In April 2019, the EMSD’s collaborative project with the Correctional Services Department (CSD) under the Smart Prison solution, namely the Health Signs Monitoring and Passage Surveillance System, won the Gold Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. This innovation and technology project effectively enhances CSD’s efficiency in management of correctional institutions.

In May 2019, the EMSD received the Digital Award for the Best Small Project/Collaboration from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers in the United Kingdom. This award was dedicated for the EMSD’s self-developed digitised air-conditioning, electricity distribution and energy management system for improving the efficiency of building services at the Tuen Mun School Dental Clinic.

In August 2019, two EMSD technicians represented Hong Kong, China to participate in the 45th WorldSkills Competition in Russia, and won Medallions for Excellence in the “Electrical Installations” trade and the “Refrigeration and Air-conditioning” trade, bringing glory to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s District Cooling System (DCS) was featured in C40’s publication, Cities100, as one of the 100 solutions for climate actions. The Kai Tak DCS project was further shortlisted as one of the three finalists in the Green Technologies category at the ceremony of the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards.

The EMSD was commended by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency as an Outstanding Organisation with Comprehensive Management Systems and an Outstanding Organisation with Holistic Management Systems in 2019 in recognition of our efforts in adopting various management tools to improve service quality.

During the passage of super typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong in September 2018, Mr Kwong Wai-lung, a mechanical inspector, dealt with emergencies related to public ferry piers for more than 40 consecutive hours, upholding the spirit of “addressing the community’s pressing needs”. In recognition of his professionalism, he was presented the Ombudsman’s Award 2019.

The EMSD has achieved encouraging results in the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme 2019, and six awards received including a Gold Prize in Team Award (Internal Support) and a Special Citation Award (Application of Innovation and Technology) for the “Training Beyond Innovation” project, a Meritorious Award in Team Award (Internal Support) for the “Customer Centric e-Platform” project, etc.

In December 2019, the EMSD was awarded the Learning Organisation Honorary Award by the Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries, making it the first government department to receive this award.

In December 2019, the EMSD was presented the Best BIM Government Department Award by buildingSMART Hong Kong at the 5th International BIM Awards. The EMSD was commended for its application of Building Information Modelling – Asset Management (BIM-AM) technology at the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and the Tin Shui Wai Hospital to facilitate E&M asset management, which in turn helped enhance public healthcare services.

In January 2020, the EMSD clinched two awards at Autodesk Hong Kong BIM Awards 2019 for our successful application of Internet of Things technology in BIM-AM pilot projects. The award-winning projects are the CIC-Zero Carbon Building and the EMSD’s Customer Service Centre. In addition, Mr Yuen Piu-hung, Francis (5th right in the photo), the EMSD Electronics Engineer, was named “Young BIMer of the Year” in the Autodesk Hong Kong BIM Awards 2019 as a recognition of his contribution in promoting digitisation of the trade.

In January 2020, Ms Chan Wing-yee (7th left in the photo), the EMSD Mechanical Engineering Graduate, won the first place in the 2019 HKIE Trainee of the Year Award organised by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). It was a high recognition of her contribution to the HKIE and Hong Kong, and her excellent performance in the Scheme "A" Graduate Training.

The EMSD Annual Report 2018/19 won Silver Award – Government Industry and Top 50 Chinese Reports in the 2019 Vision Awards organised by the League of American Communications Professionals, and bronze award in both the Non-Profit Organisation (Print A.R.): Government Agencies & Offices category and the Specialised A.R.: Combined Annual and Sustainability Report category of the 34th International ARC Awards in 2020.

The EMSD continued to promote apprenticeship training and acknowledge the effort of our dedicated apprentices by nominating our technical trainees for the Outstanding Apprentices Award. Mr Kwok Hiu-fung (1st right in the photo) was named as one of the 2019 Outstanding Apprentices while Ms Au Ka-wun and Ms Yeung Ying-fung were selected as Apprentices of Excellent Performance by the Vocational Training Council.