The woman behind Hong Kong’s big push to drive technological innovation
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
(SCMP by Alice Woodhouse) – Hong Kong’s investors and young people need to be more open to opportunities in science to help boost the sector in the city, according to the chairperson of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP).
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, who chairs the statutory body charged with supporting innovation in Hong Kong, said there must be a cultural shift in the city to promote investment in technology start-ups.
One of its recent successes has been a company called Vitargent, whose technology uses fish embryos to test for toxic substances in everything from cosmetics to milk. Vitargent recently landed an investment from California-based venture capital firm WI Harper Group.
