Tow seminars were organised by ACEA on the 19th of April, 2001 at Strathfield Community Centre, Homebush. Introduction to Master in Business Administration Courses in Relation to Engineers by Ken Ho. Design of Web and Its Function by Dr. YuJin Zhang. 2 free seminars were given on Friday, 27 October 2000 at Strathfield Central Library. The topics were presented were: Three Major Construction Materials and Environmental Protection by Mr Si Chi-Nam (Australia Standard) Modern Numerical Simulation Methods and Their Applications by Dr. Xue Shicheng (Senior Research Fellow, Sydney University) 3 free seminars were given on Friday, 26 May 2000 at Strathfield Central Library. The topics were presented were: Assessment of Overseas Qualifications in Engineering for Recognition in Australia by Mr Joseph ZHU Xongjie Introduction of E-Commerce and Its Future Development by Dr GUO Rongjiang General Talk in House Addition and Renovation by Mr Sidney Lam The second Finance and Technology seminar, organised by Australian Chinese Engineers Association, was held on 27 November, 1999. ACEA invited Mr. Stephen Lin, a share specialist with 2ac Radio and Client Adviser of Johnson & Taylor, to give a speech -- "The future development of Australian science/technology companies". He was particularly interested in talking about the technology shares in telecommunication, medicine and biotechnology industries. The president of ACEA and presenter of the Science Segment program of SBS Radio, James Yu, also gave a speech -- "The review of science/technology of later part of 20th century and its future development". He provided to the audience new information on information technology, medicine and biotechnology. About 45 people attended the seminar. On 3 September 1999, Australian Chinese Engineers Association and Westpac Bank organised a "Finance and technology" seminar at Westpac Banking Corporation, Hurstville Branch building, in 244 Forest Road, Hurstville NSW. The seminar was started at 7:30 pm. The association's Executive Secretary, Senior Network Engineer, Information Technology Services, University of Sydney, Victor Fang gave a "Business on Internet" seminar. His topics were covered: Overview of Internet; What services are offered on Internet; Doing Business on Internet; The computing facilities (hardware and software) requirements for the business on Internet. "Consumer lending - What services can Westpac offer you as a Professional" seminar was also given by Senior Manager of Asian Business, Westpac, Ms. Bonnie Yeung. On behalf of Westpac Bank, Ms. Yeung offered 0.6% home loan interest rate discount for first 20 home loan applicants for ACEA's members. As well as, a seminar was given by Mr. Nigel Leverett, State Manager of Business Development, Westpac Financial Services. His speech topic was about the "Investment strategies" which inclued: Overview of Share Markets in Australia; History and return of the Share market; Comparison between Share Market and Properties Investment; Different ways to invest; Manage funds and Superannuation; Negative Gearing. Drinks and snacks were provided by the bank. About 50 people attended the seminar. Seminar -- The Crisis of Sydney Drinking Water and One of Our Solutions In response to Sydney drinking water crisis last year and in coordination with the recommendations of Sydney Water Inquiry, the ACEA Committee organized a seminar on 7 July 1999 in Sydney University. Monika from Channel 7 TV came to Clunies Ross Lecture Theatre, J. D. Stewart Building, Sydney University where the seminar was held around 10:15am and commenced her interview straight way. The seminar had to be delayed for waiting the interview finish. Mr. Yu, the President of the ACEA attended the interview. The interview was continued for more than half an hour. The seminar was chaired by the Executive Secretary Mr. Victor Fang. He Said: "ACEA is an unique organisation, which has united many Chinese professionals who have come to Australia from different countries and regions. One of the purposes of today's seminar is to show people, Australian Chinese professionals who came to Australia from deferent countries and regions that not just want to enjoy the beautiful country, wonderful people and great multicultural society, but also want to share our knowledge and skills with Australian people". The first speech was given by Mr. Yu. The title was "Brief Review of the Final Report of Sydney Water Inquiry". His speech gave the audiences a very clear view what's the reason ACEA decided to prepare a proposal concerning the Sydney water quality improvement. After Mr. Yu's speech, Prof. Xiao Zhenghui gave the audiences "Proposal for Control of the Microbiological Contamination of Sydney Water" speech. A. C. E. A. Australian Chinese Engineers Association proposal is as the following improvements for water treatment technology: (1) Technical improvements -- (a) Installation of activated carbon filtration system into the existing Sydney water treatment plants at a cost of A$35 millions. (b) Use of a combination of chlorine dioxide and ozone for water disinfection, at a cost of A$22.23 millions, to replace chlorine - the current disinfection agent in use. Total cost of the above technical improvements is about A$57.23 millions in comparison with the estimated cost of A$300 millions as was reported in the Final Report of Sydney Water Inquiry. (2) Management improvements -- (a) Sharing the points of view with Sydney Water Inquiry that a strict control of catchment is the key factor to the quality of Sydney