Commercial Radio carried an interview with Professor Kar Yan Tam, Dean of HKUST Business School, on technology and entrepreneurship. He said technology advancements encouraged and provided a low-cost platform for many creative young people to start their businesses, especially with more resources and support provided by the government, venture capitals, and university collaboration projects. As a founding faculty of the HKUST Business School and the GBUS program, Professor Tam said he saw the growing interest of business students in the field of information technology and explained the skills and knowledge required to be Big Data experts.
Professor Team also talked about the roles of the Steering Group on FinTech formed by the government last year, where he was one of the members. The Group has advised the government, among others, to set up a platform to support Fintech startups and incentivize related research and experience-sharing. He also said P2P and crowding fund were areas that Hong Kong could be further developed providing a sound regulatory framework established to support the move.
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