On February 11, Microsoft Mobile (HK) held a gathering dinner at Happy Valley Racecourse. HKC was invited to attend the dinner as one of Microsoft's major distributors/retailers together with other companies, such as MC Founder.

During the dinner, the management of the distributors and retailers exchanged their vision of the market with Microsoft and enjoyed the opportunity to establish better relationship. In this friendly atmosphere, Mr. Mark Trundle, Country manager of Microsoft Mobile, also reviewed some changes of the Microsoft and shared some future directions with the distributors and retailers.

As a member of HKC International Holdings Limited, Singapore Communications (Wavex) held the event - "Internet of Everything" in the Parkroyal Hotel on February 6, 2015. The event was held successfully to share the company's commitment in IT industry and business direction to the Internet of Things (IoT), and to express gratitude to valuable partners and customers for the support given.

Dr. Hubert Chan, Chairman of HKC International Holdings Limited, addressed the opening speech and discussed the topic of IoT from different aspects. The speech showed the management team's commitment to develop more business in IoT direction to catch up with current market trend, as we are all witnessing the emergence of various innovative and creative product and solutions, which have connected different areas of our life and provide efficiency and convenience.

To show the IoT concept, several products and solutions were also demonstrated in the event, including RFID Asset Management, Real Time Location Tracking System, RFID Library, Healthcare Solutions and Interactive Solutions.

On January 23, 2015, HKC was invited by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO)to attend the ITSC Solutions Day in Cyberport. This was not the first time that HKC showed up in ITSC event.

ITSC Solutions Day is organized by OGCIO as a platform for government users to know more about the latest developments in technology which can possibly benefit their work.

Being one of the 11 showcase companies, HKC demonstrated the highlighted healthcare solutions, RFID Asset Management System, Real-Time Location Tracking System, Home Automation Solutions and Interactive Solutions by displaying our healthcare devices, different types of RFID tags and readers, home automation demo box and interactive panel to the visitors.

By this chance, HKC is able to impress government users by providing a closer look and touching experience during demonstration. Also, we can show our concept of "connectivity" and explain how the most innovative and advanced technologies or solutions can help improve the efficiency at work or streamline the existing work processes in various government departments.

In March 2015, HKC awarded Caring Company 10 Years Plus Logo, becoming one of the few hundred which won the same class of award among thousands of companies and organizations that awarded caring company logo.

Launched by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) in 2002, the Caring Company Scheme aims at cultivating good corporate citizenship. It is specifically geared to building strategic partnerships among businesses and non-profit organizations to create a more cohesive society.

Winning the award demonstrates HKC's continuous commitment and efforts in fulfilling social responsibility, caring about its employees and protecting the environment. The company will uphold this attitude and be willing to take up that responsibility to care for the community.

In March 2015, Singapore Communications (Wavex) won the contract for the upgrading of door access system in Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home(CSLMC).

It began with an enquiry to replace the current keypad readers to non-keypad readers at the admin office area. During the site show round, CSLMC's staff expressed interest to improve the traceability of access movements within the dormitories which they currently don't have visibility. Singcomm's professionals also observed that the care givers are holding big bundle of keys around their neck to open doors of dormitories and have consistently lost keys which lead to the risk of the keys falling into the wrong hands.

Being a charitable organization, the CSLMC faced budget limitation to implement state of the art security solution. Nevertheless, Singcomm succeeded in proposing an affordable and effective solution to meet their needs. CSLMC staff is looking forward to kick off the installation project and they are also considering awarding Singcomm their next security enhancement program.

As an experienced telephone system solution expert, HKC (Shanghai) provided the telephone system upgrade service for Wyeth Nutritionals (China) in October, 2014. The whole contract value exceeded one million RMB.

In 2015, Wyeth planned to renovate the office area on the 28th floor since May. For this purpose, the workplace needs to be moved to tentative offices on other floors and be moved back after the renovation. Based on the good experience in previous cooperation, Wyeth chose HKC (Shanghai) again as the solution provider for the relocation of their telephone system.

After learning about the needs, HKC (Shanghai) conducted comprehensive analysis and proposed a PABX solution for Wyeth, which will ultimately provide convenience for the users of system. Meanwhile, HKC (Shanghai) also won the telephone system contract for the office area planned to be expanded, which will be launched next year.

In March 2015, HKC awarded Home Automation Project for Double Cove Phase 4&5 in Ma On Shan, which involves 652 flats in 8 towers.

Anhui Water Conservancy Technical College Library (referred to as "the Library") owns over 500,000 volumes of various types of library collection and more than 1,200 seats for users, taking an important position in the Library Association in both provincial and city level.

The Library emphasizes automation and network construction, actively updating its management tools and concepts of service. At the end of 2014, the Library introduced LIBRA™ RFID Library System provided by HKC Technology (Shanghai) through tender. The whole solution includes hardware and software such as Front Desk Station, Self Check In/Out Station, 24 Hours Outdoor Book Return Station, etc. The whole library has realized automated management, which brought brand new experience to both librarians and users.

Singapore Communications (Wavex) is the service provider for a series of library stocktake projects for Singapore NLB libraries.

Singcomm provided the services to manage the unpacking, scanning, shelving/shelf reading services for the new library at Orchard Public Library in Sept 2014 and Sembawang Public Library in Nov 2014.

In late 2014, Singcomm also won the contract of stocktake project for PasirRis Public Library. So far, the program is on the step of setting up and conducting mock up to ensure smooth start.

To improve stocktake efficiency and reduce labor intensity in shelving procedure, HKC has launched the new generation of library mobile stocktake trolley, which is based on RFID technology and integrates multi-functions such as stocktaking, searching, shelving and data collecting & processing.

With the help of mobile stocktake trolley, librarians can count the stock of on-shelve books more easily and generate an on-shelve books list to compare with the registered check-out books list to find out missing books and form a list of them. During stocktaking, librarians can enter keywords such as book title or barcode number to search a specific book and mark in the database. When the marked book is found during stocktaking, the device will send out notification automatically. During shelving procedure, the device can connect the shelf information with book information to update the location information of a certain book.

To fulfill the needs of library, the new generation mobile stocktake trolley has the following features in design:

For more details about HKC's new products or HKC's RFID solutions, please visit our website at www.hkc.com.hk or call our service hotline by 852-25202223.

HKC's New Style of RFID Library Security Gate is a tool that serves to enhance the safety & security of materials in libraries. With simple and elegant design, the gate takes up very little space, which avoids a lot of worries for floor planning and fit in the environment of modern libraries.

The reader embedded in the gate can quickly read the RFID tags on circulating materials and compare with the status registered in the system. The device is able to perform 3D scan and generate sound and visual alert signals. When any unsuccessfully check-out materials try to pass the gate, it will close automatically and send our alerts. Meanwhile, the information of books and reader involved will be displayed on surveillance terminals. Additional CCTV system can also be added to the solution to record the on-site situation when an alert is stimulated.

The security gate applies top-class RFID reader in the world, whose annual fault rate is lower than 1% and has no impact on heart pace-maker, pregnant women and magnetic objects. The device is designed in modules and thus can be upgraded by replacing any single components to follow up technology developments.

For more details about HKC's new products or HKC's RFID solutions, please visit our website at www.hkc.com.hk or call our service hotline by 852-25202223.