HKC Solution Day 2013 with the theme of "Connected Living - Integrating and empowering the community for better quality of life" to share the latest trend and technologies for Home Automation, RFID Library and Interactive Solution was well retrieved with overwhelming response. To continue with the success of last year, we are delighted that we will hold the coming HKC Solution Day 2014 with the focus on the latest trend and technology on innovative Home Automation Application (security solution, energy saving solution and health care solution), RFID Solution, Asset Management Solution and Library Solution. Details are as below:

Date:	24 November, 2014 (Monday)
Time:	2:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue:	HKUST Business School Central, Room 1501-02, 15/F Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong

Shanghai is heading to aging society nowadays which elderly market holds great market potential. HKC(Shanghai) will participate in China (Shanghai) International Exposition of the Elderly Modern Life 2014 at the end of November to showcase the elderly care solution. The exposition will hold by Shanghai Services Federation, co-organized by Shanghai Oriental International Trade Enterprise Development Co., Ltd., which will take place in Shanghai Exhibition Centre from the period of November 29 to December 1. The exposition was build up with 7 sub-theme of "healthy living, cultural living, emotional living, travel living, home life, wealth management, rehabilitation living", to promote enhancement of quality life of elderly by advanced technologies.

Please visit the website http://www.cemexpo.cn/ for more details.

Many Singapore SME's are currently managing, tracking & auditing their assets and items manually without using an automated or computerised systems. SME's profitability and manpower are under more pressure than ever before. Most businesses spend too much time doing the same manual processes repeatedly leading to inefficiency and error - this slows down the speed at which you operate and increases the cost of doing business.

The collaboration between SIMTech and SingComm. We created the 'Item Management & Tracking System' (IMTS) as an affordable and easy solution for tracking and tracing through RFID technology system allows companies to effectively identify and manage items as well as track and perform lifecycle management based upon Auto-ID technology.

Seminars have been organised by SIMTech, MPTC (Manufacturing Productivity Technology Centre), Motorola and Singapore Communications to create greater awareness of Supply Chain Track and Trace (SCTT) Initiative item tracking solution for industry adoption.

We are pleased to announce that Hong Kong Communications Co., Ltd (HKC) has been awarded Silver Award in the Category of Winning IoT Technology. Our entire solution is "HKC Real Time Location Tracking System Application Platform" applied in Sik Sik Yuen - well-known shrine and major tourist attraction in Hong Kong. The solution is the first locally developed Real Time Location Tracking Solution applied in tourist site to achieve 100% tractability, visibility and improved operational effectiveness via mobile phone device (a non-tag application). The purpose of the application is to provide better tourist and visitor service and customer experience while improving the operation efficiency of Sik Sik Yuen. The award provides a recognition and affirmation of HKC in the tourist industry, and provides us an opportunity to share and extend the similar application to other industries in Hong Kong and Greater China.

We are pleased to announce that Hong Kong Communications Co., Ltd (HKC) has been awarded Family-Friendly Employer in 2011 and 2013/2014 consecutively, which award is organized by The Family Council. This award is to give recognition to business companies and firms that demonstrate a family-friendly spirit and encourage them to implement family-friendly employment policies and practices. These policies and practices are intended to help employees fully balance their work and family lives, thus bring benefits to employers and employees, in order to improve morale, enhance working relationships and reduce staff turnover.

The policies and practices are classified into 4 categories:

1. Job-related Family-friendly Employment Policies and Practices
   - Allow employees to manage their time to take into account their family commitment, e.g. flexible working hours
2. Employee and Family Care Arrangements
   - Consider the family situation of the employees and have a positive impact on their family life, e.g. compassionate leave, occupational safety and health measures etc
   
3. Employee and Family Care Benefits and Support
   - offered to employees and / or their family members which have a positive impact
   on their family life, e.g. study allowances, complimentary / discount on corporate
   goods or services
   
4. Outside-the-workplace Family-friendly Employment Policies and Practices
   - promote work-life balance and family core values, e.g. social gatherings

HKC will continue to be devoted as a family friendly employer and promote a culture of work-life balance and loving families in the community. This can become a main driver for social harmony and establish a closer and harmonious relationship among family members.

Circle Digital will be offer the premium from LEO and TURBO to every customer who purchase over $2,000 or above in Electrical Appliances Department at Aeon Store. Premium offer until stock lasts.

Good Success Electronics - our new upstairs store was grandly open in July 15 with welcome promotion offer, please come to us for your favorite digital product.

