MaCaPS International Ltd.
An Associated Company of CityU
Enterprises Limited –
City University of Hong Kong
Dr. LM Cheng
Chairman
History of MaCaPS
 Founded in 1997 with injection of Taiwan VC
fund of HK$20M with establishment in 3
locations including HK, Taiwan and South
Africa to work on Magnetic Card Protection
System
 Asia Financial Crisis – VC fund withdrawn
within 3 months [project stop in mid 1998]
 1999 move into Smart Card Area
 2000 ITF fund awarded
 2002 Recap Physical Security Technology start
with 3 people
 2004 moved out from CityU with 6 staff and rent
office in Kwun Tong expanded to 16 people in
2007
 2007 acquires our own office premise and
grows to 26 staff in early 2008
 2008 Financial Tsunami hit business badly
reduced work force substantially to survive
 2008-2010 business returns went negative
 Expected 2010-11 will pick up, however, things
may change in the second half of the year
[inflation, mid east problem, and Japanese
earthquake/nuclear crisis]
Goals
 MaCaPS targets to become one of the major
smart card access control systems and RFID
solution providers in Hong Kong and
worldwide.
Strengths
 MaCaPS is able to provide a unique mix of
smart card chip designer and manufacturer, a
systems and services provider.
 Offering a one-step solution to clients include
design, consultancy, implementation, site work
and after sale services and maintenance.
 MaCaPS has some patented technologies to
protect its intellectual property
Opportunities
 Based on the world security manufacturer 2003
data – the existing market is US$3 Billion per
year with a growth of over 50% per annum
 HK and China are the fastest growing market
for smartcard applications.
 New applications for HK ID card such as
access control, e-authentication, digital
certificates and e-payment. The HKSAR
government will spend approximately
HK$3.06b on the new Smart ID card project.
 New applications for China National ID card
for 14 billion people.
 New initiatives for medical and logistic
applications
Main Stream Products
Hardware Products
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Smart Card
Smart Card Readers
Smart Card Printer
Smart Card Emulator & Assembler
Wiegand RS-232 Converter
Software Products
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Access Control System
Car Park System
CCTV System
DVR System
Lift Control System
Club House Facilities Booking System
Management Software
TAS (Time Attendance System), Payroll & HRM (Human
Resource Management)
 Remote monitoring system
 Payment Systems
Smart Card Readers
 Contactless &
Contact
 Keypad Reader
 PDA Reader
Access Control System
• Totally SoC Product
• Smallest & Highly Reliable Server in
Market
• Ethernet, Web and Mobile enabling
…Access Control System
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Large record volume at
basic 56,000 expandable
to 3 Millions transactions
in resilience mode
Multiple time zone upt to
128
Single point failure
support
Large control point
support upt to 512
10 year Card Holder data
backup after power loss
Support all type of readers
including Octopus
Car Park Control System
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Support 10,000 Users, 5,000
Groups, 10,000 Transactions
Local & Distributed intelligent –
Web and mobile enabling
3 year battery Backup for
transaction and clock
Group Anti-Pass Back – support
multiple entry and exit
Multiple Time Zone
Real Time Transaction Display
Multi Car Park Entry – support
multiple cards with limited space
allocation
Remote Monitoring & gate
control
Club House Facilities Booking System
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Support upto 64 Event
Servers
Group Access Control
Time Zone Setting
Real Time Transaction
Display
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Broadcasting Function
Remote Monitoring
In/Out Transaction Report
Remote door control
Usage statistic reporting
Mini supermarket function
Lift Control System
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Define group as Building Group for easy management
Set individual Time Zone for scheduling Opening
Support an on-the-fly opening function
Supported up to 128 Time Zone.
Allow each User to define an individual time zone for
each building Group and combination of access right
Management Software
• Provides a simple
graphic user interface
• Allow system
configuration, door
control and card
management.
• Provide system status
monitoring and
attendance reporting
• Support customised
features, such as eMap
and intruder tracking.
