Introduction to the Division
Environmental Division is one of the largest Divisions of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. By the end of 30 July 2023, the membership of the Division grew from 4,560 to 4,596. These consist of 319 Fellows, 3,198 Members, 4 Companions, 699 Graduates, 140 Associates, 181 Students and 55 Affiliates. Moreover, there are 371 members of Environmental Discipline.
The aim of the Division is to advance the objectives of the Institution and more specifically the Division is to:
- Promote the general advancement of science, technology and practice of the Division;
- Encourage and foster a spirit of friendly collaboration amongst its members and with members of similar institutions, societies or other professional bodies;
- Facilitate the exchange of information and ideas in relation to the Division; and
- Contribute to raise the standing of engineers.
The Division will achieve the goals by carrying out learned society activities of technical meetings, technical visits, awards competitions, seminars, conferences and overseas delegations.
In recent years, the Institution and the Division have been actively promoting engineers’ participation in public affairs. The Division has, therefore, been assisting the Institution in the preparation of Institution’s views on many public environmental issues, organising meetings and forums and attending community environmental forums to present engineers’ views. The Division will continue to make every endeavour to promote engineers’ participation in public environmental affairs.
Mission
- To encourage our Engineers to be environmentally aware to engineer a sustainable and efficient future.
- To build an Engineers community in which fellow engineers have a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation.
- To develop our Engineers a desire to work for a just society, and to mold them to be generous in placing their knowledge and competence at the service of the community.
- To give our Engineers a solid moral formation which will enable them to lead their lives in accordance with sound principles.
- To encourage our Engineers to be independent-minded in their search for knowledge while being open to learning from the opinions of other engineers and the general public.
- To encourage our Engineers to keep pace with the new local and overseas technologies, legislations, policies and cultures through the Internet Information Superhighway.