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Message from Chairman of IRSE Hong Kong Section
Session 2024-2026

I am delighted to be elected again as the Chairman of IRSE HK Section for the Session 2024-2026. Let me extend a warm welcome to Mr. Gordon LAM, Mr. KW PANG and Mr. Henry CHEUNG three Vice Chairmen again to work with me. I would also like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our secretary Mr YF SUNG and all Committee members/Executive members for their unwavering dedication and commitment; making significant contributions to the development of the IRSE (HK) and the advancement of the railway engineering industry for the session in Hong Kong.

In the new term, I would like to continue most of my past session for the KPI of 4 “Must” and 4 “Hope” for the development of IRSE (HK) Section.

Must

1.       Strengthen communication with Headquarter UK IRSE office as there are many changes since the new committee members setup in 2019. We shall continue closely communicate with Headquarter UK IRSE to cope with their latest development.

2.       The HK Section will continue to organize technical forums, technical visits and continue learning activities.

• Technical forum, make use of online meeting to expand more members to join the forum and bring people from different regions, especially for Macau together to share the forum.
• Technical visits, not only in HK but Macau, China (specially for the Great Bay Area districts) or Southeast/Pacific countries due to cope with the change of Country to Reginal direction.
• Continue to conduct IRSE examination study course and continue to work with BJTU for the distance learning degree course if possible.
• To enhance the IRSE (HK) website becoming more user friendly and do more automation to reduce labor intensive work during activities or event update.

3.       Invite our seasoned members to share their fruitful experience and knowledge to explore newer signalling engineering applications / practice for smart operations & maintenance and asset management in form of newsletter or forum to the members.

4.       To support and develop more young engineers to become signaling professional resources in the railway industry to cope with future development for the Greater Bay Areas which include 9 cities in Canton province (China) and HK & Macau.

Hope

1.       Invite more young signal engineers to join as the executive/committee members for the sustainability in our IRSE (HK) section.

2.       Invite more members to do volunteer work, especially serve for BJTU course if have, such as student’s examination attendance, entertain lecturers during their coming HK for conducting course and co-ordination of section’s activities.

3.       Re-unit UK IRSE members (around 170) to the HK IRSE members, especially for those members working in MTR Signaling discipline.

4.       To have MTR Top Management continue support – providing classroom and facility for the BJTU course and their recognition for IRSE organization.

TAI Yin Tung, Timothy
FIRSE
Chairman of IRSE Hong Kong Section
Session 2024 – 2026