Time Attendance System
• User definable working hour
and working period
• Reports can print in standard
format
• Staff information and report
• Roster time definition
• Holidays and allowance
Setting
• Absence information
• Late report, payroll report,
early leave report
• Importing user database from
text file
Payment Control System
 Intelligent Distribution System
– Support Online and Offline
Operation
– Every unit can operate
individually
 TCP/IP Network Base Control
System
– Fast download/update speed
– Real time monitoring
 In-build Credit/Debit Function
 In-build card issuing and printing
 Real time report generation
 Cycling protection for Airconditioner
 Power failure recovery
Smart Card Logon System
 Requires the staff/student to logon
with their smart card as the User
name textbox is disabled so that
user cannot access the system
without a valid card presented to
the card reader.
 When the staff/student present
their cards to the USB reader, the
User name stored in the card is
read and display in the User name
textbox.
 The user is required to enter his
password in order to log on the
system.
New Initiatives
Biometrics
RFID
Green Energy
eHealth
Biometrics Solutions
Finger Print
Facial Recognition
Finger Print Solution
 Using highly reliable and secure
Korean manufactured BioEntry Plus
device.
 IP based fingerprint access control
device featuring easy installation
and user friendly operations.
 Integrated with proximity card,
provide a total soultion for
networked access control systems.
Facial Recognition - Facelog
•Design to address the issues
unfound in other biometric products.
•Highly innovative unit requires only
1 sample photo for user registration..
•IP based communication facilitates
connection of multiple units to a
central PC server, providing
flexibility, while ensuring data
security by central storage and
processing.
RFID - Solutions
Library
Fun fair
Grand Events
New Applications
Old Octopus Payment Kiosk
OLD: The work flow for collecting fines with Octopus-enabled cash
registers
Cash
Register
(1) Library Staff
input the
Student ID to
Library System,
retrieve the
outstanding
fines in Library.
Library
Innopac
System
(2) Library Staff
enter value in
Octopus
enabled Cash
Register.
(3) User put
Octopus card to
settle payment.
No Direct Communication
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Connected by staff
intermediary
(4) Staff manually
update patron
record to
complete the
whole payment
transaction.
Octopus
Card
Reader
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EasyPay Benefits
 Cash handling require huge manual
effort especially in Library with Fines.
 Minimize the human error in cash
handling and input error in the system
interface.
 Faster transaction compared with old
practice.
 Provide round the clock payment even
the counter is closed.
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EasyService in CityU Library
• 2008 : EasyCheck System™ for SemiClosed collection, self-developed
system using UHF RFID technology
Green Energy Products
 Green energy management
solution is based on the
RS485 or TCPIP linked
dimmer control and a
dedicated universal timer
board to provide an energy
saving and low carbon
emission platform.
 Products:
– 1-Channel Dimming Controller
– 4-Channel Dimming Controller
– Universal Timer Board
eHealth
 MaCaPS has been awarded a Social
Welfare Development Fund (SWDF)
project for an NGO Care Center using
the latest RFID and Information and
Communications technologies .
 The scope of this work includes three
modules development: namely:
– Vital Sign Data Module,
– Quality Measurement Monitoring Module
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– Attendance Recording Module.
Clients
Clients
Government Departments
Major universities
Major Hospitals
Factories
Health Club & Sport Club
Properties Developer
Chain Store
Security Companies
Job Reference –
Commercial & Estates
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Sino Group
New World Group
Sun Hung Kai
Intel
Murata
Estoril Court (愛都大廈)
Cavendish Height (嘉雲台)
First City (沙田第一城)
City Plaza (新都城一期)
Sceneway garden (滙景花園)
The Cullinan (天璽 )
The Belcher (寶翠園)
Job Reference –
Government
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機電工程署 Headquarters
將軍澳醫院 TKO Hospital
香港水務處
渠務署 (DSD)
禮賓處
房屋處 - 怡心園
文輝道 – 政府宿舍
香港入境事務處 - e-Channel
勞工處
香港貿易發展局(TDC)
童軍總會
海洋公園
Sale Established Overseas
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Korea
Mongolia
USA
Yugoslavia
Russia
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
Total Income
6,000,000
Pre-tax Profit
Net Asset Value/
4,000,000
(liabilities)
2,000,000
0
2009/10 2008/9
-2,000,000
2007/8
2006/7
2005/6
2004/5
2003/4
2002/3 2001/02 2000/01