Quality Alchemist (品質煉金術師): EA Chairman visit HKSTP Laboratories and Platform Show Cases

It was my honor that Dr. Daria Wong (Accreditation Officer, HKAS) accompany with Dr. Thomas Facklam (Chairman of the European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA); Head of Special Tasks of Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS), Germany) to visit Laboratories and three key platform show cases of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) on 6^th Dec 2017. This visit is sponsored by the HKSAR through the Sponsored Visitor Programme (SVP) which intended to present to renowned visitors around the world a full and balanced picture of Hong Kong and hopefully promote Hong Kong economic and financial strengths. In the beginning, We took the group photo in front of my office.

(Left: I, Dr. Thomas Facklam, Mr. Kevin Edmunds (Sr. Manager, Sustainability) and Dr. Daria Wong(HKAS))

In the beginning, Mr. Kevin Edmunds (Sr. Manager, Sustainability, HKSTP) presented the overview of HKSTP and then I presented the Laboratories accreditation, certification and service to the guest.

I would like to introduce European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS) below.

1. EA is a network of national accreditation bodies in Europe. The European Commission transferred important tasks to EA in the scope of the Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008, which include the harmonisation and on-going development of the accreditation system in Europe and to guarantee the quality, transparency and independence of this system. EA currently has 49 members in the European Union and its neighborhood.

2. DAkkS is the national accreditation body for the Federal Republic of Germany and is the sole provider of accreditation in Germany. It is a non-profit organisation that is entrusted by the federal government to carry out its public authority accreditation tasks. As such, DAkkS is subject to the government's technical, legal and financial supervisory authority. DAkkS applies German administrative law as part of its public authority accreditation activities.

The first place to visit was Reliability Laboratory. Mr. TM Lau (Laboratory Manager, TSC) briefed our service and technology in the reliability laboratory, as well as, our 3D printing equipment.

Then we visited IC Failure Analysis Laboratory (ICFAL) and we had HOKLAS accreditation for the test on measuring coating thickness using scanning electron microscope.

After that we visited the Probe and Test Development Centre and took a photo in front of cleanroom window.

Finally, we visited Biomedical Technology Support Centre (BSC) and my colleague Mr. Anthony Chan introduced the DNA sequence equipment.

Finished laboratories visit, we went to our three platform show cases included Smart Living Showcase, Robotics Garage and Data Studio. In Robotics Garage, we explained the power tools room for customer self-working.