 Kwu Tung North Development ............................................................................................. 83 Figure 22 Location of the Liantang Boarder Control Point ................................................................... 84 Figure 23 Siu Ho Wan ............................................................................................................................ 85 Figure 24 Roadmap ............................................................................................................................... 88 I | P a g e List of Tables Table 1 Smart Economy Initiatives ........................................................................................................ 25 Table 2 Smart Environment Initiatives .................................................................................................. 26 Table 3 Smart Government Initiatives .................................................................................................. 27 Table 4 Smart Living