HKIE Membership Subscription
Membership Subscription
Membership Subscriptions and Fees for Financial Year 2012/2013
APPLICATION FEE (Non-refundable and non-transferable)
Election to the membership class of Fellow/ Member (by professional assessment or by recognition)/ Associate Member/ Companion/ Additional Discipline by recognition

HK$ 550

Election to the membership class of Affiliate HK$ 270
Transfer to the membership class of Fellow/ Member (by professional assessment or by recognition)/ Associate Member HK$ 550

ASSESSMENT FEE (Non-refundable and non-transferable)
The Council shall determine the assessment fees (if any) to be paid. The current scale of assessment fees is as follows:
Professional Assessment Fee (For Membership) HK$ 2,200
Professional Assessment Fee (For Additional Discipline) HK$ 1,500
Assessment Fee (For Associate Membership) HK$ 1,100
Individual Assessment on Academic Qualification * HK$ 1,000
* Individual assessment on academic qualification is an assessment for an applicant who has academic qualifications other than those directly accepted by the Institution. Details can be referred to Section 2 in the Membership Booklet M3.

ENTRANCE FEE #
In order to secure admission, new members on election shall pay an entrance fee, the amount of which shall be determined from time to time by the Council. The current scale of entrance fee is as follows:
Fellow HK$ 1,840
Member HK$ 1,460
Graduate Member HK$ 710
Associate Member HK$ 710
Companion HK$ 1,280
Student Member (age of 25 and above) HK$ 600
Student Member (age of 24 and below) HK$ 150
Affiliate HK$ 670

TRANSFER FEE #
In order to secure admission to a higher class of membership, members on election shall pay a transfer fee which shall be the difference between the (current) entrance fee of their previous class of membership and the (current) entrance fee of their new class of membership.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION #
A member of the Institution, other than an Honorary Fellow, shall pay an annual subscription, due at the commencement of the financial year, in respect of each year in accordance with a scale of subscriptions from time to time decided by the Council.
Annual subscription for the financial year
Fellow
HK$ 1,930
Member HK$ 1,540
Graduate Member HK$ 560
Associate Member HK$ 560
Companion HK$ 1,340
Student Member (age of 25 and above) HK$ 560
Student Member (age of 24 and below) HK$ 160
Affiliate HK$ 700

# To facilitate processing of application and secure admission in cases of election, applicants are required to pay the application fee, assessment fee, entrance or transfer fee and subscription at the time of making their applications. The subscription payment, entrance or transfer fee will only be taken when application for election or transfer has been successful.

New member
New members shall pay their subscription for the year of their election immediately upon election in order to secure admission, provided that any member elected between the first day of November and the thirty-first day of January in any year shall pay one half only of the annual subscription to secure his membership for the remainder of the year of his election and any member elected between the first day of February and the thirty-first day of March in any one year shall pay the full subscription for the following year but shall not be due to make further payment until the end of the following year.

Member elected to higher class of membership
Members elected to higher class of membership shall pay the difference between the annual subscription for their previous class of membership and the annual subscription for the class to which they have been elected immediately upon election in order to secure transfer, provided that any member elected between the first day of November and the thirty-first day of January in any year shall pay one half only of the difference between the annual subscriptions for the remainder of the year of his election, and any member elected between the first day of February and the thirty-first day of March in any one year shall pay the full difference between the respective relevant annual subscriptions but shall not be due to make further payment until the end of the following year.

ENTRANCE FEE AND SUBSCRIPTION REDUCTIONS

Member retiring from the practice of the profession/ business

Any member who has retired from the practice of his profession or business, and is not in full time employment, may apply to the Council to pay a reduced annual subscription, dependent on the length of his continuous membership, as detailed below. Any member who has retired may continue to pay his full membership fees for sufficient period to earn the reduction he desires.

Continuous membership of 25 years and over 90% remission
Continuous membership of at least 20 years but not more than 25 years 60% remission
Continuous membership of at least 15 years but not more than 20 years 30% remission

Non-resident
This is applicable to new members/ members who, by self-declaration, stay in Hong Kong for a period or a number of periods amounting to less than 183 days during the financial year to which it relates.

Entrance Fee
New members on election to any class of membership, other than Honorary Fellow or Student Members, whose place of residence is outside Hong Kong, shall enjoy a reduced entrance fee.

