Annual Report 2013/14

Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

Annual Report 2013/14

CHAIRMAn’S STATEMEnT

主席的話

As a result of the positive feedback for our first three-year strategic

plan, it is clear that Cyberport is answering the needs of the

growing ICT community in the region. The Board therefore decided

to extend the plan for another three years with an additional

investment of HK$200 million in December 2013. Under the new

three-year strategic plan, we will strengthen our one-stop platform

for ICT start-ups and engage a wider audience with the aim of

fostering local talent.

Starting from our home base in Hong Kong, we will direct more

resources towards inspiring youth to participate in the ICT industry.

As competitions and hands-on training are often more conducive

to learning, we are planning to organise more of these activities.

We also intend to offer a wider spectrum of activities for the

younger generation to acquire practical working experience via

“eHealth Record” and “e+startup”, our local-oriented internship

programmes. In addition, we will expand our internship

programmes to more regions in Mainland and overseas, such as

Silicon Valley.

Riding on the success of our platform for start-ups, we will increase

close to 60% of awardees quota of our CCMF programme, which

has already received an overwhelming number of high quality

applications. We will also add 55% of admission quota for our

Cyberport Incubation Programme in the coming three years in line

with our strategic plan.

During the review period, we continued to help our grantees and

incubatees enhance their pitching skills — a need that is growing

among our community. With a focus on coaching graduated

incubatees to compete on an international level, we have

established the new “Cyberport Accelerator Support Programme”,

which brings together renowned mentors, former investment

pitching winners and star coaches to assist them acquiring skills for

securing funding support.

Reaching Out to a Wider Audience

In past years, we have made a concerted effort to help Hong Kong

technology start-ups gain a firm foothold in local and overseas

markets. This effort began to bear fruit during the review period.

Understanding how important it is to connect start-up companies

with potential partners and develop their competency skill sets, we

organised a diverse range of activities designed to foster the

growth of our community on a regional and global level. These

included cross-region educational events, trade missions,

competitions and overseas delegations. Across the border, we

worked with our partners in Shanghai to find placements for

students in Hong Kong via our “Hong Kong — Shanghai ICT

Internship Programme”, which has been attracting record numbers

of applications year after year. Looking ahead, we plan to extend

the geographical reach of all these programmes.

各界對數碼港首個三年策略性計劃反應積極，

可見數碼港的倡議正回應區內

ICT

業界的需求。

因此，董事局於

2013

年

月決定將計劃再延續

三年，並增加投入資金

億港元。在新一期的

三年策略性計劃下，我們將加強為

ICT

初創企

業而設的一站式平台，擴大本地受眾的層面，

以培育本港人才飛躍發展為目標。

數碼港紮根香港，將投放更多資源培育本地年

青人投身

ICT

行業。我們計劃舉辦更多具學習

效益的比賽和以實踐為主的培訓活動。我們亦

有意讓年青人參與更多元化的活動，透過數碼

港的本地實習計劃「電子健康紀錄職前實習計

劃」和「

創業」實習計劃吸收實戰工作經驗。

此外，我們將擴大實習計劃的工作範圍至更多

內地及海外地區（如矽谷）。

數碼港為初創企業而設的平台卓見成效，「數碼

港創意微型基金」接獲大量高質素的申請，受

資助名額將提高近

60%

。我們亦將配合策略計

劃於未來三年將「數碼港培育計劃」的名額增加

55%

。

創投技巧對受資助者和受培育公司愈來愈重

要，故數碼港於回顧期間不斷為他們提供這方

面的培訓。我們已設立「數碼港加速器支援計

劃」，重點教導已畢業的受培育公司在國際市場

競爭，廣邀良師、創投比賽勝出者和優秀導師

協助學員掌握籌集資金所需的技巧。

擴大受眾層

過去數年，我們作出多方面努力，協助香港從

事科技行業的初創企業在本港和海外市場奠定

紮實根基，喜見努力開始結出豐碩的果實。

數碼港深知，與潛在夥伴建立聯繫和發揮本身

專長對初創公司而言是非常重要的，故此籌辦

各類活動，針對扶助業界在亞太區甚至全球大

展拳腳，包括跨地域的教育活動、貿易交流、

比賽及外訪。內地方面，我們與上海的夥伴合

作，透過「滬港資訊及通訊科技短期實習計劃」

為香港學生提供實習機會，申請人數屢創新

高。展望未來，我們計劃將同類計劃伸展至其

他地區。