drinking water. (b) Establishing legislation for drinking water quality to make it in line with world trend of controlling the microbiological contamination of drinking water. Prof. Xiao's speech also provided many evidences, figures, and comparisons on the slices to the audiences for demonstration. The question time was given after the speeches. Prof. Xiao answered the audiences' questions. On behalf of Sydney Water Mr. Collin Nicolson, Operation Manager of Sydney Water attended the seminar and gave the audiences his speech as well. He said: " Sydney Water will study ACEA's proposal, and invite ACEA for discussion of the improvement of the water quality matter". On behalf of the ACEA, Mr. Yu excepted the invitation. The seminar was concluded at 1 pm. The journalists from 2CR radio and The Independent Daily newspaper also attended the seminar. More than 40 people attended the seminar. A seminar was given by ACEA's executive committee member, the project manager of Construction and Building department of Standards Australia, Chi Nam Si and ACEA executive Secretary, Laboratory manager of Soul Pattinson Pharmacy Laboratory Inc., micro biologist Yu XianZhong (James) at the Community Centre, NSW Ethnic Affair Commission building, 164 - 174 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, on October 30, 1998. 25 members attended the seminar. The topics of the seminars were as follows: Introduction to Australian Standards. It includes: the procedure of making Australian Standards; A comparison between the Australian Standards and other industrial countries standards. From technical point of views to see China's future. It includes discussion of China's future natural resources, environment, agriculture, medicare, and future development. A seminar was organised by ACEA at Community Centre, NSW Ethnic Affair Commission building, 164 - 174 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, at 7 pm, on Friday, 31 July, 1998. The topics of the seminar which was given by Sydney University senior communication engineer and ACEA executive member, Victor Fang were as follows: History of the computer development, types of computers, structure of the computer; data communications and computer networks, network protocols, Internet Protocol addresses, Internet, World Wide Web (WWW), etc. Consuls of Science & Technology of PRC, Mr. Zhao Xiaolin and other 29 members attended the seminar. ACEA organised 2 seminars at 7:30 pm, on Friday, June 12, 1998 at the Community Centre, NSW Ethnic Affair Commission Building, 164 - 174 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, NSW, in Sydney. These 2 seminars were the second half of previous seminars which were given by Mr. Faming Hsieh, General Manager of Filmlab Engineering Division of Great Union in 1996 and Dr. Patrick (Zongrong) Wong, National Australia Bank, Chatswood branch Manager. The seminars (Part II) organised by Australian Chinese Engineers Association (ACEA) were very successful. The speeches were great. The topics in the second half of the seminars that were covered include: commercial laws; industrial relations; work place regulations; employee awards; employee's rights; public liability insurance; improvement of your career's opportunities; etc. Australian currency; interests rates; the relationships between commercial variable interest rates and Reserve Bank's variable interest rates; the commercial fixed interest rates and Bonds; bank loan options for foreign currencies; etc. All above topics attracted more than 40 members. Almost no one left the seminars until the conclusion of the seminars at midnight. Two seminars: "the relationship between the foreign exchange and stock exchange" and "the patent for rubber recycle technology" were provided by the Committee of the Association at Community Centre, NSW Ethnic Affair Commission building, 164 - 174 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, NSW, on Saturday, November 15, 1997. Two special speakers who gave the seminars were Dr. Wong Zongrong, Branch Manager of Australia National Bank, Chatswood and Mr. Charles Tsaur, Executive Director of Full Born Energy Recycling P/L. The Consul of The Consulate General of PRC, Liu Yongfang, Consul (Sc. & Technology) He He Liren, Consul (Education) Yang Xiaochun and other 26 members attended the seminars. Dr. Spencer Wu, Councillor of Ashfield Municipal Council and Ms. Katie Young, Vice President of Australia China Friendship Society (NSW branch), Vice President Chinese Australian Union also attended the seminar. Speeches were warmly given by Dr. Spencer Wu, Consul Mrs. Lui Yongfang, Consul Mr. He Liren, Consul Mr. Yang Xiaochun and Ms Katie Young before the seminar. A lecture was given by the executive secretary of the ACEA, Australian Chinese Engineers Association, James Yu on October 18, 1997. Mr. Yu talked about "From Australia's circumstances to forecast the trend of the international circumstances", and also "From social, economic, political and scientific angles to analyse the new circumstances of the present world". The ACEA, Australian Chinese Engineers Association provided a free consulting services on September 1996 in Community Centre, NSW Ethnic Affair Commission of NSW building in Ashfield. The consultants were ACEA members and covered the area were: Architecture/Building industry Computer/Communication Industry Electronics/Electrical Engineering Chemical Engineering Food Technology Sciences Real Estate & Development On December 6, 1996, two seminars were given by the members of the Association, Mr. Rene: The Past and the Future of the Australian Chemical Industry and Faming Hsieh, General Manager of Filmlab Engineering Division of Great Union: Australian Business Management. 