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Preface 4
As the title suggests, "Are You Future Ready?" challenges
readers to consider how information technology such
as artificial intelligence and big data, and developments
in telecommunications such as the imminent roll out of
5G will transform our lives. The book urges people in
Hong Kong to embrace innovation and technology and 017
collaboratively re-invent Hong Kong as a smart city able to
lead into the second quarter of the 21st Century.
The book consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 focuses
on past, current and future technical change identifying
ingenious inventions that have changed our lives and
explaining how the nature of work itself will fundamentally
change, becoming much more collaborative and reliant
on technology. In Chapter 2 readers are introduced to
best practice in Singapore, London, Shenzhen, New York
City, Moscow, Seoul and Abu Dhabi. As I write, Seoul has
switched on its 5G network, totally transforming the smart
devise experience, and becoming the first city in the world
