Hong Kong MI, Bochen

YAN,Yan

Outline

• History & Backgrounds• Hong Kong Attractions• Urban Problems• Projects and Recommendations• 3T’s in Hong Kong• Discussion

Things U need to know about HK

• Location

Things U need to know about HK

• History

1950s

1970s

Colonial Era1841-1997

After the First Opium War

HK serves as the entrepot city of British Empire

Things U need to know about HK

•History

July 1st, 1997The transfer of sovereignty from UK to the PRC, ending 156 years of British colonial rule

Today’s Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions (SAR).It has successfully become as an inter-national financial hub in the world.

The East meets the West

Must- Do’s in Hong Kong

• The Peak

A view from Victoria Peak, looking north over CentralVictoria Harbour and Kowloon

Must- Do’s in Hong Kong

• Victoria Harbour-Star Ferry Trip

Must- Do’s in Hong Kong• Disney Land in Hong Kong

The Rail Link to Disneyland directly Mickey in Chinese Traditional Costume

Must- Do’s in Hong Kong

• Paradise for Dining N Shopping

If U TRAVEL to Hong Kong

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALA_heWdA40

A fascinating city

Skylines

Beautiful scene

Chinese CulturalHappy Disneyland

Crazy Shopping

Tasting Food

If U live in Hong Kong

Certain Urban Problems shows up• Over dense population• Housing issues • Traffic and Pollution

Over 7 million people in Hong Kong

Projects regard to Decentralize the city

• Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link

• Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

Projects regard to Decentralize the city

• Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link

16,000 km high-speed railway network

The mainland section has cost 16.7 million RMB, Which is approximately 2.5 million U.S. dollars.

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

Completion by 2016

Passenger Flow- 240 million

Distance shorten from 60mi to 30mi

Journey time half an hour reduced

Recommendation

• The rail link is making contribution to both population decentralization and employment decentralization

• Saving travel time between Mainland China and HK

• Foster economic growth by creating more job opportunities in Mainland cities and thus support HK with more resources

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

• A Win-Win project For Zhuhai & Macau: access to global markets through HK For HK: enhanced flow of labor, goods, and capital

between China and rest of the world

Income Gap

• 2011 HK GDP is estimated 325 billion • But According to 2007 UNDP report. HK has 53.3

income GINI score compare to Canada score 32.6 GINI

• Share of income or expenditure (%)Poorest 10%: 2.0Richest 10%: 34.9

The Gini coefficient measures the inequality among values of a frequency distribution

Housing

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5hlF2RYdY0

• Government provide social housing for low income family

• nearly 48% (2006) of the population now residing in some form of public housing

Our recommendation

• Job creation through government resources• Project like InvestHK and Hong Kong Science

and Technology Park can directly/indirectly generate job opportunities for people

InvestHK

• Establish 2000, a government organization helps to attract and retain foreign direct investment

• In 2010, InvestHK has completed 284 projects involving direct investment of some $8.1 billion and the creation of around 3 000 new jobs

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

# of project done

246 253 257 265 284

1st year job created

3092 3130 2450 2711 3063

2nd year job created

7835 8134 7881 6033 5927

Hong Kong Science and Technology Park

• Established 2001, a statutory body by the government. It focuses on innovative and technology development

• Estimate Phase 3 of Park finish late 2013-16, focus on foster environment and renewable energy technology.

• Approximately 5000 related construction job during construction and 4000 R-D related professional positions will be created when Phase 3 construction complete

Project regards to develop traffic in HK

• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)

• Problems: - Fail to integrate with infrastructure- Concerns of driver’s privacy- Potential to distract drivers

Recommendation

• ITS need focus on public transportation sector as well

• Set up a high standard public transport interchanges, develop a public transport passenger information system

• Monitoring growth of vehicles fleet• More efforts on environment issues

3Ts in Hong Kong

• Technology– Science and Technology Park

• Talent– West Kowloon Cultural District

• Tolerance– Hong Kong International Film Festivals

Technology• The Business Incubation Programmes

(Incu-Tech, Incu-Bio and Incu-Design) offered by Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTPC) aims to provide a comprehensive package of assistance for technology and design start-ups. Eligible companies are granted financial aid, rent-free offices or laboratory premises up to 12 months and other forms of assistance. This program aims to foster new entrepreneurship for Hong Kong

Tolerance• Hong Kong International Film

Festival (HKIFF) takes places in March and April every year. As one of the oldest film festivals in Asia.

• HKIFF values diversity and features a wide variety of films from different parts of the world covering different genres.

• Every year the HKIFF shows over 300 films from more than 50 countries

Population DemographicEthnicity 2001 Number % of Total 2006 Number % of Total

Chinese 6,364,439 94.9% 6,522,148 95.0%

Filipino 142,556 2.1% 112,453 1.6%

Indonesian 50,494 0.8% 87,840 1.3%

Westerners 46,585 0.7% 36,384 0.5%

Indian 18,543 0.3% 20,444 0.3%

Nepalese 12,564 0.2% 15,950 0.2%

Japanese 14,180 0.2% 13,189 0.2%

Thai 14,342 0.2% 11,900 0.2%

Pakistani 11,017 0.2% 11,111 0.2%

Other Asian 12,835 0.2% 12,663 0.2%

Others 20,835 0.3% 20,264 0.3%

Total 6,708,389 100.0% 6,864,346 100.0%

Talent

• The West Kowloon Cultural District ("WKCD") is a strategic investment by the Government of the Hong Kong– meet the long-term

infrastructure needs of Hong Kong's arts and cultural development and foster growth and development of culture and creative industries

– become a cultural hub for attracting and nurturing talents, an impetus to improve quality of life

Discussion

• Most of the big advanced cities around the globe are witnessing increasing inequalities of income, job opportunities and job securities.

• What other recommendations would you suggest to decrease the gap?