NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers will be held on Wednesday, 28 June 2023 at 7:00 pm at Room S421, L4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, for the following purposes:

1. To confirm the Minutes of the 47th Annual General Meeting of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers held on Wednesday, 24 August 2022. The Minutes of the meeting were published in the October 2022 issue of the Hong Kong Engineer.

2. To confirm the Minutes of the Special General Meeting of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers held on Wednesday, 24 August 2022. The Minutes of the meeting were published in the October 2022 issue of the Hong Kong Engineer.

3. To receive and approve the audited Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2023.

4. To appoint the Auditor for 2023/2024.

5. To receive the Annual Report for Session 2022/2023.

6. To note the voting for the re-election of the incumbent Vice Presidents as Vice Presidents.

7. To note the voting for the election of a new Vice President nominated by the Council.

8. To note the voting for the election of Elected Ordinary Members of the Council.

9. To note the election by the Council of the President for Session 2023/2024.

10. To install the incoming President.

11. To present the Past President’s Medallion.

The Annual Report 2022/2023 will be posted to all members in early June 2023.

Ir C K HON
Chief Executive and Secretary

All Corporate Members are invited to attend this meeting.
A QUORUM of 60 CORPORATE MEMBERS is required to hold the AGM.

Voting results will be released to the press and posted on the notice board of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Headquarters and the website.

Commencing 1 January 2019, competence-based approach to CPD activities will be fully implemented as part of CPD requirements for Corporate Members. Corporate Members are required to undertake, out of the 30 hours per year, at least 5 hours each for two areas of CPD activities, namely “Discipline-Specific Technical Matters” (DSTM) and “Broader Areas of Studies” (BAS) or “General Professional Matters” (GPM). In 2021, the HKIE further updated the CPD requirements for its members. Corporate Members are required to attend at least 3 hours per year of CPD activities related to “Health and Safety” (H&S) effective for CPD declaration from 2022 onwards.

Corporate Members are required to complete and return an annual CPD Declaration Form together with the membership subscription advice to the Institution. A random checking, usually 1% sampling, on all Corporate Members, will be conducted on an annual basis. Members who are selected for checking will be asked to submit their evidences of CPD.

The following actions shall be taken in case of non-compliance:

1. Corporate Members will receive a warning letter if they fail to comply with the CPD requirement for the first year that they were selected for sampling, and will be asked to submit their CPD attainment again for the following year; Warning letters will be issued to Corporate Members who fail to comply in two consecutive years. The HKIE Continuing Professional Development Committee (CPDC) will also follow up with those Corporate Members on the reasons of non-compliance;
2. Corporate Members who fail to comply with the CPD requirement again in the second year may be asked to submit their CPD attainment for the following year and be invited to an interview with CPD Committee Representative(s) or to attend specific HKIE CPD activities proposed by the CPDCSP; and
3. Corporate Members who fail to attend interview or the specific HKIE CPD activities in the third year may have their names published in the HKIE website and the HKIE journal; the frequency of which shall be determined by the CPDC.

For details, please refer to the “Guidance Notes for Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Corporate Members” which is available on the HKIE website at http://www.hkie.org.hk

Corporate Membership has satisfied the Commissioner for Labour in respect of section 6BA(4), Cap 59 since 1998 on the understanding that Corporate Members have undertaken a minimum units in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes, which include updates on occupational health and safety legislation. On the basis that Corporate Members will continuously update their knowledge in occupational safety and health through CPD, Corporate Members of the HKIE do not need to take mandatory basic safety training before entering construction sites.

Please note that the HKIE is required to provide such CPD records concerning the recognition of the Corporate Members’ training for the purpose of section 6BA, Cap 59 upon the request of the Labour Department.

Corporate Members and Associate Members who have been removed from the membership roll (due to resignation or striking off by Council resolution) for more than seven years will be required to submit fresh applications should they wish to re-join the Institution. All other grades of members who have been removed from the membership roll (due to resignation or striking off by Council resolution) for more than three years will be required to submit fresh applications should they wish to re-join the Institution. Subject to the above, the current payment scale for reinstatement of membership other than for non-resident members, is a reinstatement fee of HK$410 (for administration purpose), plus all arrears in subscription. The arrears in subscription shall be subject to a maximum of three years’ subscriptions prior to the application for reinstatement of membership.

