Hong Kong – SITI to visit Singapore
SITI to visit Singapore
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The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, will depart for a visit to Singapore tomorrow (May 22) to renew the bilateral ties between Hong Kong and Singapore on the innovation and technology (I&T) front, and promote the exchanges and collaboration on I&T between the two places.
During Professor Sun’s visit to Singapore, he will call on senior government officials and meet with government agencies, namely the Singapore Smart Nation and Digital Government Office and JTC Corporation, to exchange experiences in building smart government and driving digital transformation, as well as to understand government support to research and development on scientific discovery and technological innovation, growth of industries and enterprise transformation.
Professor Sun will also visit a local university and research facilities as well as give a thematic speech at a business luncheon with the Singaporean I&T community, co-hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore and Invest Hong Kong.
Professor Sun will return to Hong Kong in the evening on May 24. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Ms Lillian Cheong, will be the Acting Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry.
SHYA starts visit to Singapore (with photos)
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Improving district governance and responding to district needs are important tasks of the current-term Government. Miss Mak was briefed by the People’s Association on Singapore’s experience in connecting with the community through different platforms, including the Community Development Councils and Community Clubs. She also shared about Hong Kong’s works on district governance.
With the resumption of normal travel, the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) has gradually resumed various Mainland and international exchange and internship programmes, allowing young people to explore the world and broaden their horizons. Apart from the HYAB staff, the YDC Youth Ambassadors also joined the visit to Singapore. This is the first international youth exchange programme organised by the HYAB after the gradual resumption of travel to overseas with quarantine exemption. The Youth Ambassadors visited Lau Pa Sat and the Helix Bridge today to learn about the local historical architectural features.
Miss Mak, Mrs Cheung and the Youth Ambassadors had dinner with representatives of the People’s Association in the evening to enhance mutual exchanges and understanding.
Singapore ETO hosts gala dinner in Vietnam to celebrate 25th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
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The 36th global edition of World AI Show was hosted at Marina Bay Sands on 3 – 4 August 2022, as a part of the world tour conceptualized and managed by global business events and consulting firm, Trescon. These events have successfully completed several editions across the world including Dubai, Amsterdam, Mumbai, Moscow, Nairobi, Frankfurt, Mauritius, Kuala Lumpur, Qatar, Thailand, Jakarta, Malaysia, Manila, Riyadh, Australia, to name a few. Singapore, Aug 16, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – The 36th edition of World AI Show wrapped with a two-day power-packed conference that acted as a vital driver for Singapore’s bold vision of using innovation and technology; to broaden its goals by bringing together government leaders and an inspirational line-up of AI experts and solution providers. Over 50 speakers from all over the world, including important stakeholders in Singapore’s digital revolution spoke at the event.
The conference was based on assisting major organisations and enterprises from both the public and private sector in developing and delivering best practices to drive AI innovation and adoption in Singapore. It presented varied insights and points of view from a diverse industry by exchanging ideas, addressing significant learning, and emphasising new developments from the business, government, and professional sectors.
Some of the top speakers who attended World AI Show that took place on the 3rd and 4th of August 2022 included:
Jason See; Senior Director, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Division (DSAID), GovTech, Singapore, spoke at length on the topic ‘Outlining how the government is using AI to enhance government services’. He made strong points and was quoted saying, “By automating government processes and using data analytics, the government is able to improve the quality and efficiency of its services. The government is also using AI to better understand the needs of its citizens and to provide them with personalised services.”
Sutowo Wong; Director, Data Analytics, Ministry of Health, Singapore, Singapore on ‘Building the Foundation for Resident Centric Health’. He was quoted saying, “AI has the potential to transform and automate the healthcare industry, but it’s no silver bullet. AI works most effectively when it’s coupled with human experts, who can use its analytical power to refine and augment its results. AI can improve efficiency for providers, but it can’t be expected to help providers alone transform a broken health-care system.”
