The Innovation and Technology Commission invited some Legislative Council members to visit the Hong Kong Science Park on 12 December 2013 to learn about its latest development and the technological achievements of two research and development (R&D) centres. Mr Simon Wong, Chief Executive Officer of the LSCM R&D Centre, updated the LegCo members on the Centre’s development and research deliverables. In addition, we took this opportunity to introduce our partners and their technologies to the honorable guests.

Supported by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the LSCM R&D Centre has held the “E-cheque Security and Privacy Protection Technology Forum” on 19 December 2013 at the Auditorium of HKMA office. Representatives of banks in Hong Kong were invited to the forum and discussed the idea of the E-cheque project and how secure E-cheque can be. Five speakers including Mr Simon Wong, CEO of the LSCM R&D Centre, Mr Li Shu-Pui, Head of Financial Infrastructure Development Division from HKMA, Dr CD Shum, Associate Director from the LSCM R&D Centre, Prof KP Chow and Prof Lucas Hui from the University of Hong Kong, have given exciting speeches which induced great interests and further discussions from the audiences.

The LSCM R&D Centre is devoted to developing construction safety technologies to enhance safety and avoid accidents in construction sites. Ms Ada Fung, JP, Chairlady of Task Force on Site Safety of Working in Lift Shaft and Mr Au Choi Kai, JP, Director of Buildings, joined Construction Industry Council (CIC) members to visit our Centre on 4 December 2013 and learnt the latest technologies deployed in the Construction Industry.