04/12/2017
LIVE 8 TV : Perth's Silicon City
Build it and they will come
Perth's Gateway to the world
Perth could become Australia’s Gateway to the rest of the world – to Asia, Africa and Europe – if we play our cards right and make bold moves now.
Perth’s unique position on the west coast of the Island Continent, and rapid changes in technology and trade, places us at a historically significant opportunity in time.
With new advances in air travel and stunning economic growth to our north, Perth is in a perfect strategic position to become Australia’s Gateway to the world.
I would go as far to suggest that Perth could become as popular a destination for international visitors and investors in the following decades, as Sydney is now.
A coalition of businesses, government, tourism and individuals should come together to market, connect and open the new City of Perth to the surrounding regions of the Indian Ocean, Asia and toward Europe. The benefits for jobs, wealth creation, a more sustainable economy and an open, cosmopolitan way-of-life will be profound.
Perth – Gateway to Australia from the West
Qantas will begin direct long-haul flights, with Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, between London and Perth in early 2017. This is an opportunity for Perth to become the primary port-of-call for European business and leisure travellers to Australia.
In fact, conceivably, Perth could indeed become a major airport hub for flights from the north and the west.
The proposed flights will completely change tourism and travel in Australia, Qantas believes, transforming the way we move around the world and offering passengers the smooth passage between Europe and Australia.
Flights here to there will be around 19-hours, sources said, making the Perth to London leg the longest flight in the world.
Other European, Middle Eastern, Asian and African airlines should be allowed to make Perth their Australian hub – the place to come first for the greater Asia-Pacific region.
Just as Los Angeles is to Asia-Pacific region travellers visiting the western hemisphere (North, South, Central America and the Caribbean) – Perth could become that city for European region travellers coming to the Asia-Pacific Region.
The Asian Connection
Meanwhile, our location to and connections to Asia will continue to be vital and significant to Perth’s future.
Singapore is a closer flight to Perth than Sydney or Melbourne. In fact, wealthy Singaporeans have treated Perth as a long-weekend playground for years. The same goes for flights to Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. The growth of ASEAN nations is the connection we need to develop a sustainable, more diverse local economy – more jobs and a higher living standard for the future.
Perth’s investment and economic connections to South-East Asia are significant and growing. Our links to China, South Korea and Japan will continue to define our economic prosperity as well. It’s about the future of Australia as much as Perth.
The challenge to our future comes down to building the relationships, networks and connections to these fast growing economic Tigers (and Tiger Cubs) – giving the best opportunities for investment into infrastructure, tourism and hospitality, education and exports in consumer products and services – that lead to more wealth creation and opportunities, and ensuring that everyone benefits.
Government, community and the private sector must act. The time to make this happen is now.
Build it and they will come
Tourism is going to be vital to the future of Perth. Huge investments in destination marketing need to be made, including utilising digital and social media marketing, PR and traditional media engagement across the world. The City of Perth’s boom in hotels and tech platforms like Airbnb, positions Perth with the infrastructure needs for travellers for the next decades – we just need to get them here.
Australia should be inviting Consumer /B2B Technology experts and entrepreneurs to come to the new City of Perth. Silicon Valley is California’s technology centre. Let’s make Silicon City the Australian equivalent.
Let’s leverage our extraordinary lifestyle and standards of living and encourage tech geniuses from Asia, the US and elsewhere to set up shop in the new City of Perth. Our talents in coding and web/app development are all here, we need to find more opportunities to tap into that great talent, and connect it to more startups and profitable ideas that can be scaled.
Finally, let’s do more to encourage Global Corporations to set up regional HQ’s – not in Singapore or Hong Kong – but in Perth. Let’s think about strategies to foster a high-end services economy, of financial, legal, accounting and corporate support professionals – serving the Asia-Pacific marketplace. The world’s economic growth is here in our region.
Perth’s place in the future is bright. We just have to play our cards right, and play the hand now. Perth can become Australia’s Gateway to the world.
LIVE 8 TV : Perth's Silicon City .
LIVE 8 TV is the next evolutionary stage of what we are already offering with the brand likes of Facebook, Apple, Google & Livestream etc. All we are doing is putting all of what they are offering separately and presenting them as a whole.
TV is a major part of our lives. We gather together around our big screens to watch big shows and big events. Yet somehow, the overall experience of TV has continued to stagnate. Until now. It all starts by recognising that apps are the future of television. Netflix, Stan, tenplay, iTunes — apps are quickly becoming how we watch today. So we built a new foundation around this vision - Apple TV
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We have the technology now to connect all businesses & residential. We have just not physically caught up yet with the technology we have mentally created.
Their solutions demand co-operation at a level we are yet to experience in human history. Until now !!!