While delivering his tech talk on ‘How to Formulate a Winning AI Strategy?’, Alex Aung, Director, Sales Engineering (South Asia), Dataiku, Singapore, stated, “Try to remove frictions, build resilience, create culture and bet your AI journey and AI models will optimize all your businesses across the board.“
One of the most prominent panel discussions witnessed at the event discussed ‘AI & Data Strategy: Driving innovation in data science maturity to create value in organizations.’ The speakers on the panel included Sutowo Wong, Director, Data Analytics, Ministry of Health, Singapore, Singapore; Son Tran, Chief Information Technology Officer, Prudential Vietnam, Prof. Simon Chesterman, Senior Director of AI Governance, AI Singapore, Dean, Faculty of Law & Vice Provost (Educational Innovation), National University of Singapore, Singapore; Dr. Steven Hoi, Managing Director, Salesforce Research Asia; Dr. Meri Rosich, Chief Data Officer, Standard Chartered Bank and Moderated by Arivuvel Ramu, Group Chief Technology Officer TONIK (Digital Bank).
In this panel discussion, panellists gave their insights on how AI and data strategies help organisations make smarter business decisions and how AI can be used to forecast business outcomes and consumer outcomes which will help organisations improve their products and services, increase customer satisfaction, reduce costs, create new revenue streams, and reduce risk.
Another notable panel discussion during the event covered the topic ‘Unlocking the true benefits of AI in the field of customer experience.’ The speakers on the panel included Dietmar Bohmer, Chief Analytics Officer, Tyme; Sourabh Chitrachar, Regional VP (Asia) – Technology Strategy & Ops, Liberty Mutual Insurance; Ashish Kulkarni, Director and Product Owner, Standard Chartered Bank; Moderated by Geetha Gopal, Head of Infrastructure Projects Delivery and Digital Transformation, Panasonic Asia Pacific.
The panel addressed how regional digibanks are using AI to compete with well-established market competitors, propelled by the power of data, increased customer satisfaction, and optimization of customer service hours spent by proactive use of sentiment analysis and conversational AI. Industry-specific regulations are driving their applicable AI boundaries, as well as the possibility and need for industry-agnostic AI standards. Changing operating models to use trustworthy data and processes and complement a clearly defined AI business strategy.
Miao Song, Global CIO, GLP, Singapore shared insights on ‘AI and Digital Transformation in a changing world.’ She was quoted saying, “Digital transformation is the art of understanding today’s challenges, building for the future, and capturing today’s opportunities. This requires firms to use AI, automation, analytics, and supply chain visibility to achieve a competitive edge. AI is a journey, not a destination.“
Adrian Tan; Solutions Engineer, Alteryx, Singapore, while delivering his tech talk on ‘The Democratization of Analytics: Scale the impact of analytics across the organization’, stated, “We need to make analytics easy. We have to go from data to insights in a matter of seconds and minutes as compared to days and weeks. We need to be able to cover everything right from ELT and data prep, all the way through advanced analytics, spatial analysis, and even automated insights.”
“We are happy to close yet another fantastic World AI Show in Singapore. The love and respect this series have received once again is extremely good for not just for Trescon, but the entire tech community in Singapore and beyond. We’re sure that we’re well on the way to make this event one of Singapore’s most important, and well-attended AI conference,” stated Mithun Shetty, CEO, Trescon.
The 36th global edition of World AI Show is officially sponsored by:
About World AI Show
World AI Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused, global series of events that take place in strategic locations across the world. It connects top AI experts, enterprises, government representatives, data scientists, technology leaders, startups, investors, researchers, academicians, and global AI innovators – to discuss the impact of AI on commercial applications and the revolutionary ways it can transform businesses and government functions.
About Trescon
Trescon is a global business events and consulting firm that provide a wide range of business services to a diversified client base that includes corporations, governments and individuals. Trescon is specialized in producing highly focused B2B events that connect businesses with opportunities through conferences, roadshows, expos, demand generation, investor connect and consulting services.
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For further details about the announcement, please contact: Jagriti Jaiswal
Singapore ETO hosts gala dinner to celebrate 25th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
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Hong Kong – SHYA starts visit to Singapore (with photos)
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, arrived in Singapore this afternoon (February 16) to start her visit.
Miss Mak, accompanied by the Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Alice Cheung, visited the People’s Association and met with the Chief Executive Director of the People’s Association, Mr Jimmy Toh. They exchanged views on matters including development of community networks, enhancement of social cohesion and provision of local services.Hong Kong – Singapore ETO hosts gala dinner in Vietnam to celebrate 25th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore (Singapore ETO) hosted a gala dinner in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, today (August 27) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), with around 250 guests attending the event.