29 members attended the seminars. ACEA, Australian Chinese Engineers Association organised an academic seminar on 15 December 1995 at Community Centre, Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW in Ashfield. The Committee member Ken Ho, senior engineer of Lucas Aerospace gave a lecture. The title of the speech was "Australian Experience of a Mechanic Engineer". The Association executive secretary James Yu of Sandoz Australia also gave a lecture. The title of the speech was "What is GMP, A Reference to Australian GMP Code". 39 members attended the seminars. August 12, 1995, ACEA, Australian Chinese Engineers Association organised the seminars at Community Centre, Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW in Ashfield. The lectures were given by the Committee members: Engineering and Technology Seminars: Operational Research (Mathematics) by Prof. Jiang Zhengxin, research Manager of NSW University Plastic Toughening and Its Applications by Dr. Wu Jinshen, senior research fellow of Sydney University Reasonable Liquidationa and Bonus System by Dai Tianzhong New Technology of Ethanol Fermentation by James Yu, Manager of Sandoz Australia Australian Experiences Seminars: Electrical Engineering by Cai Rongji, Manager of Sydney Water Mechanical Engineering by Zheng, Yuolin, Engineering Manager of Linde Engineering Australia Chemical Engineering by Tony Zheng, Timber & Development Manger of Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR) Civil Engineering by Gu Tangzhao, Manager of Sydney Water Building Engineering by Sidney Lim, Architect In the past, many potential technologies disappeared without notice by the people of our society. It became a permanent loss of knowledge to this nation when we desperately want to build a better country. Part of the reasons was that no opportunity was provided for the people who had expertise in engineering, new invention or special kind of services. Consequently, no commercial interest could be attracted at that time. By seeing this, the Australian Chinese Engineers Association, an organisation made up of academics and industrial engineers in Australia of Chinese origin decided to organise the above seminars. The seminars were also mainly for that passed on the Australian experiences to the overseas engineers who came to Australia no long ago. 43 members attended the seminars. Click here to return to Activities page
Introduction to Master in Business Administration Courses in Relation to Engineers by Ken Ho.
Design of Web and Its Function by Dr. YuJin Zhang.
Modern Numerical Simulation Methods and Their Applications by Dr. Xue Shicheng (Senior Research Fellow, Sydney University)
Introduction of E-Commerce and Its Future Development by Dr GUO Rongjiang
General Talk in House Addition and Renovation by Mr Sidney Lam
ACEA invited Mr. Stephen Lin, a share specialist with 2ac Radio and Client Adviser of Johnson & Taylor, to give a speech -- "The future development of Australian science/technology companies". He was particularly interested in talking about the technology shares in telecommunication, medicine and biotechnology industries.
The president of ACEA and presenter of the Science Segment program of SBS Radio, James Yu, also gave a speech -- "The review of science/technology of later part of 20th century and its future development". He provided to the audience new information on information technology, medicine and biotechnology.
About 45 people attended the seminar.
The seminar was started at 7:30 pm. The association's Executive Secretary, Senior Network Engineer, Information Technology Services, University of Sydney, Victor Fang gave a "Business on Internet" seminar. His topics were covered:
"Consumer lending - What services can Westpac offer you as a Professional" seminar was also given by Senior Manager of Asian Business, Westpac, Ms. Bonnie Yeung. On behalf of Westpac Bank, Ms. Yeung offered 0.6% home loan interest rate discount for first 20 home loan applicants for ACEA's members.
As well as, a seminar was given by Mr. Nigel Leverett, State Manager of Business Development, Westpac Financial Services. His speech topic was about the "Investment strategies" which inclued:
Drinks and snacks were provided by the bank. About 50 people attended the seminar.
In response to Sydney drinking water crisis last year and in coordination with the recommendations of Sydney Water Inquiry, the ACEA Committee organized a seminar on 7 July 1999 in Sydney University.
Monika from Channel 7 TV came to Clunies Ross Lecture Theatre, J. D. Stewart Building, Sydney University where the seminar was held around 10:15am and commenced her interview straight way. The seminar had to be delayed for waiting the interview finish.
Mr. Yu, the President of the ACEA attended the interview. The interview was continued for more than half an hour.
The seminar was chaired by the Executive Secretary Mr. Victor Fang. He Said: "ACEA is an unique organisation, which has united many Chinese professionals who have come to Australia from different countries and regions. One of the purposes of today's seminar is to show people, Australian Chinese professionals who came to Australia from deferent countries and regions that not just want to enjoy the beautiful country, wonderful people and great multicultural society, but also want to share our knowledge and skills with Australian people".
