The Safety Specialist Group (SSG) of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers was established in October 1995 to serve all members of the Institution, and was charged with the following mission:

"To promote the safety awareness of engineers; and uphold and improve safety standards in engineering practice through the promotion, development and dissemination of information and knowledge ".

The SSG was re-titled to Safety Specialist Committee (SSC) in June 2004. The Executive Committee of the SSC comprises members from various divisions in different engineering disciplines.

Organization

The organization of the Executive Committee of the SSC comprises :

1. Chairman

2. Immediate Past Chairman

3. Vice Chairman

4. Hon. Treasurer

5. Hon. Secretary

6. Ordinary members (six to fifteen no.).

7. Ex Officio members including representatives from the HKIE Secretariat, Associate Members Committee, Young Members Committee and external bodies (such
as Labour Department, Occupational Safety & Health Council, Construction Industry Training Authority).

8. Honorary Advisor

The Task Teams

In order to facilitate effective operations, the Committee is further divided into 4 Task Teams, namely:

Education and Training Team
Publication and Information Team
Social and Technical Activities Team
Liaison and Publicity Team

Each team is led by a Committee Member as the Team Leader. Individual Committee Members are assigned to one or more of the Task Teams.

Terms of Reference

The SSG is responsible to the Professional Practice Board of the HKIE for enhancing the Institution's learned society activities in safety and health
by :

(a) Promoting safety & health information & knowledge transfer.

(b) Promoting safety & health education & training.

(c) Offering advisory services through the Community Services Committee on safety & health matters.

The Committee of the SSG meets on a regular basis. Representatives from the Group also attend meetings of other Committees of the HKIE.

Past Chairmen

  1. Ir Dr. Alex Cheung (1995-1997)
  2. Ir TS Li (1997-1998)
  3. Ir Simon Kum (1998-1999)
  4. Ir Dr. Francis Wong (1999-2000)
  5. Ir Dr. SW Poon (2000-2001)
  6. Ir George Cheng (2001-2002)
  7. Ir Robert Tam (2002-2003)
  8. Ir Nelson Yu (2003-2004)
  9. Ir Roger Ng (2004-2005)