Non-resident members who apply for the reinstatement of membership as non-resident members shall only be required to pay a reinstatement fee of HK$410; all arrears in subscription shall be waived. All other requirements for reinstatement of membership shall remain unchanged.

The Engineering Council (UK) implemented “SARTOR3” system from 1999. Accredited MEng degrees or accredited BEng degrees plus matching sections are required to satisfy the academic requirements for Chartered Engineers in the United Kingdom. The HKIE is a signatory to the Washington Accord and the HKIE recognizes the accredited MEng or accredited BEng degrees plus matching sections of the Engineering Council (UK) from first intake year 1999 as satisfying the academic requirements for Member of the HKIE.

With effect from 1 March 2004, the “SARTOR3” system has been replaced by the “UK-SPEC”. The Engineering Council (UK) has revised UK-SPEC and has implemented it from 31 December 2021. The academic requirements for Chartered Engineers (CEng) Registration are:

1. An accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology, plus either an appropriate Masters degree or engineering doctorate accredited by a Licensee*, or appropriate further learning to Masters leve
2. An accredited integrated MEng degree
3. An accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology started before September 1999
4. Equivalent qualifications or apprenticeships accredited or approved by a Licensee*, or at an equivalent level in a relevant national or international qualifications framework

* Licensee is the engineering institutions that have been licensed by the Engineering Council (UK) to assess individuals for professional registration.

The HKIE shall accept graduates from the UK as satisfying the academic requirements for Member of the Institution if they could provide document proof from the Engineering Council (UK) that they have satisfied the academic requirements (i) to (iii) above for Chartered Engineers (CEng) Registration.

The HKIE Diary is a pocket-sized planner featuring information about the Institution and useful telephone numbers. Members may place an order for a complimentary copy of the HKIE Diary 2024 at the Member Login Area of the HKIE website by Thursday, 31 August 2023.

Upon successful order, members will receive an acknowledgement email in September 2023, and the HKIE Diary will be sent out in December 2023. Late orders will only be accommodated while stock lasts and an administrative charge of HK$40 will apply.

HKIE Member Login Area

https://www.hkie.org.hk/memberarea/

For enquiries on the access of the HKIE Member Login Area, please contact mlssuport@hkie.org.hk.

Remarks:

• Members are encouraged to update your correspondence address at “My Profile” under “Services” in the Member Login Area.

• Please note that only subscribed members with valid membership will receive the publication ordered.

• Student Members under the Free Student Membership Scheme are not eligible to order the HKIE Diary.

The online CPD logbook service is now in operation to provide solely for members of the HKIE to record their personal CPD activities. Members are invited to enter the Member Login area of our website to access to this online free-of-charge CPD logbook for keeping a systemic record of their CPD participation

For trainees who are under the formal training schemes of the HKIE, they will remain to be required to record their CPD activities in the Record of CPD with endorsement by their Engineering Supervisors.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Member Login Service Support at mlssupport@hkie.org.hk.

To support and help those HKIE members, past members as well as their immediate families who have fallen upon hard times with financial needs, the Institution set up the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Benevolent Fund in 1993 to provide assistance to them. On the expiry of the term of that Benevolent Fund, a new HKIE Benevolent Fund was set up in September 2014. Ir Dr Alex Chan, Ir Dr Andrew Chan, Ir James Kwan and myself are currently the Trustees of the Fund.

Throughout these years, the Trustees of the Fund considered every application on a case-by-case basis to help those who are in need. As always, we react speedily and with compassion to all applications. With the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, it is anticipated that application for financial assistance from the Fund may increase in the year. To meet the funding needs under this circumstance, we would appeal for your generous donations to the Fund.

For your reference, I would list out the Guidelines for application for the Fund as below.

• The applicant must be a HKIE member, a past member or his/her immediate family. Each application is assessed solely on its own merit and the decision of the Trustees shall be final.
• Applications must be made in writing on the HKIE designated application form and to be accompanied by a declaration listing out the financial situation including details of all assets and liabilities, income and expenditure in the family, with the amount of support requested. An explanation of why public assistance is not adequate is also required. The application form is obtainable via the HKIE website or through the Secretariat at benevolent@hkie.org.hk.
• Where necessary, the applicant may be asked to provide additional information or to attend an interview.
• The Fund can be provided in the following ways:
  • By Grant - No repayment is required.
    Applicable to those applicants when repayment cannot be reasonably expected in the foreseeable nfuture or otherwise.
  • By Interest Free Loan - Repayment is required, by lump sum or installments.
    Applicable to those applicants who are experiencing temporary financial difficulties.
• The Trustees will determine the final amount, payment and repayment terms of an application.

