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Education and analytical skills are particularly important.

However, another kind of knowledge of equal importance
that deserves our attention is spatial thinking, which
helps to visualise macro problems such as climate
change, an ageing population, transport planning, and

disparity between the rich and the poor. Combining data
with geospatial information can form a clear view of the
situation, allowing decision-making to be more broad
based and comprehensive. Over the past two decades,

266 the geographic information system (GIS), an analytic
software consolidating geospatial data, has become
an indispensable tool for governments and business
organisations around the world.

Connects young people with the real world

Esri China (Hong Kong), of which I am the Chairman,
launched Asia's first free e-learning project Map in
Learning (MiL) programme a few years ago. This project

allows primary and secondary students in Hong Kong
to use ArcGIS Online, a professional GIS software used