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In May 2025, a group of young engineering professionals from Hong Kong embarked on a purposeful journey to Australia, engaging in a week-long programme designed to inspire forward-thinking approaches to sustainability, innovation, and global collaboration. Organised by the Young Members Committee (YMC) of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), the delegation offered participants a unique opportunity to explore how engineering can drive positive change across communities, industries, and borders. ...

香港工程師學會2022/2023年度會長卜國明工程師服務香港政府37年，對工程的熱情從未因時間而減退。多年來，他致力以豐富經驗塑造香港工程專業的前景。 ...

– Experience with the Engineering Summer Exploration Program 2014 Not a day we live without air, water and electricity.  Not a day we live without clean air, purified water, and reliable electricity – all made possible for you by genius engineering solutions.  Yet very few people in Hong Kong truly understand the career of engineers or their endeavors for betterment of life.  Engineers may be the closest strangers in your daily life. ...

Biomedical Engineering is one of the fastest growing engineering disciplines today in the world. The Biomedical Division of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE-BMD) was established in 1989, with the biomedical discipline also formed in 2005. This young engineering discipline in Hong Kong is expected to bring bright prospects in medical innovations to the local society, addressing the needs due to increasing health consciousness, raising elderly population and lacking of medical professionals. ...

For many Hong Kong engineers who finished secondary school in the 1970s, choosing a career path was straightforward.  Having picked the science stream in secondary school, aspiring youngsters who did not like their chemistry or biology as much as their maths and physics would choose engineering rather than the medical sciences in university. Ir Victor Cheung, however, did not have that choice.  Growing up the son of a cook, he seemed destined for a life in a commercial kitchen too – until two mentors stepped in. ...

Employment Opportunities As Engineers work on almost every aspect in our daily lives, both the Government and Private Sector employ Engineers. Private Sector includes manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, consultants, developers and all kinds of Engineering companies. The public utilities companies like electricity, telecommunications and gas, the public transportation companies and universities / technical institutes are also the major employers of Engineers. Qualities of a Professional Engineer ...

Did you know Engineering is all around us? Construction of buildings, roads, railways, bridges, production of printing machines and the design of computer games programmes are all Engineers’ contributions. Even the pen in your hand involved the work of Engineers. ...

The HKIE consists of the following classes of membership: Classes of Membership Description Fellow (FHKIE) Fellow is the highest grade of membership available for application. A Fellow should have obtained a position of considerable technical and/or administrative responsibility for sufficient duration in meeting the respective requirements. Member (MHKIE) A Member is a fully qualified engineer, who is competent to discharge duties at professional level. ...

The Engineering Society of Hong Kong was founded in 1947 with the aim of bringing together engineers of different Disciplines for their common good. The Society flourished and as a result the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (the HKIE), was incorporated under the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Ordinance, Chapter 1105 of the Laws of Hong Kong in 1975. Adapting to the needs of engineers in Hong Kong, the Institution continues to develop and expand. ...