The Chairman's Message (2008-2009)


Immediate Past Chairman's Report (Thomas Soon)

The Chairman of 2007/2008 Session, Mr. Thomas Soon, delivered his report as follows

  • Following the incorporation of the CIBSE HK Limited in late 2005 together with the set up of the Hong Kong secretariat office in October 2006, the HK Branch has made a big step forward in providing better services to some 2,400 members in Hong Kong.

  • This year is indeed a very busy year. About 30 technical events, 10 social events and 15 YMG events were organised, all with very strong attendance.

  • The HK Branch continues to work closely with the ASHRAE HK Chapter and the HKIE Building Services Division, in organizing a wide variety of technical seminars, workshops and site/factory visits designed for CPD. In particular, a comprehensive certificate course on ACMV system has been organised from February to April 2008.

  • Diversified social events such as Golf Championship, Wine tasting, Financial Planning seminar, inter-institutional social activities etc., and different kinds of YMG activities like membership/chartership talks, career talks, technical seminars and visits etc. were held in this session.

  • Our President-Elect, Mr. John Swaffield and our Chief Executive and Secretary, Mr. Stephen Matthews paid a visit to our Branch in November 2007. During their stay in Hong Kong, they presented and attended the Joint Symposium 2007, met general members of the HK Branch, visited the HKIE, the Macau Institution of Engineers, and some of the academic institutions in Hong Kong.

  • One of the main highlights of the year was the Joint Symposium 2007 held on 13 November 2007 in which Mr. Stephen Matthews delivered a keynote speech and Mr. John Swaffield presented a technical paper. The event was attended by over 250 local and overseas building services professionals. Another highlight was the Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Symposium which was successfully carried out in Hangzhou on 6 and 7 July 2007 with around 200 attendants from Hong Kong and the Mainland.

  • Following the success of one-day distinguished lectures on ˇ§Guide A ˇV Comfort Vs Energy Efficiencyˇ¨ and ˇ§CIBSE AM10 ˇV Natural Ventilationˇ¨ held in 2006, the HK Branch had organised a one-day workshop on ˇ§Water Conservation and Cross Contamination Prevention in Building Drainage and Vent Systemsˇ¨ on 16 November 2007. We had invited international speakers from UK, Australia, Taiwan and of course Hong Kong, and received a full-house attendance on that day. Another one-day distinguished lecture on ˇ§CIBSE Guide L ˇV Sustainabilityˇ¨ will be carried out next month.

  • The HK Branch continues to support higher education in building services engineering by donating prizes to students with outstanding performance from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institution for Vocational Education.

  • The Chairman wishes to express his gratitude to all the committee members including the Young Membersˇ¦ Group for their hard work and accomplishment in the past 12 months. He also gives his heartfelt thanks to the immediate past Chairman, Mr. Philip Chan, and our past Chairmen and Advisors, Mr. K.O. Yeung, Mr. Peter Wong, Mr. Victor Cheung, Mr. Ronald Chin and Mr. Thomas Chan for their valuable advice and guidance to the Committee. Most importantly, he thanks all the members for supporting the activities organised by the HK Branch.

  • Finally, the Chairman would like to offer his sincere wishes to the Incoming Chairman ˇV Mr. Victor Leung for his every success in the next session of the Committee.
    The acceptance of the Chairmanˇ¦s report was proposed by Mr. Philip Chan and seconded by Mr. Raymond Lin.

Chairmanˇ¦s Report (Victor Leung)

The Chairman of 2008/2009 Session, Mr. Victor Leung, delivered his report as follows:

  • Following the incorporation of the CIBSE HK Limited in late 2005, the Hong Kong secretariat office was set up in October 2006 in Central Plaza and moved to Sheung Wan in August 2008. The CIBSE HK Limited was registered as a charitable organization in December 2008.

  • This year was indeed a very busy year. About 33 technical events, 22 seminars, 11 technical visits, 13 YMG events and 3 social activities were organised, all with very strong attendance. It was the opinion of members that the HK Branch should not arrange too many social events.

  • The HK Branch continues to work closely with the ASHRAE HK Chapter and the HKIE Building Services Division, in organizing a wide variety of technical seminars, workshops and site/factory visits designed for CPD. In particular, a comprehensive certificate course on Plumbing and Drainage system was held from October to November 2008.

  • Members from the HQ paid 2 visits to HKB. The first was a visit by the International Director Mr. David Hughes in June 2008. The second was by the President-Elect, Mr. Mike Simpson, and Immediate Past President, Mr. John Armstrong, and Vice President, Mr. Ted King, who paid a visit to our Branch in November 2008. During their stay in Hong Kong, they presented and attended the Joint Symposium 2008, presented in the one-day seminar, visited the HKIE and the EMSD.

  • One of the main highlights of the year was the Joint Symposium 2008 held on 18 November 2008 which was attended by over 250 local and overseas building services professionals. Another highlight was the Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Symposium which was successfully held in Zhengzhou on 30 June and 1 July 2008 with around 200 attendants from Hong Kong and the Mainland.

  • A CIBSE-HKB one-day seminar on Building Energy Code, Energy Saving and Sustainable Construction was held on 20 November 2008. In the one-day seminar, Mr. Mike Simpson, Mr. Ted King, Mr. John Amstrong and Mr. Victor Leung gave presentations showing the support given by the HQ and HKB to sustainable development and mandatory building energy code. We invited Ms Electra Stratigaki to talk about CIBSE Guide L ˇV Sustainability in this one-day seminar which received a full-house attendance.

  • CIBSE-HKB is represented in the Technical Task Force on Mandatory Implementation of Building Energy Codes and 3 Working Groups. This involvement would raise the influence of the HK Branch on the industry and the society.

  • Mr. Victor Leung visited the HQ in October 2008. The HQ expressed the wish for HKB to participate in more academic research. HKB had already conducted research on thermal comfort in the past two years with research sites in Dongguan. A sharing session on the research was conducted in Dongguan in January 2009 and was well attended by 33 members. A new joint research with HKU on Heat-Island Effect has been started and regular reports will be available on the website.

  • Mr. KW Pun raised a question on the funding of technical research and whether HKB members could participate. Mr. Victor Leung responded that research fund was included in the budget and about 3% of the HQ grant would be spent on research which would be reported to HQ. Moreover, the research fund was not open to members but research results would be reported to members by seminars, publications and reports on the web.

  • The Chairman wishes to express his gratitude to all the committee members including the Young Membersˇ¦ Group for their hard work and accomplishment in the past 12 months. He also gives his heartfelt thanks to the immediate past Chairman, Mr. Thomas Soon, and our past Chairmen and Advisors, Mr. K.O. Yeung, Mr. Peter Wong, Mr. Victor Cheung, Mr. Ronald Chin, Mr. Thomas Chan and Mr. Philip Chan for their valuable advice and guidance to the Committee. Most importantly, he thanks all the members for supporting the activities organised by the HK Branch.