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Technologies”. We have taken steps to provide solutions
to global challenges and nurture leaders in the use of
technology for the benefit of mankind. As the general
public or regular citizens, are we ready? Are we aware
of how technologies change our daily lives? Have we
equipped ourselves well for the fast-changing market?

Among different technologies, information technology
(IT) is closely related to many of the emerging areas such
as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), FinTech, advanced
robotics and sustainable infrastructure. In this book, Dr
Winnie Tang shows how IT has affected and will transform
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our lives, and encourages people in Hong Kong to
embrace innovation and technology so as to co-create a
leading smart city. As an outstanding entrepreneur in the
IT industry, Dr Tang shares the success of living in a highly
competitive internet world. The book starts with showing
the role of IT in the past, present and future, followed by
the global trend of IT applications. We will then know the
usefulness of the geographic information system (GIS) in
smart city development, and, most importantly, what our
mindset should be for the future.

Professor Christopher Chao
Dean of Engineering and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Hong Kong