創新初板融資有疑慮 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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促進新經濟發展，解決集資難題是港交所（00388）方向之一。據港交所資料，目前香港的上市公司中，傳統經濟如金融及地產行業佔總市值逾四成。新經濟呢？在納斯特和紐交所各佔59%和44%市值，在香港過去10年來卻只佔3%！

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Smart city initiative vital in taking HK forward – China Daily

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will deliver her first policy address soon. The public have long expected that the new CE would use her maiden policy address to tackle major problems, one of which is to help inject new impetus into Hong Kong’s economy, and provide our young people with more opportunities for upward mobility. I think a smart city which emphasizes bottom-up participation, utilizing information and communications technology to improve our quality of employment and life is certainly the way forward.

A smart path for Hong Kong – South China Morning Post

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, in her upcoming policy address, should seek to unite the community and capture development opportunities. Her address should focus on four aspects of information technology, an increasingly important area for economic development.

大數據年代 有賴人工智能解決訊息超載 – 香港01

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香港去年初天氣嚴寒、年底暴雨、上個月連續三個颱風襲港，近年種種異常令人更關注天氣預報。而隨着天氣數據急增——現時，香港天文台每天要處理的數據量達1.3太位元組（Terabyte，是Gigabyte一千倍），相當於1.5億頁文字；根據中國氣象局估計，2020年要處理的數據量更達2015年的10倍——人力根本不可能逐一處理和消化。

上班族的養生之道 – Recruit

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10月初便是中秋，但日間天氣酷熱如故，完全沒有半點秋意，令人不禁心煩氣躁。長開冷氣是許多香港人的生活習慣，溫度更常調校到只有十多度，涼涼爽爽看似很舒服，不少人卻也因此噴嚏不斷、鼻水長流，或者肩頸痠痛、皮膚痕癢，患上現代城市人獨有的「冷氣病」。

Regulate virtual currency to maintain Hong Kong’s status of financial center

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At the end of July this year, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved the Bitcoin options trading platform for the first time to provide clearing services for Bitcoin options. The share price of Bitcoin soared in more than seven time lately to well over US$4,100 (over HK$32,000) within a year.

《施政報告》四大期望 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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IESE Cities in Motion Index為全球智慧城市排名，香港今年在社會凝聚力方面排第139位，報告指出這是我們最需要改善的地方。現時社會氣氛欠缺和諧，如何連結社會邁步同行，掌握發展機遇，應該是特首林鄭月娥將於10月份發表的《施政報告》之重點。資訊科技對於經濟發展日益重要，以下是我從業界角度提出對《施政報告》的期望：

New Board should take the role of startup financing – Harbour Times

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The new economy in Hong Kong is sluggish as evident from the low uptake of finance for startups. The total market capitalisation of the new economy in the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange accounted for 59% and 44% respectively while merely 3% in Hong Kong over the past 10 years, according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The market capitalisation of industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences, healthcare equipment and software & services, only represented 1% of the total!

智慧城市專責部門理順官民合作 – 信報財經新聞, StartUpBeat

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今年年中出爐的政府顧問研究《香港智慧城市藍圖顧問研究報告》，其中一個重點建議是設立一個高層次的官員職位，統籌多個政策局以確保智慧城市政策順利落實。

Women could be a new force in cybersecurity – ComputerWorld Hong Kong

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The Center for Cyber Safety and Education recently released the Global Information Security Workforce Study 2017, which interviewed nearly 20,000 professionals in the global information security industry from 170 countries. The study points out that there is a serious shortage of manpower in the industry with vacancies reaching 1.8 million by 2022, an increase of over 20% compared with two years ago.