World Accreditation Day Forum 2023 - Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade
Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification
(HKCTC) and Hong Kong accreditation Scheme (HKAS) co-organized the World
Accreditation Day (WAD) Forum on 16th Jun 2023. Hong Kong Society
for Quality (HKSQ) was one of supporting organizations. The WAD is a global
initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). The aim is
to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation. This year, the theme is
“Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade”.
Before the forum, I meet many TIC friends and took some
photos for memory.
(Left: I, Mr. KW Chen and Dr. Emmie Ho)
(Left: I, Mr. Ir. Ho Kui Kong Paul and Ir Michael Lee
Wai-kwok)
I also met Mr. Y.C. Tsim who is one of trainer in HKSQ
BoK course.
My 20 years friend Ms. Miranda Kwan.
In the beginning of the forum, Mr LAU Wai-ming (Assistant
Commissioner (Quality Services), Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR
Government) gave welcome remarks.
Then all guest speakers took a group photo.
After that a video for WAD 2023 - Accreditation: Supporting the
Future of Global Trade was played.
Dr Ralph CHOW (Chief Executive Officer, The Chinese
Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong) was the first speaker and
his topic entitled “Market Expansion with International Accreditation”. His talk involved the
affect of post Covid period, green supply chain, ESG and new innovative products.
After that he briefed many challenges of manufacturer
including China plus one during trade war, lack of talents for product
development, different cultures, financial system, ESG, etc.
Finally, Dr. Chow said accreditation for testing and certification
is value-added in supply chain.
Ms Miranda KWAN (Director of Knowledge Solutions, SGS
Hong Kong Limited) was the second speaker and her topic named “How
Accreditation Supports Global Supply Chain - Ensuring Quality, Safety &
Sustainability”. She briefed SGS globally services which covered most of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
Ms. Miranda Kwan also discussed the next-normal of
supply chain apart from service, quality and cost & capital. They should
consider Agility, Resilience and Sustainability. And then she mentioned the
accreditation system and MLA that benefit in global supply chain such as
improving customer confidence & company performance, expanding market
opportunities and cost saving.
Lastly, Ms. Kwan mentioned the how customer journey to
measuring and creating value to society through compliance & risk approach,
sustainability approach and value to society approach. She introduced the Corporate
Sustainability Reporting Directive effective on 5 Jan 2023 and Carbon Border
Adjustment Mechanism effective on 10 May 2023. At the end, she concluded that
accreditation can play an important role in supporting goals on the global
supply chain by providing a framework for compliance with international
standards and regulations.
During the tea break, I met Mr. Yip Song Tat (Former Safety officer, CUHK) and Ms. Yeung.
I took a photo with Mr. Matthew Yien.
CMA Testing team Mr. Dominic Lam and Mr. Raymond Wong.
As well as, Dr. John Ho and Mr Nick Leung.
After the tea break, the third speaker was Ir Amund WONG (General
Manager, Technical Services Infrastructure, Airport Authority Hong Kong) and
his presentation title was “Building the Three-runway System of Hong Kong
International Airport: The Importance of Accreditation and Conformity
Assessment”. Firstly, he played a video to introduced the three-runway system
(3RS) project. Then he briefed the project management triangle included Time, Scope
and Cost to achieve Quality.
During the 3RS project, they selected to build two
onsite accredited laboratories with high capacity for testing quantities.
After that Ir. Amund Wong introduced the general
layout of laboratory and its testing scopes included steel test, asphalt test,
soil & aggregates test, concrete & cement test, etc. Totally 52 types
of tests and accredited 11 of them.
Finally, he stated the challenges of runway pavement
design and construction as well as daily test results for fine tune the design
and build.
Dr CHAN Wing-han (Senior Chemist (Government Chinese
Medicines Testing Institute), Department of Health, HKSAR Government) was the
last speaker and her topic named “Applied Research of the Government Chinese
Medicines Testing Institute”. In the beginning, she briefed the milestones of Chinese
Medicines development in Hong Kong.
Dr. WH Chan introduced Government’s permanent Chinese
Medicine Testing Centre (CMTC) will be established in 2025. However, the temporary
CMTC was running in HKSTP.
After that she briefed the development strategies of
Government CMTC. Accreditations are one of plans for the center. One of their
roles is established Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Chemical Markers.
Lastly, the center functions were mentioned including testing
and analysis, training and education, as well as, collaboration with mainland
China institutes.
Ms. Jennifer Evans (NATA), APAC
Chair remark video was played on WAD 2023 before Q&A session.
Mr.
Wilson WL Shum (Executive Administrator (Accreditation), HKAS) chaired the session
and discussed with guest speakers including how accreditation assist export
product, ESG trends, emergence for 3RS project laboratories, and Chinese Medicine
development trends.
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