Ir Prof. YUEN Pak-leung
Ir Prof. YUEN is a Past President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is a professional engineer working in the public hospital engineering sector in Hong Kong with more than three decades of experience. He started working in the Hong Kong Government departments for public hospitals construction, operation and maintenance before joining the then-newly established Hospital Authority in the 90s. Currently, as part of the management of the Hospital Authority Head Office, he oversees all public hospital engineering facilities and related processes, from design and construction through to operation and maintenance. He also leads and supervises environmental and energy sustainability initiatives for both new and existing public hospitals, including two upcoming ten-year funding projects for public hospital infrastructure development totaling over HK$400 billion. Over the course of his employment, Ir Prof. YUEN has implemented and introduced multiple innovative energy-saving and carbon reduction system facilities to enhance the daily operations of hospitals. He has won the US Association of Energy Engineers’ (AEE) “Regional Energy Project of the Year Award” for Asia-Pacific Rim Region for different innovative energy-saving and cost-effective projects for three consecutive years.
Ir Prof. YUEN holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. He obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a research based Doctorate in Engineering from City University of Hong Kong. Back in late 80s, he had worked for hospitals both in Europe and Middle East under the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Scholarship.
Ir Prof. YUEN is passionate in contributing to both the profession and the wider community. He has previously been recruited as the voluntary Expert Advisor for the World Health Organization and the United Nations to construct isolation facilities in public hospitals across the Republic of Indonesia. He has also worked with the Hong Kong SAR Government via the HKIE to coordinate members to inspect hospital construction under the Sichuan Earthquake re-construction project in the PRC. He is currently the Vice President of the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers UK, and the HK Branch Chairman of the Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) UK. In 2019, he was also elected as Deputy Chairman of the Seoul Accord, which is a multi-lateral agreement among agencies responsible for accreditation or recognition of tertiary-level computing and IT-related qualifications.