The Open
University of Hong Kong (OUHK) organized the "Testing and Certification
Day " to increase public awareness and coverage of the Testing and
Certification (T&C) industry from a daily practice perspective. The seminar
named “Testing and Certification: From Daily Practice Perspective” organized in
T&C Day on 4th Nov 2017. Hong Kong Society for
Quality (HKSQ) is one of the supporting organizations. I represented HKSQ to attend the seminar and I
summarized this seminar for sharing below.
Before the seminar, we took a group photo for guests, speakers and
supporting organization.
In the beginning, Prof. Reggie Kwan (Vice President (Academic), OUHK)
gave welcome speech. He mentioned that
were 7th Testing and Certification Day and OUHK developed degree
course specific for this important subjects to support Hong Kong industries
development.
Dr. David Chung (Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology,
Innovation and Technology Bureau of the HKSAR) was the officiating guest and
give an opening speech. He briefed
Testing and Certification industries recently situation that had 745 private
laboratories employed 176000 staffs and contributed $14B GDP in Hong Kong in
2015. Then he mentioned some policies imported for the T&C industry such as
'Nil Waiver Fee' for Testing Laboratories Operating in Industrial Buildings
effective in 1st Feb 2016, etc. David also stated some successful
startup cases in T&C industries (e.g. DNA testing) those got large amount of
investment.
Souvenirs presentation and group photo (There were about 100
participants.)
Group photo for certificate presentation ceremony of RPL assessment Agency in TIC industry
The first speaker was Ir. Dr. Hon Lo Wai Kwok (Chairman, HKQAA; and
LegCo Member, Legislative Council – Engineering Constituency) and his
presentation entitled " Guangdong-Hong
Kong-Macao Bay Area: New Opportunity for Testing and Certification (粵港澳大灣區: 檢測認證新機遇) ". In the beginning, Dr. Lo briefed the
background of the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) which has established
in 1989 one year after the Quality Hong Kong launched by government in
1988.
Dr. Lo then mentioned the background of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay
Area which covered 11 cities with population upto 60M. It was the one of four Bay Areas in the
world. He discussed the future development
potential in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area included economy scale and
capability, supply chain, external transportation, ICT and High-speed rail
(HSR) connection. Hong Kong is the international transportation hub (By air,
sea and land) through Bay Area and One Belt One Road.
After that Dr. Lo mentioned our strength in T&C Industry and its
opportunity in the Bay Area. They were enhancing
import and export trade, matching the technology development in the Pearl River
Delta region, as well as, developing supply chain management centre, international
innovation and technology centre, as well as, finance and professional
service.
At the end, Dr. Lo pointed out how to catch these opportunities that
were:
i)
Testing and certification should diversely develop
ii)
Matching international and mainland China market
development
iii)
Professionalism
iv)
Integrity
The second speaker was Ir. Morris Cheung (Chairman of HKIE – Control,
Automation and Instrumentation Division) and his presentation topic named
"Engineering a smart city with control, automation and instrumentation". Firstly, he briefed smart city and control /
automation that related to automated process, seamless – hassle-free and
intelligent systems.
Then he mentioned there was the 30th anniversary of HKIE-CAI
division. He raised some examples that
CAI related to smart city initiatives such as wireless payment (Octopus) to
smart payment (via mobile phone), smart dining (Self-service restaurant), smart
transportation (Driverless of MTR SIL, GoBee Bike), etc. However, Ir. Cheung said three criteria of
being popular and successful of smart city initiatives that were user Friendly,
Creating Values and Reliable. Therefore,
testing and certificate had a crucial role because integrity, quality and
accuracy were pre-requisites for any engineering system and process to be
successful.
The third speaker was Dr. Tommy Lo (Chairman, Hong Kong Institution of
Certified Auditors (HKICA)) and his presentation title was "Professional
Status of Auditor: Certified Professional and Mutual Recognition Arrangement
with Mainland China". Firstly, he
briefed HKICA participated in T&C development since 2009. HKICA provides fair and impartial
certification service to ISO 17024 international standard for quality management
system ISO 9001 auditors and internal auditors in affirmation of their
competency in professional skills and knowledge.
Dr. Tommy Lo briefed different standards for different products and
systems. Then he mentioned that CNAS had
launched two accreditations for ISO 17024 for certification of persons in
auditor that were CCAA and HKICA (HKICA accredited in Jun 2016). Moreover, CCAA and HKICA signed the MoU to
recognize each other in Aug 2016. Finally,
Dr. Lo briefed the membership pathway included certified internal auditor,
assistant auditor, auditor and lead auditor in HKICA.
During the tea break, there were some exhibitions outside the
theater.
I took some photos with T&C friends for memory. Dr. George Lau and I took a photo in the hall.
Ms. Maria Ng (Secretariat, HKCTC), I and Mr. Matthew Yien (HKQF) took
photo in front of HKCTC exhibition.
I visited the T&C student union and brought two T-shirts to support
them.
Inside the hall, I seated with Dr. YC Chau (Vice President, China
Operation Improvement Group, TDK) and Mr. Larry Lee (Quality & Compliance
Manager, GP).
Prof. HK Lock, Eddie (Vice-Chairman (Qualification & Membership, The
Institute of Measurement and Control)) was the fourth speaker and his topic entitled
"Why & What ISO 50001, Energy Management System, is carrying out?" In the beginning, Prof. Lock asked why energy
management so important because it used for every our activities. Then he introduced the government “Energy
Saving Plan for Hong Kong’s Built Environment 2015 to 2025+”. One of targets
was to reduce energy intensity by 40% by 2025 using 2005 as a base
After that he briefed the ISO 50001:2011. There are many government departments and
others certified ISO 50001 such as ArchSD, HKIA, WSD, EMSD, MTR and HKTDC,
etc. During the EnMS energy planning
process, the energy performance indicator (EnPI) should be set and to benchmark
with historical performance. One of
example was “Electricity consumption per floor area per passenger
(J/m2/passenger/annum)”. Finally, he
shared the experience from HKIA.
Mr. William Yim (CTO of Sanwa Biotech Ltd and President of Hong Kong Critical Components Manufactures Association) was the fifth speaker and his presentation named "When Electronics meets Medical Science". Firstly, he introduced his original professional in electronic that related to micro technologies included micro-joining, micro-machining and micro-assembly. Then he introduced the laser cutting technology for biomedical application of microfluidic chip.
Then he introduced his products named ALiA Lab-On-Chip which was a
testing platform for detecting different diseases in rapid, multiplex
screening. Finally, he mentioned that
testing and certification was very important for their medical product that
could raise the barrier of competitors.
Dr. George HK Lau (Asso. Professor & Programme Leader (Testing &
Certification), School of Science and Technology, OUHK) was the last speaker
and his topic entitled "Testing and Certification at Daily Life". Dr. Lau mentioned different testing related
to our life such as electronic devices safety, food safety, jadestone testing,
etc. Finally, he concluded that we
worked together for “Tested in Hong Kong, Certified in Hong Kong”.
Reference:
OUHK – Testing and Certification: http://tc.ouhk.edu.hk/about_testing_and_certification/
HKSQ Certification Scheme “Certified Laboratory Quality Specialist
(CLabQS)”: http://www.hksq.org/cert_hksq_clabqs.htm
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