Chairman’s message

By Ir Tse Wing Fung, Victor

I am honored to be elected as Chairman to continue serving the Safety Specialist Committee for Session 2025/2026. On behalf of the Committee (SSC), I would like to extend a warm welcome and my sincere gratitude to all our members for our collective effort in the past years.

The SSC has long served the Institution with a strong community of its members and professionals, with a singular aim to promote Safety Engineering in HK. The SSC is committed to continuing the mission on strengthening collaboration with all stakeholders in the construction industry to help address safety concerns and promote awareness and standards. This year we will also focus on more collaboration with other professional bodies in order to provide a strong bond and extend our promotion on safety to different area. In line with our commitment to knowledge sharing and professional development, the SSC will continue to organize a variety of technical talks, seminars, and visits.

Increasing hot topics in our industry: the high accident rate in Hong Kong. In the upcoming year 2025/2026. To support this, SSC will continue to organize Design for Safety Award this year, as well we hope to contribute by collecting different best practice of safety design from divisions, and support Construction Industry Council (CiC) to build up the first safety by design data base in HK. More than that, we would continue to actively participate at different safety event to promote safety awareness, design and best practice. By raising the profile of safety engineering, we hope to foster a culture of safety and support the professional growth of safety engineers and practitioners. Our ultimate goal is to attract skilled and experienced safety professionals to join us, while inspiring young individuals to pursue safety engineering as a meaningful and rewarding career path.

Lastly, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to our Committee members. Together, we form a strong, energetic and resourceful community. With our collective dedication and efforts, I am confident that we can have a productive year ahead. Let us work together to strengthen our community and make meaningful progress towards our shared vision of a safer Hong Kong.