With the popularization of advanced technology, automation is gradually generated into our life which to enhance quality of life and become an ancillary of premium life style. Hong Kong Communications Co., Ltd (HKC) has honorable been awarded to be the Clubhouse Facility Booking System and POS system provider for Double Cove. With the implementation of facility booking system, residents are freely able to make reservation for different types of clubhouse facilities anytime anywhere either through web or smart phones with personal username and password. The facility booking system operates in 24/7 basis, which would bring convenience and flexibility to residents. Residents can check the facilities availability status via web anywhere anytime to make and cancel reservations that help the better utilization of facilities, and clubhouse management to manage the operation. Now the system is also linked to POS System for payment with cash and Octopus as well. For any reservation are not paid in a specific time period, the timeslot will be released and update to the system.

Moreover, administration staffs are also able to monitor usage and generate reports with backend functions, thus not only help to lessen administrative work of front end staff, but also act as a marketing and analytical tools for management review.

HKC builds quality life for customer with advanced technology. HKC has provided a complete intelligent solution for one of the customer suite in Valais located in Sheung Shui.

The Home Automation Solution offers following features for one of the unit:

Apart from bringing great life experience and enhance quality of life, advanced technology can also helps the weak to retrieve to normal life for independent living. HKC has awarded for a project in Tseung Kwan O Hospital to demonstrate how intelligent solution helps patient who are rehabilitating from occupational therapy to retrieve and resume to their normal life. A demonstration room with simulating home setting was set up to display how HKC's application supports activities of daily living. The demo room is set up with HKC's Intelligent Control System (including Lighting Control, Air-conditioning/Fan Control, Curtain Control, AV and Home Theatre), Security System (including Video Door Phone System, Alarm System and Wireless Panic Button, IP Camera Monitoring) Wi-Fi System, Tailor-made GUI with scenario setting via iPad and PC. These patients can experience how they can enjoy their independent living after treatment with the help of all these system.

 

Hua Yuan Building was located in West Rong Hua Road, Changning District, Shanghai. It is one of the earliest foreign-related communities for decades. Hua Yuan Building has become a modern community throughout transformation of Extra Low Voltage project. HKC (Shanghai) provides a total solution in the aspect of Extra Low Voltage Project and details are listed below:

• A multipurpose IC card is available for resident for multiple-entry in main entrance, building entrance, unit entrance which to reduce cost
  
• Use of analogy phone system for intercom function
  
• Control and monitoring system is set up in main entrance, backdoors, logistic area, office for real time accurate in and out record
  
• Electronic lock integrated with gateway system which enhance system practicability and simplicity

Introduction

In support of Singapore's vision 2030, "Live BETTER through sports", the Singapore Sports Hub Library, is the centre of sports knowledge for the community at large as well as the sports professionals.

Focusing on sports and ACTIVE recreation, the library will be opened to THE GENERAL public to encourage the people to embrace sports as a healthy lifestyle.

In addition to providing sports related library's resources and services, also plans and develops library activities and programmes to support the events and programmes in Sports Hub and to cater to different types of users including sports professionals, those who are active in sports and those who are keen to make sports a part of their life.

Other facilities available in the library will include video viewing stations, virtual sports stations, giant chess and checkers, internet stations, MEETING ROOMS, and kid's zone.

Library System

HKC's LIBRA Solution offers a complete RFID system which employs RFID technology facilitates better library material management to both staff and patrons.

The library system mainly comprises the Borrow/Renew Station, Staff Station, Tagging Station, Wall mount Book-drop Station, Gate Monitoring System, and Branch Monitoring System.

- Tagging System
- Self-Check Kiosk
- Staff Station
- Wall Mount Book drop
- Gate Monitoring System

As a professional Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions provider, HKC embraces the innovative and high-performance Hybrid Solution RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and EM (Electromagnetic) self check-in/out station into our whole series of RFID library solution. Combining these two technologies together brings the implementation of RFID into the current library EM security with more flexibility. LIBRATM EM & HF Self Check-in/out kiosk which helps libraries staff to enhance book circulation rate, simplify circulation procedures effectively, so as to improve efficiency and service quality under limited human resources. It also applied international standard which makes book detection accuracy rate reach industry-leading level. With this technology, it can enhance reliability and security by integrating with LMS (Library Management System) seamlessly. Moreover, self check-in/out machine is with a grand new with more stylish look with modern design which components can be replace separately which to ensure rapid recovery capabilities.

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.