An applicant shall meet the following conditions to be admitted as a tenant.
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Core Tenants |
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General |
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An application shall engage in technology intensive business and place knowledge-based innovation functions that encompass decision making, research, product and market development, advanced manufacturing, customer support and associated services as a significant part of its operations in the Science Park. |
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An applicant's operations in the Science Park should not be primarily in mass production, although small scale pilot production or high value-added production in support of product and market development and innovation may be permitted. |
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An applicant's operations in the Science Park should be environmentally friendly. |
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An applicant's operations in the Science Park must contribute to the long term economic success of Hong Kong through the development, enhancement and / or application of innovation and technology. |
Examples of applicants that would be acceptable are as follows :
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Companies engaging in the following activities : |
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- Research and development of products, services and processes including market research, product management and related activities.
- Product or process engineering, qualification and related product and production support activities.
- Headquarters operations encompassing one or more of the above functions.
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Inward investing companies who wish to start up and expand in Hong Kong and plan to engage in activities listed in 2 (a) within a preset period agreed in advance with the Science Park Administration. |
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Embryo and start-up companies planning to engage in the above listed activities. Examples are companies growing out of university research activities or incubation programmes or companies founded by entrepreneurs within the HKSAR. |
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Priority will be given to companies who : |
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are world leaders (actual or potential) in innovation technology, brand recognition, market coverage and / or operation excellence ; |
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are contributing members of fostering clusters; |
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have a long-term commitment to building technology competence in Hong Kong through investment in people and intellectual property; |
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provide a significant number of high value-added innovation and technology jobs locally; and / or |
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are engaged in the areas of electronics, information technology, biotechnology or precision engineering. |
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| (B) |
Professional Service Providers |
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Professional companies providing value-added services (e.g. legal, accounting, recruiting, venture fund management, training, design and marketing, consulting, etc.) are also admissible to the Science and Technology Parks Corporation. |
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