Category: MIL-OSI

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Electoral Affairs Commission Report on the 2025 Legislative Council General Election was published today, the Government said.

Apart from describing the commission’s conduct, preparatory and supervision work regarding the election, the report also summed up the experience and reviewed various electoral arrangements to provide recommendations for future polls.

Pursuant to the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, the commission submitted the report to the Chief Executive on March 6. The Government thanked the commission for its efforts in conducting and reviewing the election.

“We are grateful to the commission for ensuring that this election was smoothly conducted in an open, honest, fair and orderly manner, and that various enhancement measures increased the operational efficiency of the election and made the election more user-friendly,” the Government said.

It added that it will continue to work closely with the commission to follow up on the recommendations.

Source: Republic of China Taiwan

The Bureau of Industrial Parks (BIP) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) held a press conference on March 2, 2026, and announced the concrete achievement of the policy “One Park, One School,” which is BIP’s industry-academic co-create engine promotion. Since 2023, BIP has introduced the policy, and more than 30 universities and 500 experts around Taiwan have successfully connected to assist manufacturers in parks for upgrading and transformation. More than 5,400 manufacturers, covering 72 of the BIP’s parks, have gained consulting and successfully applied for 117 subsidy programs, which have received subsidy funds of NT$265 million from the Government, boosting investment of NT$1,166 million and approximately NT$2 billion output value. It had presented the powerful efficiency of industry-academic collaboration, injecting the practical momentum for industrial upgrading.
The BIP pointed out that in addition to assisting enterprises in enhancing technical and operational efficiency, the industry-academic co-creation policy, “One Park, One School,” also responds to the challenges caused by the U.S.-tariff policy. Addressing the situation about parts of traditional industries, facing pressures of output market and cost rising situation, BIP assisted in introducing production optimization, production high value-added, and market transformation, enhancing smart manufacturing abilities at the same time, to decrease the impacts of tariff, strengthen international competitive capability, and accelerate industrial upgrading transformation.
BIP indicated that the industrial parks under its jurisdiction are important hubs for Taiwan’s manufacturing industries and SMEs. More than 13,000 enterprises have established a presence in parks, with an annual output value exceeding NT$10 trillion, and provide 730,000 job opportunities. Facing the pressure of talent shortages, AI digital transformation, and R&D momentum enhancement, BIP pioneered a measure, “One Park, One School,” an industry-academia co-creation engineer, to assist manufacturers in solving the increasing operating pressure. By leveraging the resources of schools and the corporation’s expertise, providing localized services such as emerging technical support and talent matchmaking for enterprises in parks enhances overall operational resilience.
The press conference presented several remarkable collaboration cases, demonstrating the significant effects of industry-academia partnerships. BenQ Dialysis, located in Guishan Industrial Park, has collaborated with Lunghwa University of Science and Technology to introduce an AI identification system and automatic instant testing, which successfully enhanced anomaly detection during productive processing of dialyzers and significantly optimized quality stability. Thunder Tiger Corp. in Taichung Industrial Park cooperated with National Formosa University to jointly set up an UAV R&D Center. They independently researched and manufactured the TF500 Fixed-Wing UAV, which significantly extended the battery life and enhanced the efficiency of the production line. It could be used in long-distance military detecting missions, assisting in creating momentum for national defense autonomy.
In addition, SUMEEKO in the southern parks, Da-Fa Industrial Park, cooperated with ChengShiu University to introduce CAE simulation technology and a deep learning image detection system. It efficiently establishes key productive processes for fasteners and intelligent management, which can decrease production costs while enhancing mold design efficiency, and successfully promotes independent industry-academia projects, showing the upgrading potential in local industrial transformation.
The industry-academia co-create engine policy, “One Park, One School,” has shown a concrete effect on talent trainees. Minghsin University of Science and Technology has matched 297 students to enterprises in the Hsinchu Industrial Park, such as Wistron and Powertech Technology Inc., for internships, which implement the educational concept “Learning by Doing.” Mingshin has matched more than 2,400 students, conducted internships, and held more than 1,900 hours of courses on workplace skills. Meanwhile, Minghsin has utilized subsidy resources from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor to promote 85 talent cultivation projects, fulfilling the talent shortages in the semiconductor industry.
The BIP emphasized that as the trends of AI and Net-Zero continue to be promoted, there will be both greater challenges and opportunities for industries in the parks. The “One Park, One School” model, which integrates local higher education resources with government support, effectively enhances technological capabilities and overall competitiveness. Moving forward, BIP will continue to expand the scale of this initiative, building a sustainable and long-term platform for industry-academia collaboration and helping Taiwan’s industrial parks secure a strategic advantage amid the restructuring of global supply chains.

Spokesman: Mr. Liu Chi-Chuan (Deputy Director General, BIP)
Contact Number: 886-7-3613349, 0911363680
Email: lcc12@bip.gov.tw

Contact Person: Wu, Shu-Fang (Acting Director of Investment Services Div., BIP)
Contact Number: 886-7-361-1212 ext. 302
Email: wusf@bip.gov.tw

Source: Government of Singapore

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31 March 2026 – Singapore and Thailand have launched an application call for carbon credit projects under their Implementation Agreement on carbon credits cooperation.  This is Singapore’s fifth call for project applications, following the call for project applications with Ghana, Peru, Bhutan and Rwanda.

