1. Esther MOK Haven of Hope Christian Service 27 Feb 2018
Contributory Factors of the Macro-environment on Technology Application and Social Innovation in Taiwan: Lessons to Learn for HK
Esther MOK
Haven of Hope Christian Service
27 Feb 2018

2. Macro-environment Government policy Education system Career prospect
Funding availability for innovation and technology
Ready support from the manufacturing sector
Land availability for production factories and warehouses

3. Taiwan vs Hong Kong Bigger market with better economy of scale
Lower start-up costs for ventures on innovative application of technology
Stronger foundation of manufacturing industry
More adequate land supply beyond major cities of Taipei and Kaohsiung for the production line and storage of products
Profound record in the development of computer hardware

4. Smart Phone and Air quality?

5. Air Pollution and Lung cancer
Lung cancer, the top killer disease in Hong Kong
Association of air pollution (in particular, PM 2.5) with lung cancer
Often in advanced stage when diagnosed
Low dose CT scan for early identification of lung cancer but NOT to be applied population-wide
Key is to screen the high risk ones only

6. Smart Phone and Air quality!
Smart phone with sensor
Real time air quality data
Cloud database
Electronic maps of air pollution levels (EPD)
Health warning signals (DH)

7. Technology Application for Health Screening
Taichung (power plant) and Changhua (chemical plant) etc. with heavy industry
Monitoring the exposure level of PM2.5 for people living there
Subsidy for purchase of mobile phones with sensors
Subsidy for CT scan of lung for those
screened of considerable levels of PM2.5

8. smart phone production
cloud-based technology
“Bottom-up” & “Top-down” initiative

9. Funding Availability
Legislature and policy conducive to exploration of technology solutions
Allow technology to go ahead of the regulations
Vetting criteria to promote creativity rather than focus on traditional parameters such as input of work hours
Funding available in the initial
stages of technology
development process

10. Smart Aging Alliance 智齡聯盟
To promote the application of technology in tackling the escalating service needs arising from aging
Under the support of the Education Bureau
Useful platform pooling together academic, research and manufacturing expertise for technology innovations
7 universities
National Taiwan University
Tatung University
Taipei Medical University
Shih Hsin University
Tamkang University
National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

11. Smart Aging Alliance 智齡聯盟
Cross-discipline modules
On-line sharing of teaching materials
32 related workshops attended by over 100 lecturers and 1200 students

12. manufacturing-education partnership 產學共授
One-year Smart Aging Design course since 2015
Lecturers bridging the university students with manufacturers
Win-win to students and manufacturers

13. Start with Elderly’s need – how about grandma shopping…

14. manufacturing-education partnership 產學共授
“Cart Easy II”: Shopping cart for elderly to carry grocery shopping items up and down the stairs easily

16. Advantages of Taiwan Strong back up of manufacturing industry
Land supply for production and warehouse
“Manufacturing-education partnership” infrastructure
More affordable costs in investing on technology and innovations in Taiwan than in Hong Kong

17. THANK YOU