| About the branch | Chairman Biography | Committee Members |
The Hong Kong Branch inception is dated back to October 1984 in response to the wish of some one hundred and fifty members who were currently engaged in highway projects in Hong Kong. Some of these members were local residents whilst others were expatriates.
The Branch activities were organized by a group of enthusiastic members who formed the Branch Committee. Mr David Butler was the first Chairman and the rest of the Branch Committee consisted of Vice-Chairman, Hon. Secretary, Hon Treasurer, Assistant Hon Secretary, Recruitment Officer, five Elected Members and Ex officio immediate Past Chairman. In addition, the Branch Committee meetings were also attended by an IHT Representative in Hong Kong and a Highways and Transportation Technicians Association (HTTA) delegate. Mr. H C Beaton had been the IHT Representative for sometimes until 1989 when he retired. Around 1993, the HTTA delegate ceased to join the Branch Committee.
In early years, the Branch Chairman was invited to join the Annual Branch Meeting held in the Institution's Headquarters in London. The Branch Chairman attending the meeting had to paid for most of his own travelling expenses as Headquarters gave some subsidy to encourage the gathering. However, the invitation was ceased after 1990.
The activities organized by the Branch Committee in the early years were not much different from today and consisted of site visits to major projects and monthly technical seminars on both local and overseas projects.
Despite the not very long history of the Hong Kong Branch, a large number of members have made major contributions to the Branch when serving as Members or Office Bearer of the Committee. It is difficult to present a full list of these members who deserved all honours. Instead, the list of members who had served as Chairman of the Branch would help to chase the history.
Chairman:
1984 - 1986 David Butler
1986 - 1987 H S Kwong
1987 - 1988 C C Calton
1988 - 1989 A A Bowley
1989 - 1990 K K Tang
1990 - 1991 Don Mackenzie
1991 - 1992 John Hui
1992 - 1993 Ron Rakusen
1993 - 1994 Andrew H C Pang
1994 - 1995 Ian Thoms
1995 - 1996 Alan Y L Wan
1996 - 1997 George Tedbury
1997 - 1998 C K Lau
1998 - 1999 Albert C H Cheung
1999 - 2000 Reuben P K Chu
2000 - 2001 Albert Cheng
2001 - 2002 Edward Chan
2002 - 2003 Mark Cheung
2003 - 2004 K W Lee
2004 - 2005 Kenneth K H Lau
2005 - 2006 Eric K L Chan
2006 - 2007 Leo K K Leung
2007 - 2008 Philco N K Wong
2008 - 2009 Thomas Y K Tam
The Hong Kong Branch is one of 2 overseas branches of the
Institution of Highways and Transportation of United Kingdom. The other
branch is the Malaysian Branch. The Hong Kong Branch is a learned society
in Hong Kong founded in 1985. It takes a keen interest in the design,
construction, maintenance and operation of sustainable transport systems
and infrastructure. It aims to provide a forum for the exchange of technical
information and views on highways and transport policy; to provide specialist
advice to government and other bodies; to make roads safer for the travelling
public; and to encourage training and professional development to meet
today's requirements.
