Uber incident follow-up in LegCo

I raised an oral council question on hired car service permit (HCP) in this year’s first LegCo meeting on Wednesday, urging for public consultation and updating regulatory regime to enable innovation in ride-hailing and ride-sharing. The government’s reply for the first time indicated a review of HCP criteria yet brushed aside the monopoly issue I raised. A forward-looking approach in regulation would serve the interest of both the passengers and innovation. I will continue to convey our industry’s view and push for progress.

2015-16 LegCo session resumes

This year as before, I remain a member of the Panels on Information Technology and Broadcasting, Commerce and Industry, Education, Security etc, and have signed up for the Panels of Transport and Financial Affairs, to follow-up on adopting technology in transport and FinTech development. The Finance Committee will resume examination of the proposal to establish Innovation and Technology Bureau today and there is fair chance it will be passed this year. I will continue to push for transparency and action to address issues in procurement of local IT services/products, IT staff outsourcing, supporting tech talent and other policies that IT sector faces and monitor the ITB’s work.

IT manpower conference on 27 October

In August my office conducted an online survey on the working condition of frontline IT workers, I will co-organize a seminar with HKUST Business School on 27 October (Tuesday) to discuss IT talent crunch and share our findings from the survey. The event will be in Cantonese. We have put together a number of experts from HR, education and business, and have invited frontline IT staff to share their view on career prospect and how to address the talent crunch in ICT sector. Don’t miss it and spread the word- enrol now to secure your seat.