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Chapter Three - Right Place

Outline Development Plan for the
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

The document mentions two information platforms:
1. A “spatial information service platform” for developing

smart cities - “exploring the establishment of common
standards, opening up data ports, developing
interconnected public application platforms and
information infrastructure facilities” so that we can
“develop smart transport, smart energy, smart
municipal management and smart communities.”
(Chapter 5: Expediting Infrastructural Connectivity)
2. A coordination platform - to “improve the mechanism
for contingency management” in the face of
accidents, disasters, and public health crisis. 181
(Chapter 8: Developing a Quality Living Circle for
Living, Working and Travelling)

Why centre on geographic information

It is estimated that 80% of data is related to geographic
location, so it is logical for data to be referenced with
respect to their location, and depicted on a map, which
makes it easier for people to understand.

At the beginning of January 2019, the open data plan
unveiled by the Hong Kong government formed an