HKIE – EG DIVISION, Session 2022-2023

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

I am delighted to be 33th Anniversary of HKIE Gas & Energy Division Chairman . I would like to express my gratitude to sincerely thank the immediate past chairman Ir Walter au， past chairmen and all members for their leadership and contributions in the past。

Climate change is a global issue. How can Gas & Energy Engineers h e l p to solve this global challenge that we face today？The gas and energy division joins hands with universities and other gathered experts in this energy field ， providing a good

Platform for policy makers，engineers， environmental professionals to meet and discuss how new forms of energy can assist Hong Kong achieving the carbon neutrality before 2050 and controlling the impact of climate change to humanity.

As the chairman of this term, I will actively work together with professional organisations, industry leaders, and worldwide academia to bring out valuable exchange and learning opportunities through international technical conference and activities.  At the same time, we want to drive energy transition with adoption of hydrogen that helps increase resilence, improve efficiency and decarbonize economies and promote the HK rock caverns by civil engineers for the underground storage of energy products like Hydrogen and generation of renewable energies for development of various professional engineers and nurture the next generation. I also welcome all of you to actively participate in our first MOU from HKIE EG Divison like “MOU Charter Signature of Learned Society with GBA on Energy Research from Hong Kong, Macau and China“led by our divison official members to provide a platform to facilitate dialogue and exchange views between HKIE and targeted society with knowledge sharing， nurturing of talents and sustained excellence in the engineering profession and I hope we all join hands with us in the road to carbon neutrality!

Chairman of HKIE EG Divison 2023-2024

Ir Steven Chan Nai Kin