S.T.A.R.S Foundation, providing collaboration with green technology
S.T.A.R.S Foundation, providing collaboration with green technology
The recent 16th CleanTech 2012 expo event in July held in Israel had a delegation of companies and investment funds from Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing organised by the S.T.A.R.S. Foundation.*
One of the goals of Clean-Tech is to encourage technological collaboration and joint projects between Israeli and overseas companies. Chinese companies are one of the major groups where collaboration is strong.
Sharon Galor, is the Israeli liaison commissioner of the S.T.A.R.S. Foundation which organised the delegation to Israel. The foundation is led by Hong Kong businessman Johnny Chong, who is the current chairman.
The foundation encourages companies dealing with energy, green and emerging technology ‘to accelerate development’, for all of us to benefit, to reach a cleaner and more stable world for future generations.
The delegation was welcomed in Israel by Mashov Group organisers, Haim Alush and Avi Paz. “We called our delegation: A Business delegation to the Startup Holy Nation, as we love the people of Israel,” commented Johnny Chong, chairman S.T.A.R.S Foundation.
“We see Israel as a technology hub and definitely will invest in developing a relationship with Israeli tech companies, introducing them to the Chinese market, using our wide ranging close contacts and influence inside Asia,” added Chong.
“And yes, we will surely return to Israel, in the coming January 2013 with even more investors,” Chong concluded in his speech during the opening event.
Also visiting the expo with the delegation was Roy Lau, Head of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation in China, which aims to help Chinese institutions cooperate with foreign companies in all aspects of business with an emphasis on green technologies.
The S.T.A.R.S. Foundation, among its other activities, leads an initiative to establish an industrial park in Guangdong to encourage and help global companies to develop green technologies and be able to operate under the laws of Hong Kong’s intellectual property. It also has liaison offices in Taiwan and the UK.
* S.T.A.R.S. stands for: Sustainable-development, Technology-synergy,
Application-cultivation, Research-integration,Strategic-development
Jewish Times Asia (Issue September 2012)