It may be worth pointing out that since the Fund is limited in resources, the Trustees would exercise great care in assessing the eligibility of the applications.

If you would like to make donations to the Fund, please do so while making payment of your membership subscription or contact the Secretariat of the Institution for details. On the other hand, if you would like to obtain further information on application for the Fund, please also contact the Secretariat of the Institution.

Ir Chan Chi-chiu

Chairman
The HKIE Benevolent Fund

HKIE Transactions is an international journal that provides a forum for discussing all aspects of engineering from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Full-length papers, technical notes and discussions on any topic of engineering are always welcome. If your expertise is in any aspects of engineering including but not limited to the following areas, we look forward to receiving your paper!

• Aeronautical, aerospace and aviation engineering
• Building science and services engineering
• Chemical, biological and biomedical engineering
• Civil and structural engineering
• Computer science
• Electrical and electronic engineering
• Energy and environmental engineering
• Engineering management
• Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering
• Information engineering
• Materials science and engineering
• Mechanical and automation engineering

Good quality practical papers are as welcome as those of an academic nature.

Submit your manuscript via ScholarOne Manuscripts System (S1M)

Online submission of manuscripts: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/thie.

Before submission, authors are invited to read the submission guidelines at: https://www.hkie.org.hk/hkietransactions/instructions-for-authors for the Instructions for Authors and Referencing Style.

The journal is now paper-free and subscription-free. Published papers are now at http://www.hkie.org.hk/hkietransactions for all you can read!

Enquiries

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Special Topic for 2023

Innovations and Technologies for Carbon Neutrality

Call for papers (2nd batch) 

In face of reaching the tipping point of global warming accompanied by extreme events, such as more frequent heat waves and rise in sea level etc., United Nations countries pledged in the 2015 Paris Agreement to achieve carbon neutrality by 2100. To respond to the Paris Agreement, the Hong Kong Government has set out targets in multiple areas in the Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050 to achieve carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality refers to the carbon emission necessary for human economic and social activities, which are captured, utilised or stored through forest carbon sinks and other artificial technologies or engineering methods. Eventually, the net increase in greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere to be achieved is zero. The industry and governments worldwide are now actively searching for solutions to achieve the targets.

You are invited to submit manuscripts to this Special Topic!

The Special Topic on Innovations and Technologies for Carbon Neutrality will be published in HKIE Transactions throughout the year of 2023. Topics suitable for inclusion include but not limited to:

• Building energy efficiency
• Waste-to-energy conversion 
• Green transport
• Renewable energy
• Carbon capture
• Carbon neutrality policy studies
• Low-carbon construction
• Smart green buildings

Guest Editor

Ir Prof Christopher CHAO is Vice President (Research and Innovation) and Chair Professor of Thermal and Environmental Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He also serves as the Director of the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology at PolyU.

Submission Guidelines

The deadline for final manuscript submission is Friday, 30 June 2023. All manuscripts should be submitted through the HKIE Transactions ScholarOne Manuscripts site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/thie. New users should first create a login account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. For more details regarding the author guidelines, please refer to the Instructions for Authors and Referencing Style.

More details

To know more about this Special Topic, please visit: https://www.hkie.org.hk/hkietransactions/carbon-neutrality-call-forpapers.

Enquiry

If you have any enquiries regarding this Special Issue, please feel free to contact the HKIE Corporate Communications Section at +852 2895 4446 or via email at hkietransactions@hkie.org.hk.

Thank you in advance for your support to HKIE Transactions and we look forward to receiving your submissions soon.