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Chairman Ir. Thomas Y K Tam Ir. Tam is the Construction Manager for the South Island Line for Mass Transit Railway. He has over 30 years of experience specialising in the design, construction and project management of highways, bridges, and railway construction. |
| Vice Chairman | Ir. Eric S C Ma BSc, MEng, CEng, FIHT, MHKIE, MICE, MIStructE,? MCIT |
| Honorary Treasurer | Ir. Vincent M H Chan BSc, DipTp, CEng, MIHT, MICE, MHKIE, MCIT, FITE, FHKIHT Mr. Chan is the Director of MVA HK Ltd. and MVA Transport Consultants ( Shenzhen ) Co. Ltd. He is a Traffic Engineering Expert and has been involved in many major transportation? studies .? in Hong Kong & Mainland China , including? land uses transport integration, public transport planning,? regional traffic improvements, ITS,? traffic demand management, planning & feasibility study on highway and? railway infrastructure projects. |
| Honorary Secretary | Ir. Raymond W M Tang BSc, MSc, CEng, FIHT, FICE, FIStructE, MHKIE, MHKIHT, RPE Having seconded to Works Branch for 5 years, Raymond was posted back to Architectural Services Department (ArchSD) in 2007 as senior project manager taking care of leisure and recreational projects.? Prior to that he was a Technical Secretary in the ArchSD, responsible for technical information and construction materials.? He also serves on the committee of the Joint Structural Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the IStructE Hong Kong Division. |
| Immediate Past Chairman | Ir. Philco N K Wong BSc, MEng, MIHT, FHKIE, FICE, PEng Ir Wong is an Executive Director of Gammon Construction Limited. He has over 25 years experience in construction covering civil, buildings and foundations projects.? He is also the Member of Appeal Tribunal Panel for Appeal Tribunal (Buildings), Planning and Lands Bureau; Chairman of The Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund Committee; Council Member of Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency and Chairman of the IHT Hong Kong Branch. |
| Advisor | Ir. Eric K L Chan BSc, CEng, MIHT, MHKIE, MIStructE Eric is a Technical Director of Ove Arup & Partners HK Limited. He has over 20 years experience in feasibility studies and design of infrastructure projects, with a particular interest in developing highways schemes to meet various constraints including topographic and environmental issues. |
| Committee Members | Ir. Alan K L Chan BSc, MSc, CEng, MIHT, MHKIE, MIStructE, MICE, RPE |
| Ir. Collin H W Chan MSc, BEng, CEng, MIHT, MICE, MHKIE, MIPENZ, MIEAust |
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| Ir. Terence T F Chan BSc, MSc, CEng, MIHT, MICE, MHKIE Terence is an Associate Director of Hyder Consulting Limited.? He has over 18 years of experience in the implementation of highway and infrastructure projects, in both urban and rural environments of Hong Kong. |
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| Ir. Kennedy TF Cheung
BSc, C Eng, MICE, MHKIE, MIHT, RPE Ir Cheung is a Director of Gammon Construction Ltd. He has over 29 years experience in construction? covering? civil buildings and foundations projects. He is also a member of Subject specialists of Hong Kong council of Academic Accreditation and Member of the Streetscape Enhancement Task Force. |
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| Ir. Leo K K Leung BSc, MSc, DIC, MIHT, FHKIE, FIStructE, FICE, RPE, MHKIoD, ACIArb, MNZSEE Leo is an Executive Director of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd (listed in the Stock Exchange in August 2003). He is responsible for the design, engineering and construction of projects within the Group. Leo worked in Singapore (for the Mass Transit Railway), Kenya (in Nairobi for the Central Bank of Kenya), England and Hong Kong and acquired a wide range of experiences in highway bridges and building designs and constructions, slipform technique, dam and tunnel structures. |
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| Ir. Alan S L Low BEng, CEng, MIHT, MIStructE, MHKIE, RPE Ir Low is a Senior Engineer of Mott Connell. |
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| Ir. Kei Luk BSc, MSc, CEng, MASCE, MICE, MIEAust, MIPENZ Ir Luk is a Principal Engineer of Jacobs Babtie and has 20 years experience on wide range of civil and structural aspect of engineering including airport, highways, bridges and railways in Hong Kong and USA. |
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| Mr. Danny H C Shek MEng, MCILT, MIHT Mr Shek, an Associate Director of OAP, has around 25 years experience in transport planning.? He has worked in many cities in China and in Asia Region, on land use and regional transport planning, traffic engineering, traffic control and surveillance system design and traffic impact assessment. |
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| Ir. C Y Wong CEng, MIHT, MICE, MHKIHT, MHKIE Ir. C.Y. Wong has 28 years of experience in the highway infrastructure planning, design and construction. He is a Senior Engineer of Highways Department and is also serving as a Committee Member of Civil Division of HKIE and HKIE Council. |
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| Prof. S C Wong B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Phil., Ph.D., FCILT, FHKIE, FHKSTS, MASCE, MIHT, MITE Ir Prof. S.C. Wong is a Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Civil Division Committee of HKIE, Vice-President of CILTHK and HKSTS. He is also a member of the Transport Advisory Committee, in which he chairs its Transport Complaints Unit Sub-Committee, and a member of the Road Safety Council, Road Safety Research Committee, and Harbour-front Enhancement Committee of the HKSAR Government. He served as a member of the Tuen Mun Road Traffic Incident Independent Expert Panel in 2003. |
The Institution of Highways and Transportation - Hong Kong Branch 2005