CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The 10th Annual General Meeting of The Association of
Registered Fire Service Installation Contractors of Hong Kong Limited

Honourable guests, dear members, good evening

I am pleased in presenting the annual report on behalf of the 10th Council of The Association of Registered Fire Service Installation Contractors of Hong Kong Limited.

This year is the 2nd council year of the 10th Council. After the AGM the 10th Council shall handover their duties for the operation of the Association to the new Council for another two years.

The 10th Council Members are:

Council Member Representative Position
Chubb Hong Kong Ltd. Peter O.K. Lam Chairman
ATAL Engineering Ltd. Wicky W.K. Lo Vice Chairman
Jardine Technical Services Ltd. Lee Wing-Shing Hon. Secretary
Yue Sang Engineering Ltd. Samuel C.K. Leong Hon. Treasurer
Fai Tak Engineering Co., Ltd. Francis M.F.Tang Director
Guardian Fire Engineers & Con. Ltd. Ken C.K.Poon Director
Johnson Controls H.K. Ltd. Charles Law Director
Mansion Fire Services Co. Ltd. K.C. Lam Director
Ryoden Engineering Co., Ltd. Eric K.Y. Lai Director
Siemens Building Technologies (HK/China) Alex L.C.Chu Director
Shun Yick & Co., Ltd. Rudolf K. Tam Director
Tridant Engineering Co., Ltd. Michael M.K. Lam Director

Starting this council year, the Association set up 12 committees. Each committee, which is headed by a Council member as the chairman of the committee, handles different functions and operations of the Council. Committees’ chairmen are required to submit a written report to the Council at monthly Council meeting. The results of the past two years confirm that the organizational change has been completed successfully.

This is also evidenced by increasing members of the association. Over the past two years, the member of the association has increased by 20%. Details are as follows:

Members

2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004
Affiliate Members 8 10 15
Full Members 59 63 66
Total 67 73 (+9%) 81 (+20%)

I would like to welcome our new members.

1 Betaglow Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
2 Fortune Engineers Company
3 Fungs Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.
4 Hsin Chong Aster Building Services Ltd.
5 Kwok’s (LH) Fire Plumbing Electrical Eng. Co.
6 New Way Engineering Co. Ltd.
7 Suzuki Shutter Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd.
8 Tak Cheong (Yau Kee) Engineering Ltd.

 

The 12 committees are as follows:

1. Newsletter and Internet Committee
1. Mr. Raymond Tsui
(Chairman of Committee)		 Jardine Technical Services
2. Mr. Simon Tsang Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.
3. Mr. Francis Tsang External member
4. Mr. Walter Siu Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.
5. Mr. Wilson Yau Honeywell Ltd.
6. Ms. Kathy Li Administrator of FSICA

 

2. Admin & Finance Committee
1. Mr. Samuel Leong
(Chairman of Committee		 Yue Sang Eng. Ltd.
2. Ms. Kathy Li Administrator of FSICA

 

3. Technical Committee
1. Mr. Wicky Lo
(Chairman of Committee)		 ATAL Engineering Ltd
2. Mr. Eric Lai Ryoden Engineering Co., Ltd
3. Mr. C.S. Lam External member
4. Mr. Michael Lam Tridant Eng. Co. Ltd
5. Mr. Tommy Leung External member
6. Mr. Robin Li External member
7. Mr. Albert Tang External member
8. Mr. Francis Tang Fai Tak Engineering Co. Ltd.
9. Mr. Simon Tsang Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.

 

4. Training Committee
1. Mr. Francis Tang
(Chairman of Committee)		 Fai Tak Engineering Ltd
2. Mr. Y. B. Luk Siemens Building Technologies (HK/China) Ltd.
3. Mr. Eric Lai Ryoden Engineering Co., Ltd
4. Mr. C.S. Lam External member
5. Mr. Michael Lam Tridant Eng. Co. Ltd
6. Mr. Tommy Leung External member
7. Mr. Robin Li Johnson Controls H.K. Ltd
8. Mr. Albert Tang External member
9. Mr. Wicky Lo ATAL Engineering Ltd
10. Mr. Simon Tsang Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.

 

5. Legal & Contract Committee
1. Mr. Michael Lam
(Chairman of Committee)		 Tridant Eng. Co. Ltd.
2. Mr. Tommy Poon Guardian Fire Engineers & Con. Ltd.

