To promote the projects and explore business opportunities of the five local research and development (R&D) centres, an "Innovation and Technology Commission Pavilion" was set up by Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) at the second SmartBiz Expo held from December 5 to 7. ITC Pavilion also marked the finale of "InnoTech Month 2018".

Co-chaired by Mr Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Innovation and Technology, and Mr Zhang Jianguo, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, the 13th meeting of the Mainland/Hong Kong Science and Technology Co-operation Committee was held in Guangzhou on December 4.

The Standards and Calibration Laboratory (SCL) has developed a calibration service for the Residual Current Device (RCD) tester. This service was peer reviewed by Dr Murray Early, Principal Research Scientist of the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand, in December 2018.

The "Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2019" is now open for nominations from local universities. The deadline for nomination is January 31, 2019. Undergraduates under the disciplines of sciences, engineering, technology, medicine, health or other programmes related to innovation and technology, are welcomed to apply. Click here for more details.