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package in the US and the US$600 billion spent in China
was allocated to building and government IT infrastructure.
From his perspective, these are worth while programs that
can help the community grow and benefit citizens directly and
indirectly.
China Market
From Accela’s beginnings in the United States, the com-
pany expanded to Abu Dhabi.
“In late 2008, we opened up the Australia office. In addi-
tion, we have outsourced some development to China for sev-
eral years. Naturally, China is the next step in our international
expansion program,’’ says Ho.
According to the Chief Strategy Officer, China wants to
leapfrog the world. When Accela approached China, the answer
was clear: they were interested in the latest and the best.
“There is no doubt that the electronic submission of forms
and plans are of interest because they want to attract foreign
according Ho. In other words, there is less incentive for not business. Wireless inspection and other wireless applications
doing more, for example in the field of urban planning. also, because their network can reach everywhere. They want
to change how the western world perceives doing business with
Keeping up China,’’ adds Ho saying that the whole Asian continent is tak-
ing on new technologies more aggressively in an effort to catch
For Ho, it is no surprise that the government’s technical up and or take the lead.
and procedural infrastructure hasn’t kept up with the growth of
Macau in the last few years.
“Eventually, the gap will widen. The benefits to not delay-
ing the necessary work are sustainable economic development,
improved citizen services and satisfaction. It also brings re-
duced costs and improved public safety,’’ he says.
Accela’s Chief Strategy Officer admits there has been some
contact with the Macau Government and “the response was en-
couraging”.
Besides the 3D BIM, Ho is trying to educate the SAR about
the benefits of Accela Citizen Access.
“It isn’t a question of whether typhoons will hit Macau
again in the future. It is only a question of when. Next time
around, we hope that Accela Citizen Access is already in
place,’’ he says.
accela and economic crisis?
Ho says a signficant amount the the US$800 billion stimulus
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