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Since the publication of the Gerontech Landscape Report 1.0,
Hong Kong’s gerontech ecosystem has blossomed, presenting
the city with fresh opportunities and challenges. In the first report
that we published on gerontech, we identified the 24 gaps in
the city’s then gerontech ecosystem and landscape. Through
in-depth stakeholder interviews and survey results, this report set
out to provide an updated analysis on whether these gaps have
been improved upon.

We are encouraged to see a significant increase in
gerontech-related initiatives from the Government and industry.
For example, the GT Platform has fostered collaboration between
different stakeholders, which we suggest can be further enhanced
through more comprehensive channels enabling suppliers to
receive user feedback and gain more assistance relating to
import or export of products. The SWD’s $1 billion I&T Fund
CONCLUSION
has also become one of the most significant financial drivers
for gerontech, which we believe can be further improved if it is
regularised and extended to private elderly homes.

Yet, our research revealed that one of the greatest challenges
currently facing Hong Kong’s gerontech ecosystem is the
lack of opportunity and incentive for end-users living in
the community to procure gerontech. In this report, many of
our key recommendations holistically work together to enable
end-users to leverage on gerontech, while embracing gerontech in
their everyday life within their community (Figure 23). To provide
financial incentive for end-users, we recommend the Government
extend the scope of elderly voucher schemes to include the
purchase or rental of gerontech products. To improve end-users’
physical access to gerontech, we recommend the creation of

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