HKCTC Testing and Certification Manpower Development Award Presentation Ceremony cum Luncheon 2025-26

The third “Testing and Certification Manpower Development Award” Presentation Ceremony cum Luncheon was held on 6th Feb 2026. Dr. Jane Wong (Chairman, HKSQ) and I (member of Panel on Manpower Development, HKCTC) joined the ceremony and took a photo for memory.

In the beginning, we met Mr. Matthew Yien (HKQF).

I met Mr. Herman Tang (Material Tech) too.

Then Mr. WM Lau (Assistant Commissioner (Quality Service)) with HKCTC members Mr. Martin Fan and Dr. Ann Leung.

Dr. John Ho also here and we took a photo for memory. He is now an Executive Adminstrator (Accreditation) in HKAS. 

Then we took a photo together with Ms. Bess Choi (HKQAA) in front of the banner.

Dr. Daria Wong (HKAS) is now back to ISO17025 team in HKAS.

And then we met MU team and took a photo for memory. Dr. George Lau (VP (Administration and Development), Tung Wan College), Dr. Tony CC Lee and Dr. Fanny Tang are servicing in MU.

Entering the hall, I met Prof. KWAN Hoi Shan (Chairman, HSK Genetech) and he said they are developing AI platform for food nutrients. 

Ms. Brenda Lam and his boss Mr. Johnny CY Poon (Head of Laboratory, SCL).

After that I met Prof. Nora F. Y. TAM again who is my teaching in BCH Dept, CityU long time ago.

I recognized a new friend Prof. Zuo Zhong, Joan (Director and Professor, School of Pharmacy, CUHK)

Before start the ceremony, we took a photo with Prof. SUN Dong (Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry).

(Left: Dr. Franki Lee (HKSTC), Mr. Richard Fung (HKSTC), Prof SUN Dong, Mr. Dominic Lam (CMA+) and I)

And then Dr. Tommy Lo, Dr. George Lau and I took a photo with Prof. Albert Yu (Former Chairman, HKCTC) and Prof SUN Dong.

The head table chaired by Prof. Wong Wing-tak (Chairman, HKCTC) and Prof. SUN Dong.

I also selfie with them.

Dr. Marcus Liu (Political Assistant to Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry) and I set in the same table.

The ceremony began with an opening address by Prof. Wong Wing-tak (Chairman, HKCTC)

Prof. SUN Dong (Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry) gave guest speech for TIC industry.

The ceremony began with the lighting of HKCTC logo.

Afterwards, all the supporting organizations took a group photo, including HKSQ.

All members of HKCTC including panel of manpower development took a group photo together.

Then, they raised their glasses to pay tribute to all the guests at the event. 

During the lunch, I met Ms. Kathy Fu and Mr. Peter Fung that they represent the Hong Kong Precious Metals Assay Centre (HKPMAC) to receive award.

HKPMAC got the gold award.

Then Dr. Jane Wong and I took a photo for celebrating HKPMAC’s achievement. HKPMAC is HKSQ corporate member.

Finally, I also took a photo with Dr. Emmie Ho for celebrating their racing laboratory achievement. HKJC racing lab is also HKSQ corporate member.

Group photos of awardees were taken.

Mr. Yip Chun Yin won the senior professional awardees. He also won HKQF award and we attended the ANQ 2023 in Vietnam together.

Finally, I took many photos with TIC friends as below.  Mr Nick Leung (HKAS) we know in HKSTP for solar panel project.

Mr. Trevor Lee (SGS) set along with me.

I recognized a new friend Mr. Jack CHENG Yuk Ki who worked in Government Lab for forensic.

Long time no see Dr. CHAN Shun Wan (Head, Department of Food and Health Sciences, Thei). He said VTC assigned another representative for HKQF meeting.

I then took photo with Mr. Richard Fung (HKSTC), Mr. Richard Fung (ALS), Mr. WW Wong (ABCT) and Dr. Tommy Wong (CityU).

HKSQ corporate member - CMA Team

HKSQ corporate member - SGS Team

At then end, Dr. Jane Wong and I took a photo with Mr. Jason Ho (Electrical VP, Intertek) who was my junior classmate in BCH, CityU.

Reference

HKCTC - https://www.hkctc.gov.hk/en/home/index.html

Panel on Manpower Development - https://www.hkctc.gov.hk/en/about-us?section=panel_on_manpower_development

Testing and Certification Manpower Development Award Scheme - https://www.hkctc.gov.hk/en/events-promotion?section=award_scheme

TC Manpower Development Award website - https://www.hkctc.gov.hk/web_form/apply-tcmpaward.html

HKSQ - https://hksq.org/

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Dr. Gaby Kun attended the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Advanced Education Programme named “Sustainable Cities”. Prof. Dr. SHI Wen Zhong, John (Director, Smart Cities Research Institute; President, International Society for Urban Informatics, PolyU) gave first talk.

Reference:

PAIR, PolyU - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/pair/

COMP, PolyU - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/

PAIR (AEP) - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/pair/education/

ALTAI ISO Certification Audit

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During the date of audit, Dr. Aaron Tong (TQM) joined with Dr. YC Chau for ISO 9001 certification audit in ALTAI office.

Congratulations to ALTAI, everything is OK and pass the audit successfully!

Reference

ALTAI - https://www.altaitechnologies.com/

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Reference:

Master of Science Venture Creation - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/zh-hk/svie/academy-of-innovation/msc-in-venture-creation

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Minda and I took a photo with Patrick and Unix for memory.

Then I took a photo with Prof. Pang when he arrived.

After that Patrick Lui as our trainer and taught us some fundamental skill for pickle ball.

Pauline, Karen, and Minda practiced very well under Patrick's guidance.

Thank you, Karen, for taking the photos of me playing pickleball!

Reference:

彭泓基教授 - https://www.master-insight.com/author/penghongji/

屈機TV (屈基論) - https://www.youtube.com/@wgtvhk/playlists

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Two mentees Ms. Carol Yuan (Maths) and Ms. Stephanie Tsang (Phyics) were assigned to me in this time. (Left is Mr. Tim Chan. We both mentors and meet again)

Then we took a photo with Prof. Daniel Ho (Associate Dean, College of Science) for memory.

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Then he introduced the mentorship programme.

He reviewed last year's events, two of which I also participated in.

And then he also introduced the undergraduate programmes under College of Science. 

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All mentors and students took a group photo in front of the banner.

During the sharing session, we had discussions with different teams and enjoyed tea here.

Before leaving, I took a photo with the mentees.

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Reference

The College of Science (CSCI) – https://www.cityu.edu.hk/csci/

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