File photo RFID tags show the position of the subject on a web browser in real-time. image:32866:0::0

A pilot system is under way at the Hong Kong Productivity Council. Location-finding software and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags show the position of the subject on a web browser in real-time, the South China Morning Post said.

A system that can track staff in an office, children in a theme park or medial equipment in a hospital is being tested in Hong Kong, a media report said Monday.

Council director Stephen Lee said the real time location system traced individual staff members in a test-run at the council's offices. He said: "It allows us to locate the workers within seconds, which normally takes a few phone calls or a security guard to have a look."

The council planned to promote the system to hospital administrators which intended to introduce similar location systems to monitor the use of medical equipment.

Unlike existing global positioning systems, the tracking technology can only be used in a pre-confined area, but it is much cheaper and does not generate electromagnetic waves.