2008年1月31日星期四

Annual Cocktail Reception 2007 (By Miss Venice Hung, MC Division Helper)

Our Chairman Ir Alex Leung delivering the welcome speech


A photo with some of our guests



The Annual Cocktail Reception 2007 of the Mechanical, Marine, Naval Architecture & Chemical (MC) Division was held on 5 December 2007 in the Open Space Garden of the Towngas Avenue at the Tsimshatsui seafront. Many guests and members enjoyed the social function in that evening. Our guests included the Legislative Councilor - Ir Dr The Hon Raymond Ho, the HKIE President - Ir Dr W K Lo, Past Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Division/Committee Chairpersons. The objective of the function was to allow participants to get together in a relaxed atmosphere to meet their friends and business partners.

Chairman of the MC Division, Ir Alex Leung, delivered a welcoming speech to the guests and members. Alex introduced the missions of the Division in Session 07/08 and reported the interim progress on actions taken. The three major areas of focus included: fostering cooperation with other learned societies; enhancing the image of engineers in the society; and developing young engineers as our next generation. Special task forces had been set up to work towards the above three major objectives. The current progress included the enhancement in the cooperation with other learned societies in the organization of activities, the preparation of CD-ROM and leaflet in the promotion of the profession and the Division, the increase in involvement of young engineers in the organization of our activities. In addition, the MC Division was planning for more active participation in community services. Alex encouraged members to actively participate in the organization and participation of the Division activities, provision of suggestions and feedback for our services enhancement, and promotion of the positive image of engineers.

After the speech, Alex led the MC Division Committee members in proposing a toast to all the guests and members. The fascinating scenery of the Victoria Harbour in the evening together with the friendly faces enriched the atmosphere of conversation. We were also pleased to see that a number of young members had participated in the event. The social interaction among the guests and members continued until the last minute of the function.

We hope that we will meet you again in our next activity as well as the next cocktail reception to be held in 2008!



(By Miss Venice Hung, MC Division Helper)