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The Third Generation Command and Control Communications System (CC3) has been adjudged winner of the Hong Kong Information Communication Technology 2006 (HKICT) Awards: eGovernment "Most Innovative" Gold Award, and the "Best Transformation" Silver Award. On behalf of the Force, Assistant Commissioner (Information Systems) Wong Fook-chuen and Communications Branch Chief Telecommunications Engineer Jolly Wong Chun-kau received the two prestigious awards at a presentation ceremony held in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on November 22. Building on past success and experience, the HKICT Awards was established as a collaborative effort among industry support organisations, ICT professional bodies, academia and the Government to build a large-scale and internationally recognised branding of ICT awards of Hong Kong. The HKICT Awards scheme aims at recognising, promoting and commending the excellent achievements to which Hong Kong ICT professionals and organisations have contributed. The scheme also aims to encourage local practitioners to develop innovative and creative ICT solutions, which will uplift the image of Hong Kong's ICT sectors, both locally and internationally. The HKICT Awards 2006 is supported by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer of the HKSAR Government, with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers being assigned as the leading organiser for the eGovernment Award category. CC3 is the biggest investment with an approved budget of around $1 billion of the Force to apply new advances in ICT to enhance management efficiency, operational effectiveness and public safety, which is one of the Management Priorities set out in the Commissioner's Three-Year Action Strategic Plan. It is a mission-critical system that provides the Force with highly responsive and resilient capabilities to combat increasing safety and security needs that have emerged around the world. The system supports an integrated command and control environment that includes radio, telephone, incident handling, dispatching functions, and support for external interfaces to computer systems in other government departments. With a number of large-scale innovative ICT applications, user-friendly devices and seamless operations for frontline police officers, the Force is proud to have achieved improved efficiency on police emergency response to public needs. With the system, policing manpower resources can be well transformed and empowered more effectively to better serve the public. Furthermore, the sustained development of CC3 digital radio infrastructure built on open standard implies scalability and interoperability. This will provide a trend-setting opportunity of a common radio platform, shared by multi-disciplinary agencies and government departments. Robust quality assurance process, including PRojects IN Controlled Environment (PRINCE) methodology, proactive risk management framework, business continuity and disaster recovery plans and periodic user surveys have been developed and put in place to ensure CC3 delivers its promises. Substantial local elements have been applied in radio coverage profile, talkgroup planning, fleetmap design, capacity dimensioning, customised software development, command and control workflow process and systems integration, all of which have been designed in-house and developed by an integrated project team comprising IT professionals, telecommunications engineers and police officers. It is indeed an excellent example of a large-scale project that requires immaculate integration of information technologies and communication technologies for supporting mission-critical operations. CC3 had to get through four rounds of assessment in the competition before achieving its awards. Entry proposal was submitted to the HKICT Awards 2006 in June for an initial assessment followed by a preliminary presentation made on July 5 by the CC3 Project Team before a panel of 10 judges consisting of representatives from the academia, professional bodies and Legislative Councillors. The panel of judges then conducted a site visit to the Hong Kong Island Regional Control and Command Centre on August 24 to substantiate how ICT was applied in CC3 to revolutionalise traditional services or innovate new services for the benefit of the community. The project was short-listed for the final round in which Assistant Commissioner Wong Fook-chuen presented CC3 with the aids of daily cases and HKMC challenges before the Grand Judging Panel at the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Headquarters on September 23.
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