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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited:
The Cyberport Digital Entertainment Incubation-cum-Training Centre (Cyberport IncuTrain Centre) today (September 30) to step up and reinforce the development of Hong Kongˇ¦s digital entertainment industry.
Funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund and managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, the centre aims at incubating Hong Kong companies in the digital entertainment and digital media industries, with initial focus on digital game and film animation.
To achieve the mission of the centre, an IncuTrain programme will be launched tomorrow (October 1) to invite the first batch of applications to become incubatees of the Cyberport IncuTrain Centre. Targeting at both existing players and new start-ups, the centre will not only provide office space and equipment at favourable terms, but will also provide targeted technology and business development support to the digital entertainment professionals, as well as creative/innovative training to the youth segment of the general public.
Speaking at the IncuTrain programme kick-off ceremony, the Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Mr Gordon Leung, said,ˇ§Apart from jointly organising different training programmes with the industry and the academic sector, the centre also plans to engage in technology exchange with the research and development centres in the Mainland and overseas countries, and to organise promotion activities with relevant organisations. We hope that such cooperation will bring about fruitful results.ˇ¨
ˇ§The centre is well-positioned to meet the local industriesˇ¦needs, and we share the same vision as the Innovation Festival 05, organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission, in fostering an innovative culture in the community and promoting technological entrepreneurship,ˇ¨ said the Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Mr Nicholas Yang.
ˇ§The ceremony today marks an important milestone in the development of digital entertainment in Hong Kong. It also represents Cyberport's continuing effort to promote and build Hong Kong as a leading digital entertainment hub in Asia. Equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure in IT and media technology, Cyberport is an ideal platform for content creation, management and delivery,ˇ¨ added Mr Yang. "The IncuTrain Centre, with a total area of 24,000 square feet at Cyberport 3, is scheduled to open in November 2005. We expect to support up to 45 incubatees over a three-year period."
The first batch of IncuTrain Programme application starts tomorrow, with deadline at 5 pm on October 31, 2005.
Interested parties can download the application form from http://incutrain.cyberport.hk, and send the completed form by registered post to Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Units 1102-1104, Level 11, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong.
For detailed guidelines and further information about the IncuTrain Programme and the centre, please visit http://incutrain.cyberport.hk, e-mail incutrain@cyberport.hk, or call the centre hotline at 31663900.
About Cyberport (www.cyberport.hk)
Cyberport ˇV Hong Kong's IT Flagship ˇV is a US $2 billion (HK$15.6 billion) landmark project managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited and wholly owned by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The project has been developed on a 24-hectare site at Telegraphy Bay in the southern district of Hong Kong Island. It comprises four Grade A office buildings, a five-star Le Meridien Cyberport hotel, a retail entertainment complex, The Arcade, and a deluxe residential development, Bel-Air, all aimed at creating an interactive environment that will be home to a strategic cluster of about 100 IT companies and over 10,000 IT professionals.
Ends/Friday, September 30, 2005
Issued at HKT 18:59
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