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By giving advices to the prompt advices to the public on drainage arrangements, Government and the general public, we hope to provide ventilation and air exchange issues helping people to solutions to problems or inspire more discussions in order combat the pandemic. Readers may already note that to engender collective wisdom. That is why the Institution Ir Prof Yuen has also been appointed by the Government works closely with the media on topical matters where as Chairman of the Working Group on Implementing the engineers’ opinions are warranted. Requirement on Air Change or Air Purifiers in Dine-in Restaurants under Cap 599F, thus making further In the past few months, the Institution has conducted contributions to assist Hong Kong in fighting the virus. about 40 interviews with various media including print, online and electronic news programmes. These interviews We do hope that our public voice can help educate the have covered a wide spectrum of areas including sanitary public on matters concerning the profession, uplift the and public health concerns arising from the COVID-19 professional status of engineers as well as provide useful pandemic, reclamation, heritage conservation, fire safety expert advice to the society in this difficult time. and many more. 2 April 2021 I Hong Kong Engineer THE DRAGON & THE BEAVER & THE DRAGON COUNCIL NEWS - MARCH MEETING Election of Council The eligibility for election to these posts is stipulated in the Constitution. The 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institution will be held on 28 June 2021 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Preparation for the meeting has Venue for the 46th Annual General commenced. Meeting (AGM) The Council noted the nomination of candidate for vice Noting that the Institution’s booking with the Hong Kong Red presidency. In accordance with the nomination procedures Cross Headquarters (HKRC) would not be confirmed until late for election of Vice President, the candidate will be invited April or May 2021 and after considering the various constraints to make a presentation to the Council Members before the imposed on the arrangement of the AGM at HKRC under Council finalises its nomination of Vice President for election the current circumstances together with the risks involved, by Corporate Members on the day of the AGM. A Council the Council approved to choose the Hong Kong Convention meeting (Special) will be held on 22 April 2021 for the purpose and Exhibition Centre in lieu of HKRC as the AGM venue and and the meeting will be open for Corporate Members to voting centre for the afternoon session on 28 June 2021. view the proceedings of the meeting and presentation(s) of candidate(s) by real time broadcasting at the HKIE Headquarters. Proposed e-registration for AGM To enable better management of people flow among the With regard to the Elected Ordinary Members, the Council queues for the registration stations at the AGM elections and resolved that there would be five seats for Elected Ordinary to shorten the registration time, the Council approved the Members up for election on the day of the AGM. Nomination proposal for e-registration for the AGM. forms together with the Guidelines for Election are obtainable at the HKIE Headquarters or from the HKIE website at http://www.hkie.org.hk. The Enginpreneurs Hub Webinar Series Electronic Membership Card for Student The Institution continued to arrange webinars to facilitate Members the development of members’ innovation skills under the The HKIE is pleased to introduce a new service of electronic Enginpreneurs Hub. In March 2021, two webinars, delivered membership card (e-membership card) for all Student by Mr Bart Fong and Dr Vincent Fung respectively, were Members in replacement of the physical membership card. held to share with HKIE members their experience in patent Student Members may view the e-membership card applications in Hong Kong and in digital transformation for online in the Member Login area on the HKIE website smart manufacturing facilities. Details of these two webinars http://www.hkie.org.hk. will be reported in the next issue of the Journal. The two Enginpreneurs Hub webinars in February 2021 were well Student Members’ e-membership card under the Free Student received and a report of these events is available on page 25 Membership Scheme will be renewed automatically in March of this Journal. every year during the period of the Scheme. For Student Members who received the payment advice of Webinar Series for the HKIE Innovation membership subscription for the financial year 2021-2022 this Expo 2021 February, the e-membership card will be available five working days after the successful settlement of the membership The Institution sustains the endeavours to arrange webinars to subscription fee. offer up-to-date information on innovation and technology to members as part of the HKIE Innovation Expo 2021 under the Presidential theme. On 5 March 2021, a webinar delivered by HKIE Transactions Online: A paperless Dr Yau Wing-kwong, JP was held to enlighten members about reading experience anytime, anywhere the recycling opportunities arising from the innovative green technology amidst the public health challenges posed by the and for everyone pandemic. 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