HONG LINKAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN

Hong Lin

Research · Project operations · Digital products

Understand complex problems,
then build workflows and tools that move work forward.

I draw on policy research and public-service practice to organize dispersed information, work across teams, and build websites, data tools and workflows.

Researcher · Builder · Civic Technologist

FEATURED CASE
Making Council Questions Visible / AI Legislative Analysis
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01 / SELECTED WORKView all
01 / POLICY / DATA

Making Council Questions Visible

AI Legislative Analysis

Classified and visualized general-question materials with AI assistance to examine the public issues discussed by the council.

MY ROLE Data analysis and visualization

COMPLETED / 2025CASE STUDY ↗
KAOHSIUNG CITY COUNCIL2025.05
37 councilors17 issue categories
REPORTED SHARE
Transport15.7%
Local infrastructure13.0%
Smart cities11.1%
Social welfare11.1%
Redrawn from figures in public coverageNot the original chart; classified data is not public
03 / POLICY / PUBLIC DIALOGUE

Start with an accessible digital front door

Co-creating a useful digital citizen platform

A public hearing on 9 September 2025 examined how an integrated entry point could help residents find and use public services, alongside privacy, accountability, and service governance. I contributed to issue research and hearing preparation.

MY ROLE Issue research and hearing preparation

COMPLETED / 2025CASE STUDY ↗
PUBLIC DIALOGUE / 2025

Digital civic services,
begin with a usable entry point.

One service entry pointReasons to use itPrivacy and data governance
Public coverage confirms the event and topics
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02 / RESEARCHView all

Ask the right question
before drawing conclusions.

Cities, institutions and government data.
Make the method, evidence and limits visible together.

01
LEGISLATIVE DATA / 2025

What Is the Council Asking?

Reading the questions a city asks

A research note on what the May 2025 council-question analysis can show, and what it cannot establish.

02
POLICY / DATA / 2026

Government Document Discrepancy Research

Government data quality research

A method for comparing budgets, targets, reported progress, dates, and versions across official documents, separating substantive discrepancies from changes in definitions or updates. The public description focuses on method and makes no unsupported claims about policy outcomes.

03 / SYSTEMS & TOOLSView all

A useful system
should make its limits clear.

Users should know what a system can do and when human judgment is still needed.

Kaohsiung Civic MCPDEGRADED
04 / EXPERIENCEView all
2021.10 — NOW
POLICY / PUBLIC SERVICE / DIGITAL OPERATIONS

Office of Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Huiwen

Ongoing work from council-question research and drafting to public dialogue, visual communication and website maintenance.

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07 / ABOUT / CONTACT

Policy, systems, technology.
People are where they meet.

Hong Lin works across policy research, public governance and AI systems design, with a focus on cities, institutions, government data and knowledge infrastructure. He also builds civic-tech projects, websites and personal knowledge systems.

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LET’S TALK / CONTACT

Let's make a complex problem clearer.

Research, project collaboration, digital products and workflows.

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