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ICE Breaker 2023

Shaping Our Future City (SOFC) 2022

By Ronnie Li By Ronnie Li

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Shaping Our Future City is ICE HKA G&S’s flagship and engineers gathered online and were given an
engineering outreach campaign organised for overview of the competition. Students were also
secondary school students to promote civil introduced to their facilitators, who shared their
engineering as a vital element in the day-to- personal journey in engineering from university to
day operation as well as social and economic industry.
development of our city. A scenario-based project
competition was designed to allow students to The second event was held online on 12 March
work in teams of three to five and experience the 2022. Dr Tak Ming Chan from the Hong Kong
life of engineers under the guidance of young Polytechnic University gave an inspiring presentation
engineers. about key civil and structural engineering concepts.
Students also presented their initial ideas on the
This year, students were challenged to put forward redevelopment project proposal to experienced
a proposal for the redevelopment of Penny’s Bay engineers and discussed principles of sustainable
Quarantine Centre site into a sports-themed public development and innovative application of
space in an imaginary scenario set in the post-Covid technologies.
era. In addition to a development masterplan,
students were also encouraged to design a low-rise Upon easing of the Covid-related social distancing
sports complex structure within the site and consider rules, the final presentation event was successfully
the impact of the development to our community held in person on 5 June 2022. Mr Ricky Lau, JP, the
and environment. guest of honour, shared his insights into the future
development of the built environment industry in
SOFC 2022 was kick-started with an online briefing Hong Kong in his opening speech. Mr Louis Wong,
on 19 February 2022. Around 100 students, teachers Mr Stephen Lee and Ms Della Chiu evaluated the

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