| Hong Kong, besides being one of the world's
business centers, also possesses considerable comparative advantages
in technology. By making full use of these comparative advantages,
Hong Kong can become a significant technology player in a region
that is becoming the center of technological growth in the world.
One of these advantages is the strategic position
– Hong Kong has always been known for its worldly dynamism, with
the presence of 3,200 regional headquarters and offices of multinational
companies. It is also, at the same time, an integral part of China
– the world's fastest growing market and production base for new
technologies. As a business center of
Hong Kong's unsurpassed living
and working environment together with a compensation level that
is comparable to anywhere in the world make it the choice destination
in the Greater China Region for many world-class technical talents.
the Asia Pacific region, Hong Kong is well known for its savvy businessmen
and the business networks they built. Its highly developed legal
system provides thorough protection for intellectual properties.
With its superb logistic and telecommunications infrastructures
and centralized location, it is within easy reach of a large part
of the world's population.
A further and perhaps even bigger advantage Hong Kong enjoys are
the factor conditions it possesses to attract the best technical
professionals. As a world-class metropolis, it ranks consistently
as one of the world's top cities in terms of quality of life. It
features an internationally renowned education system, and is hailed
as one of the safest cities in the world. Its unsurpassed living
and working environment together with a compensation level that
is comparable to anywhere in the world make it the choice destination
in the Greater China Region for many world-class technical talents.
With the establishment of ASTRI, the government is now also committing
substantial R&D resources to support these talented professionals
to pursue their technological and entrepreneurial visions. ASTRI
is proud to be the technology center of this great city, and we
believe we can play a spearheading role in turning these advantages
into real substantive gains that will shape an even more vigorous
Hong Kong of tomorrow.
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