INTERNATIONAL
REGIONAL ELECTIONS 2015
ELECTION ANCOUNCEMENT
North East Asia Region
Candidates for Chair:
Szeto Ka Sing, Louis (Elected unopposed)
Candidates for Young Member Representative:
Jimmy Chan (Elected unopposed)
Candidate
Biographical Information
CHAIR
Elected Unopposed
SZETO Ka Sing, Louis
CEng FIMechE
Ir Szeto Ka Sing（司徒家成工程師）is an Independent Non-executive Director
of Nga Chun (Holding) Co.,, Ltd. Ir Szeto retired from Shell Hong Kong Ltd.
in 31st July 2013 after 30 years of services in Terminal Operation, Installation
Maintenance Engineer and then Manager, Global Technical and HSSE
Manager, Technical and Engineering Manager. He is currently the E&M
Consultant and Marine Surveyor of Shing Lee Engineering. Ir Szeto obtained
a Higher Certificate in Marine and Mechanical Engineering in Hong Kong
Technical College in 1976 and Engineering Council Part II Examination in
1987. He is a Fellow of the HKIE, the Institution of Marine Engineering,
Science and Technology (Ex IMarE), UK, the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, UK, the Energy Institution, UK, and the Royal Institution of Naval
Architects. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Marine Engineer, Chartered
Mechanical Engineer, Chartered Naval Architecture and Chartered Energy
Engineer, and Registered Professional Engineer in Mechanical, Marine and
Naval Architectures. He is an Authorized Surveyor under Ch.548, an Approved
Persons of Ch.295 (a, b & c), a Registered Competent Persons 1 & 2 of Gas
Safety Ordinance Ch.51 and a Registered Energy Auditor of HKSAR.
Ir Szeto was the Chairman of the HKIE MMNC Division 2003-2004; EG Division
2004-2005; HKIE Council Member from 2006 to 2008, Vice President of
IMarEST, UK from 2003 to 2009, Hong Kong Engineers Registration Board
Executive Committee from 2009 to Present, Chairman of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, Hong Kong Branch from 2012 to 2014.
Ir Szeto has been a Member of the Disciplinary Board (Lifts and Escalators
(Safety) Ordinance (Cap. 327)), A Member the Appeal Board Panel
(Amusement Rides (Safety)) from 2011 to 2014, and Member of the Task
Force Working Group on Gas Safety Approved COP, and Building Energy Code
Task Force Working Group Member from 2011 to Present. A Member of the
BEC COP since 2013.
Ir Szeto was presented the President’s Commendation in 2006 in recognition
of his performance in the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and
Technology, UK.
Policy Statement
I declared that as the Chairman of IMechE NEAR, I will
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Promote the IMechE by arranging joint activities
within the region of NEAR (China, Hong Kong,
Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea);
Encourage potential candidates to join IMechE;
Explore cooperation / partnering opportunities
with Engineering Industries within the region of
NEAR;
Assist in the accreditation / re-accreditation of
Mechanical Engineering related university
degree courses.
Recruit and train up young engineers within the
Region to be our successor
Nurture our young Engineers and facilitate
participation of Engineers in community work,
political issues and social services
YOUNG MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVE
Jimmy Chan
AMIMechE
Elected Unopposed
I graduated with a BEng (Mechanical Engineering) in the University of Hong
Kong in 2012. Currently I am working in Swire Properties as an assistant
engineer, responsible for the building services engineering of the office
towers, shopping mall and hotels in the Pacific Palace complex. To further
equip myself with the latest knowledge of the industry, I am pursuing a MSc
n Construction Project Management and expect to graduate in June 2016.
Other than building services engineering, I have a strong interest in aviation
and I had a 6-month internship in Boeing Company USA during my
undergraduate degree.
There is no doubt that North East Asia Region
(NEAR) is under a rapid economic development.
Fast pace development of infrastructure project in
China, project manufacturing in Japan and
electronics manufacturing in South Korea, etc.
creates a huge demand for engineering.
Nevertheless, challenges are continually emerging
and it is important for young engineers to grasp
these unprecedented opportunities to learn and
develop our career in such a vibrant environment. By
utilizing the NEAR platform, I do hope we young
engineers can find a position to excel and do our
best to serve the society and make a better world.