Recognizing that Innovation and Technology is an important growth engine for future economic development, the Government is also supporting a series of measures in this aspect, including the exploration of the development of a third InnoHK research cluster.
The Financial Secretary has also earmarked US$385 million (HK$3 billion) to take forward Phase 2 of the Hong Kong Science Park Expansion Programme and injected US$256 million (HK$2 billion) into the Innovation and Technology Fund to provide matching-basis support for manufacturers setting up smart production lines. The Government will continue to provide enhanced tax deduction for qualifying R&D expenditures and proposed a US$25.6 million (HK$200 million) Green Tech Fund to support the R&D and application of decarbonization and green technologies.
