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ICE Breaker 2023 Knowledge – Hong Kong Association

Sylvia Chan from Binnies Hong Kong Limited; Dr Cheung Wai Man Raymond, JP from Civil Engineering
and Development Department, HKSAR Government; Mr Freeman Cheung from AECOM Asia Company
Limited; and Mr Peter Lee from Airport Authority Hong Kong as our distinguished speakers.

In the morning, Dr Daman Lee introduced an offshore terminal, jointly developed by CLP Power and
HK Electric, in the Southwest waters of Hong Kong to provide the necessary infrastructure to receive
liquified natural gas (LNG), an alternative to coal, as a mean to reduce carbon emission. Mr Simon Booker
presented the way in which Governments around the World are focusing on infrastructure as a means of
progressing their commitments towards “Net Zero” and provided examples of good practices. Mr Dong
Chen and Mr Desmond Lee discussed and demonstrated the approach and importance of assessing and
optimizing embodied carbon in design and construction using the CIC Carbon Assessment Platform
together with in-house parametric tool.
In the afternoon, Dr Bruce Chong shared his insights into low carbon trajectory and net zero carbon
for infrastructure planning; consideration of climate adaption as well as domino and multiple effects to
infrastructural systems under various hazard scenarios; and smart city tools and services that can support
both low carbon and climate adaptive design for infrastructural facilities. Ms Sylvia Chan presented the
drainage improvement works from the past to present and with future outlook towards flood resilience
in Hong Kong where AI and digital design will be the key elements for incorporation into the drainage
improvement works. Dr Cheung Wai Man Raymond, JP, delivered a speech of the recent strategy of the
Geotechnical Engineering Office of Civil Engineering and Development Department to step up Hong
Kong’s resilience against increasing landslide risk due to extreme rainfall events. Mr Freeman Cheung and
Mr Peter Lee introduced a Climate Resilience Study for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) which
developed a climate adaptation and resilience plan based on an assessment of prioritised physical climate
risks relating to key assets and operations, and a transition risk analysis to examine potential impacts
associated with the transition to a low carbon economy.

For the panel discussion sessions, we were fortunate to have Prof Wei Pan, Associate Vice - President of
The University of Hong Kong and Mr Lee Chi Ming Chairman of ICE Hong Kong Association (2013 - 2015)
and the Hong Kong Representative in the ICE Council (2013 - 2017) as our morning session moderator
and afternoon session moderator respectively. Prof Pan and Mr Lee separately chaired two inspiring and
effectual discussion sessions with our panelists, Mr Chi Chiu Hau from Gammon Construction Limited,
Prof Stephen Lau from LWK & Partners (HK) Ltd, Prof Irene Lo, JP, from The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Dr Raymond Yau from Swire Properties Limited, Mr Samuel Kwong from Hong
Kong Jockey Club, Ms Joy Lee from Drainage Services Department, HKSAR Government, Dr Tony Lee
from MTR Corporation Limited, and Mr Ed McCann, President, ICE.
On behalf of the Organising Committee and ICE HKA, we would like to show our sincere gratitude
for the great contributions by our speakers, panelists, session moderators, sponsors and supporting
organisations without which the conference would not have come out as successful. We also express my
heartfelt thankfulness for the hard work by our voluntary helpers and our staff, as well as the support
from the ICE HKA Committee.
Overall event score: 8.65/10
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