Subscription
Every member of any class other than Honorary Fellow or Student Member, whose place of residence is abroad and who wishes to maintain contact with the Institution through the receipt of the Institution's Journal and Annual Report, may pay a reduced annual subscription known as the "non-resident subscription" which shall be determined by the Council from time to time in respect of each complete financial year of such residence abroad. Non-resident subscription will be effective from the year following notification of intention to leave Hong Kong

Entrance fee and subscription for the financial year Entrance Fee Subscription
Fellow
HK$ 920 HK$ 965
Member HK$ 730 HK$ 770
Graduate Member HK$ 355 HK$ 280
Associate Member HK$ 355 HK$ 280
Companion HK$ 640 HK$ 670
Affiliate HK$ 335 HK$ 350

Member with 50 years of membership
A member of any class, other than Honorary Fellow, with 50 years membership with the Institution is eligible for annual subscription exemption.

Special offer for Student membership
Student taking an accredited/ recognised engineering Degree/ Associate Degree/ Higher Diploma/ Higher Certificate course can enjoy three years' Student membership by paying a single fee of HK$300. Student Members who transfer to other membership grades or renewing their membership in the fourth year are required to pay the normal annual subscription.

LATE PAYMENT
If any member shall leave his annual subscription in arrear for six months from the commencement of the financial year, and shall fail to pay such arrear within three months after a written application has been sent to him at his last known address, his name shall be struck off the Roll pursuant to a resolution by the Council in that behalf at any time afterwards, and he shall thereupon cease to be a member.

PAYMENT FOR REINSTATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP
Members can apply for reinstatement of membership if they have ceased to be a member of the Institution in seven years or less (for Corporate Members and Associate Members) / three years or less (for members of other classes). The current payment scale for reinstatement of membership other than for non-resident members, is a reinstatement fee of HK$400 (for administration purpose), plus all arrears in subscription. The arrears in subscription shall be subject to a maximum of three years’ subscriptions.
Non-resident members who apply for the reinstatement of membership as non-resident members shall only be required to pay a reinstatement fee of HK$400; all arrears in subscription shall be waived. Other requirements for reinstatement of membership shall remain unchanged.

TABLE 1 (Membership Fees)

For Election - for applicant who wishes to join the Institution for the first time
Class of Membership (non-refundable and non-transferable) (to be taken upon successful election or transfer) Total (HK$)
Application Fee Professional
Assessment Fee
Entrance Fee Subscription Fee
Fellow 550 - 1,840 1,930 4,320
Member by Professional Assessment
550 2,200 1,460 1,540 5,750
Member by Recognition 550 - 1,460 1,540 3,550
Additional Discipline by Professional Assessment - 1,500 - - 1,500
Additional Discipline by Recognition
550 - - - 550
Companion 550 - 1,280 1,340 3,170
Associate 550 1,100 710 560 2,920
Graduate - - 710 560 1,270
Student (25 and over) - - 600 560 1,160
Student (24 and under) - - 150 160 310
Affiliate 270 - 670 700 1,640
Applicants whose place of residence are abroad may pay an non-resident subscription for the entrance and subscription fees which are 50% of the original fees by making a self-declaration that they intend to stay in Hong Kong for a period or a number of periods amounting to less than 183 days during the financial year to which it relates. However, this provision is not applicable to Student Member. Please refer to schedule on the subscriptions and fees.


For Transfer - for existing member who wishes to transfer to other class of membership

Transfer To From (non-refundable and non-transferable) (to be taken upon successful election or transfer) Total (HK$)
Application Fee Professional Assessment Fee Transfer Fee Subscription Fee
Fellow Member 550 - 380 390 1,320
Member by Professional Assessment Associate 550 2,200 750 980 4,480
Graduate 550 2,200 750 980 4,480
Student 550 2,200 860 980 4,590
Affiliate 550 2,200 790 840 4,380
Member by Recognition Associate 550 - 750 980 2,280
Graduate 550 - 750 980 2,280
Student 550 - 860 980 2,390
Affiliate 550 - 790 840 2,180
Associate Student (25 and over) 550 1,100 110 0 1,760
Student (24 and under) 550 1,100 560 400 2,610
Graduate 550 1,100 0 0 1,650
Graduate Student (25 and over) - - 110 0 110
Student (24 and under) - - 560 400 960


For enquires, please contact the Membership Section at Tel No. 2895 4446
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