1819T2 Hong Kong/Participant Information/Ong Lin Sheng, Lin Sheng
About L. S. ONG
SMU email: lsong.2016@sis.smu.edu.sg
Academic Year: 3
Degree: BSc Information Systems
2nd Major: Advanced Business Technology (No Track)
Hobbies: I love travelling, cooking/baking and photography/videography.. Oh and also I LOVE MEMES!
Applying for subsidy: Yes
Why TSM Hong Kong?
- What motivates you to join TSM?
Having this opportunity to network with people in Hong Kong and exchange knowledge/experiences.
- Why pick Hong Kong?
Hong Kong and Singapore are both similar in many aspects. While Hong Kong is recently booming in its technology demand for their smart city blueprint initiatives, it would be an eye-opener to see how Hong Kong embark their journey in achieving a smarter city. According to the EU Smart City Model (From what I've learnt in SMT112 Sustainable Digital Cities), it comprises of 6 characterics which include: Smart Economy, Smart Mobility, Smart Governance, Smart Living, Smart People and Smart Environment. As such, I am interested at Smart Mobility and Smart Living initiatives carried out the blueprint.
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you?
Businesses that are disrupted by technologies
- What plan do you have in starting a business?
I have started my own business 3 years ago, selling salted egg snacks. Met this investor (he had his own shop selling pineapple tarts from Taiwan) and he was willing guide me from operations to brandings and marketing. The business partnership in the end wasn't a success due to high costings and lack of time. As of now, I am still doing my business alone on a ad-hoc basis. Munchee
What keeps you ticking?
- The clock. Just kidding! Experience and taking risk! Being able to take risk and foresee failure is part of building up a better experience. My supervisor from SGAG always said: "You have never learnt if you have never fail hard before."
