Speaker

Ir CHEUNG Yat Cheong Dominic

Ir Dominic Cheung is the Chairman of the Fire Discipline Advisory Panel. He is a former Deputy Chief Fire Officer of the Fire Safety Command in Hong Kong Fire Services Department. Through his over 34 years of service in the Department, he had amassed profound experiences in many aspects of Fire Service duties, including operational rescue, firefighting, fire protection, training and administration. He had contributed towards devising the fire safety standards of new railway projects, and raising the fire safety standards of old buildings. He had offered insightful contributions in taking forward the initiative on Introduction of Registered Fire Engineers Scheme leading to its passage into legislation last year.

Ir Cheung was the President of Institution of Fire Engineers (HK Branch) in 2010, and the Chairman of HKIE Fire Division for Session 2010/2011.

Ir Dr Young Wong

Ir Dr Young Wong joined Arup Fire Hong Kong in 2005 after spending more than 10 years in the UK on research and fire engineering consultancy. He is a chartered engineer with The Institution of Fire Engineers and Engineering Council UK. His main expertise is in structural fire design and producing fire strategies using performance-based approach. While in the UK, Young conducted research at the University of Sheffield Structural Fire Research Group, focusing on the behaviour of steel structure in fire. Young was guest lecturer at the University of Leeds and University of Sheffield while he was in England. Currently he also teaches at SCOPE, City University of Hong Kong for the University of Central Lancashire’s Fire Engineering degree.