The first speech was given by Mr. Yu. The title was "Brief Review of the Final Report of Sydney Water Inquiry". His speech gave the audiences a very clear view what's the reason ACEA decided to prepare a proposal concerning the Sydney water quality improvement.
After Mr. Yu's speech, Prof. Xiao Zhenghui gave the audiences "Proposal for Control of the Microbiological Contamination of Sydney Water" speech.
A. C. E. A. Australian Chinese Engineers Association proposal is as the following improvements for water treatment technology:
(a) Installation of activated carbon filtration system into the existing Sydney water treatment plants at a cost of A$35 millions.
(b) Use of a combination of chlorine dioxide and ozone for water disinfection, at a cost of A$22.23 millions, to replace chlorine - the current disinfection agent in use.
Total cost of the above technical improvements is about A$57.23 millions in comparison with the estimated cost of A$300 millions as was reported in the Final Report of Sydney Water Inquiry.
(a) Sharing the points of view with Sydney Water Inquiry that a strict control of catchment is the key factor to the quality of Sydney drinking water.
(b) Establishing legislation for drinking water quality to make it in line with world trend of controlling the microbiological contamination of drinking water.
The question time was given after the speeches. Prof. Xiao answered the audiences' questions.
On behalf of Sydney Water Mr. Collin Nicolson, Operation Manager of Sydney Water attended the seminar and gave the audiences his speech as well. He said: " Sydney Water will study ACEA's proposal, and invite ACEA for discussion of the improvement of the water quality matter". On behalf of the ACEA, Mr. Yu excepted the invitation.
The seminar was concluded at 1 pm.
The journalists from 2CR radio and The Independent Daily newspaper also attended the seminar.
More than 40 people attended the seminar.
The topics of the seminars were as follows:
It includes: the procedure of making Australian Standards;
A comparison between the Australian Standards and other industrial countries standards.
It includes discussion of China's future natural resources, environment, agriculture, medicare, and future development.
The topics of the seminar which was given by Sydney University senior communication engineer and ACEA executive member, Victor Fang were as follows:
History of the computer development, types of computers, structure of the computer; data communications and computer networks, network protocols, Internet Protocol addresses, Internet, World Wide Web (WWW), etc.
Consuls of Science & Technology of PRC, Mr. Zhao Xiaolin and other 29 members attended the seminar.
The seminars (Part II) organised by Australian Chinese Engineers Association (ACEA) were very successful.
The speeches were great. The topics in the second half of the seminars that were covered include:
All above topics attracted more than 40 members. Almost no one left the seminars until the conclusion of the seminars at midnight.
Two special speakers who gave the seminars were Dr. Wong Zongrong, Branch Manager of Australia National Bank, Chatswood and Mr. Charles Tsaur, Executive Director of Full Born Energy Recycling P/L.
The Consul of The Consulate General of PRC, Liu Yongfang, Consul (Sc. & Technology) He He Liren, Consul (Education) Yang Xiaochun and other 26 members attended the seminars.
Dr. Spencer Wu, Councillor of Ashfield Municipal Council and Ms. Katie Young, Vice President of Australia China Friendship Society (NSW branch), Vice President Chinese Australian Union also attended the seminar.
Speeches were warmly given by Dr. Spencer Wu, Consul Mrs. Lui Yongfang, Consul Mr. He Liren, Consul Mr. Yang Xiaochun and Ms Katie Young before the seminar.
Mr. Yu talked about "From Australia's circumstances to forecast the trend of the international circumstances", and also "From social, economic, political and scientific angles to analyse the new circumstances of the present world".
The consultants were ACEA members and covered the area were:
29 members attended the seminars.
The Committee member Ken Ho, senior engineer of Lucas Aerospace gave a lecture. The title of the speech was "Australian Experience of a Mechanic Engineer".
The Association executive secretary James Yu of Sandoz Australia also gave a lecture. The title of the speech was "What is GMP, A Reference to Australian GMP Code".
39 members attended the seminars.
The lectures were given by the Committee members:
Engineering and Technology Seminars:
Australian Experiences Seminars:
In the past, many potential technologies disappeared without notice by the people of our society. It became a permanent loss of knowledge to this nation when we desperately want to build a better country. Part of the reasons was that no opportunity was provided for the people who had expertise in engineering, new invention or special kind of services. Consequently, no commercial interest could be attracted at that time.
By seeing this, the Australian Chinese Engineers Association, an organisation made up of academics and industrial engineers in Australia of Chinese origin decided to organise the above seminars.
The seminars were also mainly for that passed on the Australian experiences to the overseas engineers who came to Australia no long ago.
43 members attended the seminars.
Click here to return to Activities page