Biomedical Division Session 2022/2023 – Chairman Message It is my great honour to succeed Ir Prof. Raymond Tong as the Chairman of the Biomedical Division for the Session 2022/2023. I am excited to witness the growth of the Division and I look forward to the continuous development of the industry as well as the profession in coming future.

We are witnessing an accelerating and exciting growth of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) with a total GDP comparable to that of Korea. At the centre of GBA, Hong Kong is playing an important role, together with our aging society, there are tremendous opportunities for our young bio-medical engineers.

We are committed to joining hands with leaders of the industry and local academia to raise public awareness on the importance of biomedical engineering to the society, through a wide spectrum of activities including membership drive initiatives in local universities, networking events, career seminars, and STEM education. We shall gather engineers to be the enablers in promoting the application of technologies for elderly, by cooperating with NGOs to cope with the rapidly greying population and facilitate elderly for “ageing in place”. As a member of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), we shall represent Hong Kong by sending delegates to regional and international conferences. Last but not least, we are currently preparing an international conference which will embrace topics from frontier medical technologies, clinical engineering practice to medical device regulatory affairs. 

The proposal of medical device regulation in Hong Kong is recently under heated discussion. As a world city, we need biomedical engineers to uphold the safety and well?being of the society by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of medical devices. Moreover, the demand for talents with knowledge and experience in biomedical engineering will be on the rise in light of the development of the regulatory framework & requirement. We shall participate proactively in facilitating the implementation of the medical device legislation, as well as instating the role and importance of biomedical engineering professionals. 

All these initiatives will not happen without your involvement. I would like to appeal for your support to ameliorate the development of biomedical engineering profession. Thank you!

Ir David WONG Yuk Ming

Chairman of Biomedical Division

Session 2022/2023