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HK's smart city plans may be just all talk
The city's reluctance to embrace the sharing economy hobbles its "smart" ambitions
Published Sun, Aug 13, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
THERE is a Cantonese saying in Hong Kong - dak goh gong ji, which means nothing but talk.
That could be one way to describe the city government's endeavours to turn Hong Kong into a "smart city" in a bid to catch up with similar efforts of some of its regional competitors, Singapore included.
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