Technology Voucher Programme (TVP)
The programme is launched by Innovation and Technology Commission. TVP aims to support local enterprises/organizations in using technological services and solutions to improve productivity, or upgrade or transform their business processes.
TVP supports organizations with maximum HKD$ 600,000 cumulative funding. Each organization can have up to 6 projects under TVP. TVP provide funding for projects on a 3 (Government):1 (organization) matching basis.
Typical Technological Services and/or Solutions covered by TVP
Productivity/Business Process
An appointment scheduling and queue management system allows the customers to book and change appointments. The system sends customised notifications to the staff and the customers of confirmations, reminders and pending appointments. The system should have an interface to integrate with any existing Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) systems. Its queue management may allow the customers to leave the store while waiting for service, thereby eliminating physical queues. The system may send SMS notifications to inform customers of their queue number, estimated waiting time and when their waiting time is over. It generates reports that track the efficiency of queue management.
Big data and cloud-based analytics technology offer new opportunities for business intelligence analytics. The unprecedented volume, velocity and variety of data available and accessible over the Internet, e.g. business demand trends, climate information, road traffic condition, mass transportation demands, science and researches, etc., have enabled businesses and research institutes to develop advanced decision-making capabilities. The solution can provide a scalable and
portable computing environment to give useful insights into phenomena and collective behaviours, providing the basis for informed decisions and intuitive services.
BIM is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. It shares knowledge, resource and information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle from conception to demolition. A BIM solution can provide software tools for automating different processes in design, construction and
operations.
Clinic management system automates day-to-day administration and management of tasks in clinics. It streamlines clinic management processes such as in-patient record management, appointment bookings, medical billing and payment and drug inventory management.
Logistics management is the part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient forwarding, reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption. Logistics management system often leverages RFID and other advanced IT technologies such as barcode and network communications, so as to enable seamless integration with the information requirements for the various parties
involved in the supply chain. These systems can improve and optimise the operation and management of the supplier while supporting and improving regulatory supervision, and enhance customer service by allowing the tracking of goods and services involved.
Testing and Certification
For TCM industry, testing is an essential and critical step of demonstrating product compliance with testing standards. Testing solutions are required to meet various technical and legal regulations as well as product certification. Examples include the testing of proprietary Chinese medicines (pCm) to fulfill the pCm registration requirements, testing of Chinese Materia Medica for certification and testing solutions
to meet Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.
Environmental Protection
Energy management systems are commonly used by individual commercial entities to monitor, measure, and control their electrical building loads. It can provide metering, submetering, and monitoring functions that allow facility and building managers to gather data that allows them to make more informed decisions about energy activities across their sites.
Waste management technologies can be adopted to reduce waste generation and enhance the recycling operation. Examples include –
(i) glass imploder – converts glass bottles into cullets at the collection points in order to save storage space prior to delivery for the next recycling process; and
(ii) automatic plastics sorting system – uses sensors to sort out the target plastic
wastes from the mixed plastic wastes.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
According to Innovation and Technology Commission, copies of the documentary evidence proving that the applicant has substantive
business operations in Hong Kong which is related to the project under application at the time of application. Copies of forms required, copies of the valid Hong Kong Identity Card or passport of the person signing the application form for and on behalf of the applicant. For more details, please check on https://www.itf.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_38/AttachmentChecklist-eSep%202020.pdf
TVP invites applications for funding all year round. For more details, please visit https://www.itf.gov.hk/en/funding-programmes/facilitating-technology/tvp/
Yes, there are a lot technological services/ solutions can be applied funding through TVP. For more details, please check https://www.itf.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_38/TVP-guide-e_202008.pdf#page=23
Local entities fulfilling the following requirements are eligible to apply for funding under the TVP:
(a)(i) Registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310); or
(a)(ii) Incorporated and registered in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622); or
(a)(iii) Established in Hong Kong by relevant ordinances as statutory bodies;
AND
(b) Not a listed company in Hong Kong, and not a government subvented organisation3 or subsidiary of any government subvented organisation3;
AND
(c) With substantive business operation in Hong Kong which is related to the project under application at the time of application.
Sources: Innovation and Technology Commission, https://www.itf.gov.hk/en/funding-programmes/facilitating-technology/tvp/
