Code : 2015087
Event Name : Visit to Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) Austin Station Visitor Centre and View the XRL Austin Terminus Site
CPD Code : Formal Events
Speaker : Mr. FUNG Wai Chung
Senior Engineer, MTR Corporation Limited

Mr. FUNG is responsible for the liaison and public consultations of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK Express Rail Link (Hong Kong Section) Project. He is a chartered builder and surveyor who has over 30 years experience in engineering practice with an emphasis on railway works. Mr. FUNG has been with MTR Corporation since 1992 and he has worked on the Kowloon Southern Link, Ma On Shan Railway, Tseung Kwan O Extension and the Lantau and Airport Railway Projects.

Mr. Simon HUNG
Liaison Engineer I, MTR Corporation Limited

Mr. HUNG has over 30 years of local and overseas experience in civil engineering. He is currently with the Project Liaison Team engaging stakeholders on project related issues/expectations in liaison with government departments on the XRL Project.
Event Date : 2015-06-06
Event Time : 9:30 am - 11:30 am
CPD Hour(s) : 2
Venue : XRL Austin Station Visitor Centre (near MTR Austin Station Exit D)
Division : QSD PDD
Organizer : PDD QSD
Fee : HK$120 for members (including insurance)
Priority : Priority will be given to PDD / QSD Members; First-come-first-served with payment (with maximum quota of 55)
Language : English supplemented by Cantonese
Details :

Itinerary (Please see the attached location map):

09:15 am – Gathering and Registration at MTR Austin Station Visitor Centre reception

09:30 am – Presentation of the XRL Project

10:10 am – Visit to XRL Terminus model room

10:30 am – View the XRL Austin Terminus Site (walk from MTR Austin Station to Kowloon Station via the Jordan Road Footbridge)

11:30 am – Dismiss at MTR Austin Station

 

(The scheduled time may be changed so as to suit the actual conditions on the date of the visit.)

 

(Successful registration will receive details of the visit.)

 

The Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link runs from the terminus in West Kowloon, heading north to the Shenzhen/Hong Kong Boundary, where it connects with the Mainland Section. The Terminus will be located to the north of the West Kowloon Cultural District and will be linked to Austin Station and Kowloon Station by footbridges and subways.

 

Before viewing the XRL Austin Terminus site, the speakers will brief the following aspects:-

  1. XRL Project background, construction techniques and challenges;
  2. Short videos on tunneling machine and terminus design;
  3. Contractual arrangement and Procedures for dealing with claims/disputes.
Remarks :

FULL

 

Closing Date: 23 May 2015

  1.  Online registration is NOT accepted for this CPD event.
  2. Please fill in the attached Declaration Form together with Standard Reservation Form for this CPD event.
  3. First-come-first-served with duly completed Standard Reservation FormDeclaration Form and payment.
  4. Please equip with your own non-slip shoes.
  5. Latecomers will NOT be picked up.
Payment : HKD 120
Face-to-Face/Zoom : Please refer to the remarks