The 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ)

The 21st Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 23 July 2010 in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I would like to summarize all activities and shared some achievement of HKSQ in 2009/2010. The details were shown as follows:


All HKSQ activities were summarized as follows:
· Membership drive: 5
· Networking: 10 (including ANQ congress & ASQ Conference)
· Workshop/Training: 5
· Seminar: 5
· Visit: 4 (including Study Mission)
· Student Project Competition: 1

Membership drive
· Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Oct 2009
· City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in Nov 2009
· Hong Kong University (HKU) in Nov 2009
· Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) for MSc student in May 2010
· Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Sep 2009

Networking
· The 7th Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) Conference held in Tokyo, Japan from 15 to 18 September 2009. We had a dinner with Mr. Gregory H. Watson and Prof. Shu Yamada in Tokyo, Japan.
· The HKQAA 20th Anniversary Cocktail
· The SGS 50th Anniversary Luncheon
· The HKQAA Symposium 2009
· We had a dinner with Prof. Hiroshi Osada (2009 Deming Prize recipient )
· Hong Kong Software Quality Assurance (HKSQA) Conference
· BSI Technical Conference 2010
· International Six Sigma Council (ISSC) Networking Dinner
· 2010 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement

Workshop/Training
· Workshop on Advanced Methods in Food Microbiology and Chemistry (BCH, CityU and HKPC)
· The “Certificate course in Quality Management for Laboratory ” (HKSQ & BCH, CityU)
· Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence
· Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Quality Engineer
· Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Six Sigma Black Belt

Technical Seminar
· Seminar on “Sharing Entrepreneur Experience in Healthcare Products and Medical Devices & Diversify into Medical Manufacturing Business” (Jul 2009)
· Seminar on “A Case Study of ISO/IEC 27001 implementation in IC Design & IP Servicing Centre of HKSTP” (Aug 2009)
· Seminar on “ISO 14971 Risk Management in Medical Device” (Nov 2009)
· A technical seminar entitled “Electric vehicles – Impacts, recent development and future” (Mar 2010)
· A technical seminar on Worldwide Product Certification (Mar 2010)

Visit
· TCL Corporation and Eastech Asia Technology Limited (Jan 2010)
· MTR West Rail Operations Control Centre (OCC) and Pat Heung Depot (PHD) (Apr 2010)
· Intertek LED Testing Centre (May 2010)A study mission to visit KUNMING Pharmaceutical Corp. (昆明制药集团股份有限公司) and YUNNAN University (云南大学) (Jun2010)

Student Project Competition
· The 6th Company Based Student Project Competition - Techworld Industries Ltd. (Mar 2010)

Service to the Community
· To attend the Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification (HKCTC) Consultation Forum
· To submit the views and suggestions on testing and certification industry by HKSQ members
· To attend the consultation forum of Qualifications Framework for Testing and Certification Industry and will join the HKQF committee
· Ir. Dr. Aaron Tong represented the Society in serving as mentor in the SME Mentorship Program (TID)
· Mr. Karson Chui, Mr. Humphrey Lee and Dr. Albert Tsang served as proctors of ASQ certification examinations held in Hong Kong during the year under review. Dr. K.S. Chin served ASQ as the Country Representative in Hong Kong.

Then our treasurer Mr. SW Lam reported HKSQ finance statue. It was found a health finance result in 2009/2010.

After AGM, the seminar entitled “The Best Renewable Energy for Hong Kong” by Vincent Cheng. Finally, HKSQ members had a dinner together.

Reference:

The Chairman Report 2009/2010 – http://www.hksq.org/