
Alice So Nga-lai, 59, former head of entrepreneurship at Hong Kong's Cyberport, was granted bail after being charged with accepting bribes including flight tickets, handbags, tote bags, a coin purse and a mobile phone from Viola Lam Yuen-lee, director of Find Solution AI Limited, to secure HK$20 million in government subsidies for the AI start-up.
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The Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme is a government-subsidised initiative in Hong Kong designed to support technology adoption and innovation among enterprises.
A former department head of Hong Kong’s fintech hub Cyberport has been granted bail after being charged with accepting bribes to help an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up secure HK$20 million in funding from a government-subsidised programme.
Alice So Nga-lai, 59, former head of entrepreneurship of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, was accused of receiving advantages such as flight tickets, one handbag, two tote bags, one coin purse and a mobile phone between October 2023 and December 2025.
On Monday, she appeared at Eastern Court to face a count of a public servant accepting advantages. The charge was filed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
The corruption watchdog alleged that Viola Lam Yuen-lee, 39, director and shareholder of Find Solution AI Limited, offered the gifts to So as a reward for giving the company preferential treatment in its application for subsidies under the Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Independent Commission Against Corruption will continue its investigation into the alleged bribery scheme
Very likely · Within weeks
Alice So Nga-lai will face trial for the public servant accepting advantages charge
Likely · Within months

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