Distinguished Chair Professors, Honorary, Adjunct and Visiting Professors

Dr Leung has been appointed as the Adjunct Professor by both the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong teaching the new “Advanced Railway Engineering” course (30 hours) for MSc. in Electrical Engineering and “Railway Engineering – Metro and High Speed Rail” course for MSc. in Mechanical Engineering since January 2019 and January 2020 respectively.

From June 2017 till September 2018, he worked as the Adviser/Railways Safety to the Director of EMSD overseeing and commissioning the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link project.

From early 2010 till mid 2017, he headed the Railway Inspectorate Office of EMSD (with 34 staff including 23 professionals) regulating railway projects and railway operations in Hong Kong. During these years of railway engineering works, he had carried out on-site testing and commissioning on various high-speed rolling stocks (eg. CRH 380A, and other third party trains from mainland China entering into HK) and railway infra-structures (OHL, rail track, traction power transmission and supply systems), signaling systems, railway stations and so on. The railway projects involved are the Western Island Line, South Island Line, Kwun Tong Line Extension, Express Rail Link and Shatin Central Link.

During Dr Leung’s career life, he had worked as Project Manager and Project Engineer responsible for design, construction and management of various infrastructure projects including the Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui Mun Bridge, Route 5 Tunnel, Tates Cairn Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Limehouse Link (in London, UK), Macau Ferry Terminal and so on. From 2004 till 2008, Dr Leung headed the Electricity Legislation Division regulating electricity safety of Hong Kong and enforcing the Electricity Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations