RI-IWEAR members visited the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation

RI-IWEAR actively builds external collaborative partnerships with local research institutions. A visit to the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) on 12 December 2022 was arranged. A total of 44 RI-IWEAR members, colleagues from Industrial Centre, and research students from PolyU participated in this activity.

Dr Carmen FUNG, Associate Director of Strategic Development of HKSTP gave a welcome speech. Ms Candy CHENG, Manager of Strategic Development, and Dr Horace LEUNG, Manager of Industry Development, introduced the Heterogeneous Lab and Microelectronics Centre (MEC) located at Yuen Long INNOPARK, respectively. MEC is established to support the development and pilot production of new generation micro-electronics products with flexible design dedicated cleanrooms and special chemical handling facilities. After the introduction of the facilities related to the microelectronics industry, PolyU members were given a guided tour of the Biomedical Technology Support Centre, The Sensor Packaging and Integration Laboratory (Sensor Lab) and the Medical Device Testing Lab at HKSTP.