Remarks:

1. The HKIE Transactions reserves the right to withhold any or all of the manuscripts at their absolute discretion.
2. The HKIE Transactions’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Theme Issue (June 2024) on Deep Learning for IoT Big Data and STreaming Analytics

Call for papers

The HKIE Transactions Committee is honoured to announce that Prof Shahid MUMTAZ, Professor of Digital Innovation in Nottingham Trent University, and Dr Zhigao ZHENG, Associate Professor at Wuhan University have accepted our invitation to be the Guest Editors for the Theme Issue in the HKIE Transactions on the topic “Deep Learning for IoT Big Data and Streaming Analytics”. This Theme Issue will be published in the HKIE Transactions in June 2024. You are invited to submit manuscripts to this Theme Issue. Detailed information is as follows:

Introduction

In recent years, many researchers have proposed approaches and frameworks for fast-streaming data analytics that leverage the capabilities of cloud infrastructures and services. However, how to process the fast-streaming data for some emerging applications in smaller scale platforms (i.e., at the system edge) or even on IoT devices is a great challenge. This Theme Issue aims to present a collection of high-quality research papers on the state of the art in emerging technologies for the applications of recent trends in Deep Learning (DL) technologies for the IoT domain. We are soliciting original contributions that have not been published in and are not currently under consideration by any other journals. Both theoretical studies and state-of-the-art practical applications are welcome for submission. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of both their quality and their relevance to the theme of this issue.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following scopes:

• Blockchain for data security and privacy
• Cloud-Assisted Data Fusion and sensor selection for Internet of Things
• Computational and Artificial Intelligence algorithms
• Data Driven Decision Making Systems in IoT applications
• Deep Learning (DL) technologies for IoT domain applications
• Deep Learning Models for Time Series Data and IoT
• DL for smart IoT devices
• Emerging DL techniques for IoT data analytics
• Emerging hardware architectures for IoT and Big DataBuilding energy efficiency
• Fault tolerant, redundant systems
• Fog and Cloud Computing for (near) real-time analytics
• Hybrid Intelligent Models for IoT Context-Aware Systems
• IoT analytics for improving the dependability of IoT systems
• IoT and Big Data Analytics on Energy-Constrained platforms
• IoT big data analytics and IoT streaming data analytics
• Machine learning for IoT data processing
• Multimodal data analysis and information fusion in IoT
• Multi-Task IoT System Modelling and analysis
• Optimisation, control, and automation
• Prediction of situational awareness with IoT data
• Secure and privacy preserving steam analytics
• Smart cities and systems
• Streaming data learning algorithms for IoT
• Swarm Intelligence and Big Data for IoT
• Visualisation techniques

Submission Guidelines

The deadline for final manuscript submission is Friday, 29 September 2023. All manuscripts should be submitted through the HKIE Transactions ScholarOne Manuscripts site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/thie. New users should first create a login account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. For more details regarding the author guidelines, please refer to the Instructions for Authors and Referencing Style.

More details

To know more about this Special Topic, please visit: https://www.hkie.org.hk/hkietransactions/9th-theme-issue.

Enquiry

If you have any enquiries regarding this Special Issue, please feel free to contact the HKIE Corporate Communications Section at +852 2895 4446 or via email at hkietransactions@hkie.org.hk.

Thank you in advance for your support to HKIE Transactions and we look forward to receiving your submissions soon.

Remarks:

1. The HKIE Transactions reserves the right to withhold any or all of the manuscripts at their absolute discretion.
2. The HKIE Transactions’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

“Proud to be Engineers” lapel pin

This golden, square-shaped lapel pin (equipped with a butterfly clutch) features the Simplified Dragon Coat of Arms at its centre and the words “Proud to be Engineers” — the Presidential Theme of Session 2022/2023 — on the sides. This simple but elegant design matches well with a suit and gives the pin’s wearers a sleek appearance that makes them proudly and instantly recognisable as engineers. The pin is available for sale at HK$100 each.

The HKIE Diary 2023

The HKIE Thermo Cup

HKIE ties

With an eye-catching and stylish design, the HKIE Ties are among the most popular souvenirs for our members. Three ties are now available and may be an essential piece to add to your wardrobe. Embroidered with the simplified HKIE Dragon Coat of Arms, either in a single or monogram pattern, the ties are timeless accessories for fellow engineers and suitable for every occasion. The three ties are now available at HK$100 each.

For details of our whole range of souvenirs, please visit: https://hkie.org.hk/en/membership/souvenir/.

For enquiries and ordering, please contact our reception dest at 2895 4446.