Profiles of EE recipients

Dr Lee Kang-kuen, a Chartered Engineer (UK), member of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, has devoted himself to the railway industry for 40-plus years. He has extensive experiences in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Sweden, India, the Middle East, the Philippines, Singapore and Australia. His responsibilities include rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance; design and construction of new railway lines, major asset upgrading and replacement projects; as well as operations, business development and consultancy services. In Australia, Dr Lee spearheaded the first driverless line in Sydney Metro and oversaw the inauguration of first passenger service. Since 2016, Dr Lee has also been serving as a Consultant to Singapore’s Land Transport Authority regarding metro asset condition assessment, as well as a Member of the Technical Advisory Panel and a Technical Mentor of Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation. A devoted scholar, Dr Lee has been conducting research on the use of Fibre Bragg Grating sensors for continuous monitoring of mission critical railway components. He also investigates the development of Smart Railway Linear Infrastructure and Smart Trains using artificial intelligence.

Mr Mike Ng Ka-wai has been working in CLP Power (Hong Kong) Limited since 2009. He currently serves as Principal Manager – Smartgrid Development in Power Systems Business Group. Throughout his career, Mr Ng has spearheaded and contributed to a number of notable projects, including the commissioning of the first two Transmission Intelligent Substations in CLP Power in 2012 and 2014 respectively. These substations have played a vital role in enabling CLP Power to deliver energy in a more efficient and reliable way, while also supporting the development of smartgrid. A distinguished career notwithstanding, Mr Ng is also committed to community services. During the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked closely with various government departments and led the construction team of CLP Power to provide power to community isolation and treatment facilities in the New Territories. His work has been instrumental in accomplishing the urgent mission to build thousands of new units for community isolation in crunch time.