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A new design firm uses a creativity programme to expand into large, high-potential markets.

15 October 2020

Building a network of customers and participating in large-scale projects are some of the greatest challenges new architectural design companies face. More

Topics: Architecture & Planning, Design Services, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Architecture, design

Travel industry prepares for relaunch

Conferences and exhibitions will play a key role in the sector’s revival in Hong Kong.

08 October 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic slashed international travel to near-zero for several months and local lockdowns crimped domestic options, tourism has been one of the hardest-hit industries. More

Topics: Tourism & Hospitality, Hong Kong, travel, tourism

Putting detail into retail

An AI system records shoppers’ movements and actions to improve the efficiency of outlets’ design.

30 September 2020

Retailers designing selling spaces need to decide which items to put in the most conspicuous positions, how to place regularly priced products and which customer group to target. More

Topics: Thailand, Hong Kong, start-ups, AI

Save a watt, earn a watt

A start-up finds Hong Kong the ideal place to offer power-saving services.

24 September 2020

Tot up the costs of any item or service and you quickly find that energy is a key component. More

Topics: Architecture & Planning, Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Hong Kong, e-business, energy saving

Cupid switches to digital arrows

The COVID-19 pandemic has made dating virtual, one of Asia’s leading agencies finds.

17 September 2020

With a presence in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, lunch-dating agency Lunch Actually deploys a matching algorithm that has successfully played cupid to more than 4,500 couples to date, Co-founder and CEO Violet Lim said. More

Topics: Media, Hong Kong, ASEAN, start-ups, e-business

Disinfection booth makes clean sweep

Airports and an expo centre in Hong Kong are trialling an innovative disinfecting ‘channel’.

10 September 2020

While most of the world continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a Hong Kong company is helping to meet the need by offering what it believes to be the world's first “mobile, smart disinfection channel”. More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, MedTech, clean tech

Agile start-up sends in robots

Flexibility is the key as disinfecting, temperature monitoring machines go through their paces in Hong Kong and look to ASEAN markets.

03 September 2020

As technology powers ahead rapidly, Hong Kong start-up Roborn believes applications that can adapt to the changing needs in different markets and sectors will come out winners. More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Hong Kong, ASEAN, MedTech, e-business

Flexible robotic arm for SMEs

Lightweight, easily programmed mechanical limb takes drudgery out of small-firm manufacturing.

27 August 2020

Whether in film or real life, robots are considered high-end technology. More

Topics: Hong Kong, automation, Robotics

Take-out containers go green

Heat- and cold-proof food packaging comes from plant waste – and goes back to being plant waste.

20 August 2020

From scratch, Vivian Chang and George Chen had built a successful, vertically integrated garment company but after they sold the business 15 years ago, the Hong Kong entrepreneurs began thinking of eliminating plastic pollution. More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Raw Materials, Hong Kong, start-ups, smart living

Online fair meets sourcing demand

As measures to control COVID-19 put traditional physical events on ice, exhibitors and buyers flock to a digital expo.

13 August 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to physical exhibitions around the world being cancelled or postponed but sourcing demand has continued to grow. More

Topics: Hong Kong, digital marketing, AI

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