 

6. Membership Committee
1. Mr. K. C. Lam
(Chairman of Committee)		 Mansion Fire Services Co. Ltd.
2. Ms. Kathy Li Administrator of FSICA

 

7. Safety Committee
1. Mr. Charles Law Johnson Controls Hong Kong Ltd.

 

8. Recreation Committee
1. Mr. Ken Poon
(Chairman of Committee)		 Guardian Fire Engineers & Con. Ltd.
2. Ms. Kathy Li Administrator of FSICA

 

9. Architectural Services Department Liaison Committee
1. Mr. Peter Lam Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.

 

10. Housing Department Liaison Committee
1. Mr. Eric Lai
Chairman of Committee)		 Ryoden Engineering Co., Ltd.
2. Mr. Michael Lam Tridant Engineering Co. Ltd.

 

11. Fire Service Department Liaison Committee
1. Mr. Peter Lam
Chairman of Committee)		 Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.
2. Mr. Wicky Lo ATAL Engineering Ltd
3. Mr. Lee Wing Shing Jardine Technical Services
4. Mr. Michael Lam Trident Engineering Co. Ltd.
5. Mr. Eric Lai Ryoden Engineering Co. Ltd.

 

12. Federation of Electrical and Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Liaison members
1. Mr. Peter Lam
Chairman of Committee)		 Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.
2. Mr. Lee Wing Shing Jardine Technical Services
3. Mr. Tommy Poon Guardian Fire Engineers & Con. Ltd.

From the above name-lists, you may have been aware that we need more members to share the heavy workload of the committees.

In addition to the contributions from our members, I would also like to request our members join me to thank the friends of the Association, who join the different committees as external members, for their valuable time and efforts to help the Association to grow and contribute to the industry.

1. Mr. Albert Tang
2. Mr. Kevin Yau
3. Mr. Tommy Leung
4. Mr. C.S.Lam
5. Mr. Robin Li
6. Mr. Francis Tsang

 

Major Activities Reports

Training

1. One (1) preparatory course for Class 3 Registered Contractor Registration Examination.

2. Technical Seminar a. Fire Hydrant / Hose Reel System b. Sprinkler System

Recreation

Leaded by the committee chairman Ken Poon, the Association started its golfing activities in 2002. Since then, the association has held three golf tournaments. It has become the most popular activity of the association

International links

1. Four Council members, Peter Lam, Wicky Lo, Michael Lam and Tommy Poon represented the Association visited Shanghai Fire Bureau and representatives of Shanghai fire installation contractors in Oct 2003 to establish communication channel between Hong Kong and China fire industry.

2. Following the Shanghai visit, Peter Lam, Wicky Lo, Ken Poon and Tommy Poon represented the Association to meet the representatives from Shanghai Fire Protection Association and Guangdong Fire Bureau in Panyu on 28 Nov 2003.

3. Peter Lam and Simon Tsang represented the Association to attend the MOC Conference held in Wuhan in 2003.

4. The Association as supporting organization participated in the Asian Elenex 2004 and Asian Building Technologies 2004 held in June/2004.

Technical

The members of the Technical Committee participated three (3) FSI Inspection Procedures Working Group meeting

1. 11-Dec-2003
2. 25-Mar-2004
3. 24-June-2004

Safety

The Association joined The Hong Kong Federation of Electrical and Mechanical Contractors to hold an E&M industry safety walk in November 2003.

Housing Department

Being the busiest committee, the Housing committee met almost every month with Housing Department to review the standard conditions of contract, technical specifications, problems of Housing contracts and final account matter.

Review and Outlook

Unit in ‘000sq.m 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2002 Vs 2003
Q1 950 727 557 229 484
Q2 174 285 372 418 343
Q3 749 528 187 368 551
Q4 550 583 378 356 407
Full Year 2,423 2,123 1,494 1,371 1,785 30%

However we have yet seen a significant rebound at the business scene, I think it takes 12 months to realise these opportunities from drawing boards to order books.

Finally, I must say thank you for all your supports to the Association last year, and wish you fruitful business in coming months and years.

Enjoy your time and the dinner.

Thank you

 

Peter O K Lam
Chairman
The Association of Registered Fire Service
Installation Contractors of Hong Kong Limited
6 August 2004