ASTRI’s CTO Explores Macau’s E-Governance And Smart City Initiatives

ASTRI’s CTO Dr. Meikei Ieong, Senior Director (IC Design Analog) Mr. Bill Zhang, and Director Mr. Dennis Lee visited Macau on Aug 1 to gain a better understanding of the government’s digitisation progress, smart city initiatives and technology development.

The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau of Macao SAR introduced to them the government’s development of e-governance, including digitisation of administrative processes and development of public e-services, and had a discussion on potential cooperation in the field of cyber security.

The delegates also visited the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI and the Thomson Reuters Trading Room, as well as learning about the FinTech Internship Programme at the University of Macau. They also discussed the regional smart city development with the Macau’s Science and Technology Development Fund’s Committee Members.

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Mr. Bill Zhang (1^st from the left) and Dr. Meikei Ieong (2^nd from the right) visit University of Macau’s State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI.

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Staff of University of Macau Thomson Reuters Trading Room illustrates their trading technology.

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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies; and Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred about 1,600 technologies to the industry and has been granted close to 1,200 patents in the Chinese Mainland, the United States, and other countries.

As a Hong Kong R&D centre, one of ASTRI’s important goals is to help customers harness business opportunities from the thriving technology market and increase their competitive strengths. Customers and partners can improve their efficacy by drawing on ASTRI’s expertise and research achievements.

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