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盧偉國 博士 工程師 MH, JP 25
Ir Dr LO Wai Kwok, MH, JP  
   
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Ir Dr LO Wai Kwok has 30 years of industrial experience. He is currently director of Queenspring Limited and some other institutions and organizations. He is a highly experienced and seasoned industrialist and community leader, devoted a lot of time and effort to promote the information industry of Hong Kong.

Ir Dr LO was formerly President of Artesyn Technologies Asia-Pacific Ltd. (named Computer Products Asia-Pacific Ltd. before 1998) for 18 years. The company was Asia-Pacific division of the reputable multinational Artesyn Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Florida, and by then listed through NASDAQ. Under his leadership, the company became a world-class designer, manufacturer and distributor of power products for the world communication, computer and network market, and won a lot of prizes. It became the first ISO9001 certified company in Hong Kong in 1991, won both the Productivity and Quality Awards in the 1992 Governor's Award for Industry, became the first ISO9000 certified company in Zhongshan City in 1993, and has achieved various managerial and technological breakthroughs. In mid 2006, the parent group Artesyn Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Emerson. Ir Dr LO completed his management duties and left the company.

In 1991, he led an expert group to visit Beijing, and organized, together with the Postal and Telecommunication Industrial Company (PTIC) and the Beijing University of Postal and Telecommunication, a power technology seminar for the national telecom enterprises. He cooperated with PTIC to introduce advanced power module technologies to the telecom industry in the mainland, promoted new design concepts of communication products in this up and coming market.

In 1994, he was invited by the Ministry of Electronic Industry and the National Defense Technologies Committee to give lectures on the ISO9000 management system for technology enterprises, and on the ways to promote product quality. Representatives from various trades and industries and from the military attended the lectures.

Ir Dr LO has been striving for the development of the information industry of Hong Kong. He promoted technology collaborations and professional exchanges with counterparts in China mainland and in overseas. He has led many study missions for the industrialists, engineers and professionals to visit various countries and regions, including many cities and provinces in the mainland, South East Asia, Japan, South Korea, America and Europe.

He also invited experts, scholars and industrialist from the mainland to visit Hong Kong. He was Vice Chairman of the Hi-Tech Exhibition in Hong Kong in the year 1997, showing outstanding projects in the national “863 Plan”. He was President of the Guangdong-HK Association for the Promotion of Technology Enterprise from 1997 to 2001, and is currently Vice Chairman of the PRD Council. With these capacities, he promoted collaboration between Hong Kong and Guangdong in the development and advancement of technologies.

Ir Dr LO was elected senior member of the China Power Supply Association in 1996, and became its first council member from Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan in 1997, helping the development of power electronics technologies in the mainland. He was appointed member of the Zhongshan City e-Government Expert Group in 2000, helping the municipal government to apply IT in the growth and development of the city.

Ir Dr LO is Vice President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and Past Chairman of its IT Division. He is famous for his voluntary services in the professional and business circles. He has been providing advisory services for the tertiary education institutions for years. He is Adjunct Professor of the City University of Hong Kong, and Guest Professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology Zhongshan College. In the past ten years, he has extended his services to the community, and has been member of the Shatin District Council since July 1997.

 
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