Prominent Graduate Profiles

 

Distinguished Past Graduates

Ir Yiu-ching Lo graduated from the University of London in 1970 and further obtained his MSc(Eng) in civil engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 1980. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers; a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers; a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a Member of the China Civil Engineering Society. He has also served as the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Country Representative for Hong Kong.

Ir Lo has been engaged both in Hong Kong and overseas in the administration, planning, design and supervision of major capital works projects in civil and structural engineering, including multi-storey buildings, slope works, construction of roads and bridges, reclamations and port works and new town development. In 1970, Ir Lo started his career with Ove Arup & Partners in London as a Project Engineer. He joined the Hong Kong Government in 1974 as an Engineer in the Civil Engineering Office of the then Public Works Department and was promoted to the rank of Chief Engineer in 1991 when he was responsible for the urgent implementation of the large scale and complex West Kowloon Reclamation, one of the ten Airport Core Programme projects. In 1996, Ir Lo was transferred to the Territory Development Department to take up the post of Project Manager. He was appointed Director of the Civil Engineering Department in 1999. In 2000, Ir Lo was promoted to Director of the Highways Department in charge of developing and upkeeping the road network as well as planning and implementing of railway development. Before retiring from civil service, Ir Lo was the Permanent Secretary for Environment, Transport and Works, administering seven Works Departments with a staff of nearly 20,000.

Ir Lo has been appointed as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong from 1 September 2003 to 31 August 2010.


 

Other Past Graduates

William Loasby

William Loasby obtained his Master's degree in Engineering Science (MEng) with first class honours from the University College, Oxford, UK. Prior to admission to the MSc(Eng) programme in Structural Engineering at The University of Hong Kong in 2007, he had around four years' working experience in structural engineering consultancy in the UK, Australia and China. He graduated from HKU with a MSc(Eng) degree with distinction in January 2009 and joined an international engineering consultancy in Hong Kong as a structural engineer.


Zhu Yinchun (朱寅春)

Before admission to the MSc(Eng) Programme in Environmental Engineering at The University of Hong Kong in 2008, Zhu Yinchun has got a Bachelor's degree in water engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He graduated from HKU with a MSc(Eng) degree with distinction in 2009 and joined the Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design General Institute (上海市政工程设计研究总院) as an assistant engineer. He has worked on various civil engineering projects, particularly the planning and design of water supply systems.

"Being a water engineer is not easy. To solve various practical problems in water works project requires not only knowledge of the specialty, but also communication and management skills. Fortunately, my undergraduate and graduate studies have equipped me with these important skills. In particular, the MSc(Eng) postgraduate study at The University of Hong Kong has improved my confidence and given me an edge in my future career."