Reindustrialisation | Dr. Lee George Lam | Social Entrepreneurship Lab | Tai Po Hong Kong | SES 2021

[ Policy Promotion Video - SE Lab Tai Po 2021 ] :

Tai Po District has been one of the highlights of the new town development since the 1970s with steady population growth from 67,000 in the 70s to 306,800 latest in 2019, with steady young generation (20 - 39 years-old) at 38.3% (population of 119,200) and active workforce at 45.9% (population of 141,000). (Social Welfare Department, 2016) The District has been well developed with a fair distribution of primary and secondary education institutes across the District with high proximity to the high-tech zone, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park and the Lok Ma Chau Loop and Shenzhen. The recent labour and welfare policy focuses on the upskilling to strengthen the local employability and stronger future development of talents to fulfil the rapid need of technological transformation of business and economy. While Tai Po has been fairly a socio-economically resilient District, her demography intrinsically empowers the District to take leadership for urban transformation for social goods, especially through technological and social innovation.

Reindustrialisation is gaining momentum in Hong Kong with government’s policy and funding support, which encourages manufacturers to set up smart production lines in Hong Kong. The initiative aims (1) to promote the development of intelligent and high value-added manufacturing industries in Hong Kong in order to generate greater business opportunities, (2) to bring research and development results into production, (3) to empower the future development of the society, (4) to diversify the economy of Hong Kong. To fulfil such new sustainable development and urban renewal, the Tai Po Industrial Estate is positioned as a strategic entry point of social-technological innovation. Young people and stakeholders in Tai Po shall take the opportunity to get familiar with the future potentiality of the District development. With the New Normal upon the global pandemic, reindustrialisation of old estates led to a high urban innovation platform for the young Hong Kong generation to venture and land on better future jobs.

The Policy Promotion Video on Reindustrialisation hereby is conducted in dialogue with Dr. Lee George Lam, Ex-officio Member in Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialisation of the Innovation and Technology Bureau in the Hong Kong SAR Government, as well as the Chairman of the Cyberport Hong Kong. The dialogue covers recent policy vision of Reindustrialisation in Hong Kong and its strategic policies in Tai Po Industrial Estates. The promotion video serves as a policy communication tool for the upcoming Social Entrepreneurship Lab (the "SE Lab") in Tai Po, organised by the Social Enterprise Summit, sponsored by Home Affairs Bureau.

[ About Social Enterprise Summit ] :

Social Enterprise Summit (SES) is an annual series of non-profit events and programmes in Hong Kong. It has become a major cross-sector platform among the civic sector, businesses, academia and government in the region to advance social entrepreneurship and social innovation for positive social changes.

Since its inception in 2008, SES has become a highly-acclaimed annual event attracting some 3,000 to 4,600+ participation every year from Hong Kong, mainland China and the Asia Pacific region.

[ Video Clip Credits ] :

1. 大埔工業邨 Tai Po Industrial Estate by Clive Ng

2. 數碼港 / 貝沙灣 Bel-Air / Cyberport - Drone Footage by Jacks Leung

3. Hong Kong in 26 videos HD / No Copyright Video by Footage Library

4. The beauty of Qianhai in Shenzhen by Live Lingnan

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