 

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Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Chief Executive in Council today authorised the railway scheme for the Smart & Green Mass Transit System in Kai Tak (SGMTS-KT) in accordance with the Railways Ordinance.

The approximately 3.5-km long elevated system will feature six stations, with its termini connected to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and MTR Kai Tak Station. It will provide a convenient, dedicated feeder service linking the former runway area to the MTR network, strengthening connectivity among residential, commercial, tourism, sports and community facilities.

Tenders for the SGMTS-KT contract were invited in October 2025, with commissioning targeted for 2031.

The Government has gathered public views on the project through various channels, including consultations with the Legislative Council’s Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways, the Transport Advisory Committee, the Kowloon City District Council and the Harbourfront Commission’s Task Force on Kai Tak Harbourfront Development. Views were also exchanged with relevant LegCo members and stakeholders, with the public generally supportive of the project.

The scheme was gazetted on July 25 and August 1 last year. Regarding objections received, the Government stated it has carefully studied each opinion and met with objectors to explain the railway scheme and address their concerns.

All unwithdrawn objections have been submitted to the Executive Council for consideration. 

The Government emphasised that the franchisee will maintain close communication with relevant stakeholders throughout the project’s implementation. To ensure sustainability, the franchisee is also required to comply with all conditions set out in the environmental permit to mitigate any environmental impacts during construction.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

New measures under the Housing (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 aimed at combatting abuse of public rental housing (PRH) came into effect today.

The measures include introducing new offences relating to serious tenancy abuses, empowering authorised officers to demand personal information from suspicious individuals, and extending the prosecution time limit for offences involving false statements, refusal to furnish information and unlawful alienations.

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said that the Housing (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 demonstrates the steadfast commitment of the Government and the Housing Authority to making good use of public housing resources, and to combining legislative and administrative measures to tackle serious abuse of PRH.

The authority has stepped up publicity efforts regarding the measures via television broadcasts, newspapers, social media, leaflets, posters and other channels. It has also held exchange sessions with district councillors to ensure PRH tenants and the public fully understand the measures.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The following is issued on behalf of the Independent Committee in relation to the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po:
 
     The Independent Committee in relation to the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po announced today (March 30) that it is inviting members of the public and organisations to provide information and views from tomorrow (March 31) to April 14 on whether there were systemic problems, such as undue connected interests, conflicts of roles, or improper collusion across all stages of large-scale building maintenance and renovation works (not limited to Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po); and whether bid-rigging corruption or irregularities were involved in the tendering process of the relevant works.
 
     Members of the public and organisations who wish to provide information may do so from 10am on March 31 to 11.59pm on April 14 through one of the following means:
 

1. complete and submit an electronic form online (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ic-submissions-2/en/); or
2. download and print a physical form (www.ic-wangfukcourtfire.gov.hk/pdf/PDF-form-Invitation-to-public-and-relevant-organisations-to-provide-information-2-(English).pdf), complete it and email it to secretariat@ic-wangfukcourtfire.gov.hk, fax it to 2333 1302; or mail it to the Secretariat of the Committee at 10/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

 
     The Committee accepts anonymous submissions to facilitate the provision of information by persons with relevant knowledge. However, anonymous submissions must be accompanied by specific details and/or substantive evidence (for example, tender documents, contracts, meeting minutes, screenshots of communications or other supporting materials).
 
     The Chief Executive established the Independent Committee in relation to the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po to review the causes of the incident and related issues of the fire, and to make recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. The Committee formally commenced its work on December 19, 2025, and the evidential hearing on March 19, 2026, to hear opening remarks from the legal teams and oral evidence from witnesses (including oral evidence from Wang Fuk Court residents).

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 3

The Education Bureau, the Hong Kong Education City and the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, will co-organise the parent seminar “e-Generation Connected Joy Parent Seminar (4): AI for Good X Spine Care Tips”.  The seminar will be held on 28 Mar 2026 (Saturday) from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in webinar mode.  Cantonese and English sessions will be arranged. Registration is now open (application deadline: 27 Mar 2026 5:00 pm).  A social worker from the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society will explore with parents the learning challenges brought by AI, including children’s excessive reliance on AI, being misled by misinformation, and privacy breaches, and share how to guide parents in helping children develop responsible AI usage habits and ethical judgment through real-life case studies, working towards the goal of “AI for Good”.  A Clinical Assistant Professor and specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong will analyse, from a modern medical perspective, the potential risks to children’s spines resulting from electronic device use and prolonged sitting, and provide practical strategies to support healthy spinal and skeletal development.  Parents are cordially invited to join the seminar.  For details, please refer to the website (https://info.edcity.hk/en/event/11923).

For inquiries, please email carman.ng@hkecl.net  or call 2624 1078 to reach Ms. NG.