Speech by SITI at Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Partnership Launching Ceremony

Siti's inspiring address at the launch of hong kong-shenzhen innovation and technology park partnership

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology (I&T) Park Partnership Launching Ceremony today (April 18):

Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, Acting Financial Secretary, Mr Michael Wong, distinguished guests, representatives of our Partnership enterprises, ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning. It gives me great pleasure to join you all at today's Hong Kong-Shenzhen I&T Park (HSITP) Partnership Launching Ceremony. First of all, I would like to congratulate the HSITP Limited for bringing together such a big group of valued partners.

To grow the innovation and technology sector, we need a vibrant ecosystem supported by a close collaboration between various sectors. This is the prefect reason to explain the diverse representation here today. Among the some 60 companies or organisations, we have representatives from the industry, academia and R&D (research and development) institutions, as well as the investment sector. About a quarter of companies are from overseas, including the United States, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand and Singapore. Twenty-four companies are new to set their footprint or expand business in Hong Kong. This diverse portfolio highlights Hong Kong's unique advantage as an international city. Also, today's partnership casts a big vote of confidence in the development of the HSITP, as well as Hong Kong's I&T development.

Being home to five world's top 100 universities, and numerous world-class experts and scholars, Hong Kong has access to the best resources available, forming a solid foundation and network for our journey to become an international I&T centre. To realise this goal, fostering collaborative efforts from the Government, industry, academic, research and investment sectors is of utmost importance for all of us. I am delighted to witness the ceremony today which signifies the collective efforts from all of us towards achieving our shared vision.

The HSITP, also known as the Hong Kong Park of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone, will be developed in two phases from west to east.The first three buildings under batch one of phase one are scheduled for completion progressively from the end of 2024 onwards.The Government will continue to support the growth and development of the Hong Kong Park, and an overarching document on its development is targeted to be released within this year.

As the Chief Executive just mentioned, the HSITP will become our most strategic and important I&T platform that transcends beyond our boundary with the Mainland. Under the Hong Kong I&T Development Blueprint promulgated in December 2022, one of our key development strategies is to consolidate Hong Kong's role as a bridge connecting Mainland China and the rest of the world. Today's ceremony is one of our key milestones and I can say it is just a beginning. More and more good news is coming.

Ladies and gentlemen, today is a big day for the HSITP and certainly for the Hong Kong's I&T development. I sincerely wish a flourishing I&T partnership and collaboration in the HSITP, and all of you the best of health and business in the year to come. Thank you very much.

Speech by SITI at Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Partnership Launching Ceremony Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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Unlocking the secrets of hong kong's land registry: discover the new street index and lot/address cross reference table for the new territories

The Land Registry (LR) announced today (May 1) that compact discs for the 56th edition of the Index of Streets, House Numbers and Lots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon (Street Index), and the 25th edition of the New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT), have been released. The discs facilitate searches of land records of urban and New Territories properties by correlating property addresses, building names or lot numbers.

The new edition of the Street Index features 402 amendments to the last edition, with 11 new streets and 32 new lots/sections/subsections added. In the latest edition of the CRT, 1 164 amendments have been made and 12 new streets and 939 new lots/sections/subsections have been added.

The new editions of the Street Index and CRT compact discs cost $370 each. Licences for using them on computer networks are also available for sale. The respective licence fees are $2,960 for a computer network linked to less than 50 terminals and $5,920 if linked to 50 terminals or more.

Members of the public who wish to purchase the compact discs and the licences may submit a completed order form on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm), by post or in person to the LR's Customer Centre (19/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong), the New Territories Search Offices or the LR's Street Index and CRT Help Desk (Unit 1202, 12/F, One Kowloon, 1 Wang Yuen Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon). The form can be obtained on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm), by fax by calling the customer service hotline at 3105 0000, or at the LR's Customer Centre, the New Territories Search Offices and the Street Index and CRT Help Desk.

An online version of the new Street Index and CRT is also available for free browsing on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/public/pu-si_agree.htm) or through the hyperlink onthe Integrated Registration Information System Online Services (www.iris.gov.hk).

For enquiries, please call the Street Index and CRT Help Desk or the Customer Service Manager of the LR at 3105 0000.

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