Addressing the gala dinner in a speech via video, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, said that, with the “one country, two systems” principle, Hong Kong has made impressive achievements on different fronts with its robust institutional framework, free movement of capital and a simple and low tax regime. “It has been recognised as the world’s freest economy, the world’s No. 3 global financial centre and the fifth most competitive economy around the globe,” he said, adding that the city also ranks first globally in terms of air cargo throughout and is the world’s largest offshore Renminbi business hub.
He highlighted that despite various challenges in the past years, Hong Kong’s business environment remains resilient as ever, with total merchandise trade reaching $10.3 trillion in 2021, exceeding the pre-COVID high in 2018 by more than 15 per cent. There is also a record-breaking number of over 9 000 overseas and Mainland companies in the city.
“Our financial and professional services adhere to the best global practices and standards, giving confidence to everyone looking to do business in Hong Kong,” he remarked, noting Hong Kong businesses have a strong presence in Vietnam and are among the leading investors in the country. Bilateral trade between Hong Kong and Vietnam has grown steadily at an average annual growth rate of 11.8 per cent from 2017 to 2021. Vietnam is now Hong Kong’s seventh largest trading partner and second largest trading partner among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, he added.
The gala dinner drew attendance from a wide spectrum of the Vietnamese community covering business, political and diplomatic sectors, including the Chinese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr Wei Huaxiang; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Association Vietnam, Mr Michael Chiu; the Regional Director of Southeast Asia and South Asia of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Mr Peter Wong; and senior executives of major chambers of commerce and trade associations and representatives of foreign missions in the city.
The dinner featured various Hong Kong elements, including a dedicated menu incorporating Hong Kong culinary dishes and a repertoire of classic Cantonese songs performed by Vietnam’s Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra. The event also had a folk dance performance by a group of Vietnamese students with hearing impairment and a singing performance by an award-winning Vietnamese opera singer, as part of efforts to demonstrate social inclusion and cultural exchange between Hong Kong and Vietnam.
The event was the second large-scale gala dinner hosted by the Singapore ETO after the earlier one held in Singapore, and was likewise aimed at strengthening economic, trade and people-to-people ties between Hong Kong and ASEAN countries. It was also the 10th event held by the Singapore ETO this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR.
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Hong Kong – Singapore ETO hosts gala dinner to celebrate 25th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore (Singapore ETO) hosted a gala dinner in Singapore today (August 3) with over 300 guests attending the event.
Addressing the gala dinner in a virtual keynote speech, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Algernon Yau, highlighted that Hong Kong has embarked on an amazing journey over the past quarter century. With the unprecedented principle of “one country, two systems” and strong support by the Central Government, Hong Kong has made impressive achievements on multiple fronts. It has been recognised as the world’s freest economy, the world’s number three financial centre, the fifth-most competitive economy internationally, the world’s largest offshore Renminbi business hub, while holding the world’s number one ranking in terms of air cargo throughput.
He said that although Hong Kong had encountered various challenges over the past 25 years, it has succeeded to overcome each and every hurdle, and has reached new heights. Hong Kong is blessed with immense opportunities, underpinned by the National 14th Five-Year Plan and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Mr Yau added that Hong Kong and Singapore have long enjoyed good relations, with Singapore becoming Hong Kong’s fourth-largest trading partner. There is ample room for further co-operation across a wide range of areas including trade and investment, financial services, education, culture, and innovation and technology.
Guests attending the gala dinner included the Minister for Health of Singapore, Mr Ong Ye Kung, the Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, Ms Sun Haiyan, and representatives from a wide spectrum of sectors including political and business circles, media and academia, as well as government representatives. The Singapore ETO’s longstanding contacts in aviation, culture and shipping sectors, and the Hong Kong communities currently staying in Singapore also attended.
To share with guests a unique taste of Hong Kong’s cuisine, Hong Kong-style milk tea was served at the venue. A group of Hong Kong and Singapore musicians performed at the gala dinner to showcase a successful cultural collaboration of young talents from both places.
The gala dinner is one of two dinners hosted by the Singapore ETO under the theme “A New Era – Stability • Prosperity • Opportunity” to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR. The Singapore ETO will host another gala dinner in Vietnam on August 27.
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