CHOI, Kan Man President (2023-2025)
蔡勤文 會長 (2023-2025)
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First of all, I am honored to be elected as the 25th President of Hong Kong Electrical Contractors’ Association. I will wholeheartedly contribute to the growth and development of the Association, and at the same time make improvements for the entire electrical engineering industry and the community.
Between 2019 and 2022, Hong Kong has experienced social unrest and the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, leading to an unstable environment in which economic performance has declined and people felt discomfort. It is expected the future economy and life will improve and will become better. As a stakeholder of Hong Kong, Electrical Contractors’ Association will maintain the goal of our predecessors and move forward to development of Hong Kong society, the electrical industry and construction industry.
Facing lack of young people both professional and front-line practitioners engaging the construction industry, the pressure and working hours of existing manpower are extremely high. It escalates the young people’s reluctance to join this field. The Association expects that events supported by our Youth Committee (YMC) , Project WeCan as well as the promotion campaign by Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (CIC) , Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) , other Governmental Departments and Commercial Sectors can enlighten young people the prospects of the industry and to attract more youngsters to enter the electrical and mechanical industry.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is highly promoting MiC and MiMEP which will be widely used in public work projects. Besides facing transportation problems, the space and quantity of Hong Kong workshops are still insufficient for the time being. It is foreseen that most of the work processes will be carried out in Mainland China. Although these methods reduce the demand of workers engaging in the construction sites alleviating the problem of labour shortage and can improve work safety, the contract price of mechanical and electrical engineering companies may also be affected. On the other hand, the quality and responsibilities of finished products are also complicated. Dispute is noted that MiC factory does not issue WR1/WR1A while the issuance of such by local REW may incur extra cost in inspecting the work done in Mainland. HKECA reminds our members to have clear demarcation in Contract whether Work Completion Certificate for MiC part in Mainland is included.
The Occupational Safety and Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023 (comes into force on April 28, 2023), the maximum penalty for the "Employer's General Duty Clause" and the "Employee's General Duty Clause" for prosecuting in summary procedure has increased a lot. However, for extremely serious occupational safety and health violations, citing the "General Liability Provisions of Employers, Proprietors and Premises Occupiers" in the form of "indictable crimes" may be punished with a fine of 10 million dollars and a maximum of two years in prison. All companies and employees are responsible for the safety of the electrical industry and construction sites. We will continue to distribute relevant safety information to members by email or website and will also conduct some safety promotion activities and courses so as to achieve the goal of zero accidents.
CHOI, Kan Man
President (2023-2025)
首先，我很榮幸當選本會第25屆會長，我將竭誠為香港電器工程商會的成長和發展貢獻力量，同時亦為了整個電器工程行業和社區作出改善。
在過去2019至到2022年期間，香港經歷了社會運動及新冠狀病毒疫情的影響，導致經濟表現下滑的不安定環境和市民人心不穩，電器工程商會得到各前輩的支持及指導，仍然可以不斷向前發展，在歷屆會長和資深會員的帶領下，我們商會亦繼續為會員服務，並為建築行業及我們的電器行業，作出貢獻。
面對進入工程界嘅年輕人，不論專業還是前線的數量仍然偏低，令到現有人手工作壓力及工作時數增加，在互為因果影響下，更加令到年輕人卻步，商會希望在我們的青年會員委員會 (YMC)，ProjectWeCan項目進行的活動及在香港建造業議會 / 機電工程署等政商部門一起推廣下，能夠令到多點年輕人知悉行業前景，讓更多年輕人進入這個機電業大家庭。
現時在香港特別行政區政府大力推動下，MiC和MiMEP 將在政府工務工程中大量採用，除了運輸問題外，香港工場數量和面積方面暫時仍然不足以處理數量龐大的工作，所以大部分的工序都在內地進行，這種做法雖然在工地工作的工人數量需求減少，舒緩勞工短缺的問題，工地安全方面亦能夠改善，但機電工程商的合約價錢亦可能受影響，成品的質量和責任亦較複雜，現時已有爭議關於電器完工紙簽發責任，因為產品由國內負責而要求本地電業承建商簽發完工紙，本地的電業承建商需要額外費用進行檢測，商會提醒會員們須在合約內清晰釐定簽發WR1/WR1A 責任誰快屬。
《2023年職業安全及職業健康法例（雜項修訂）條例》(2023年4月28日起實施)，除以簡易程序提出檢控的「僱主一般責任條文」及「僱員一般責任條文」的最高罰款額外，針對違反極嚴重職安健的違法行為，以「可公訴罪行」形式引用「僱主、東主及處所佔用人一般責任條文」有機會被判罰1,000萬元及最高監禁兩年。電器業及建造業工地的安全，所有公司和員工都有責任，商會將會繼續將有關安全的信息用電郵或網站放式發放給各方會員知道，亦會進行一些安全的推廣活動和課程，希望能達到零意外的目標。
蔡勤文
會長 (2023-2025)