In Session 2007/2008, the Panel held two meetings and continued to serve the Institution by providing advice to various Committees on membership, qualification, training, education, examinations and other matters within the Manufacturing and Industrial Discipline.

In particular, the Q & M Board has set up a task force to explore the "Logistics" engineering. Ir Dr LI Ying Hung, Deputy Chairman of the Panel, was appointed as the convenor. The objective is to study the possibilities in establishing a discipline to cover the professional engineers in the logistics area.

In the aviation industry, the Panel continued to provide support and facilitated a number of professional aircraft engineers to join the Discipline. Another task force was also established by the Q & M Board to explore the establishment of a new discipline for the aircraft maintenance engineers. The Panel Chairman was appointed as the convener of the task force.

Finally, the Panel is now reviewing the indicative areas of practice. It is proposed to study the current education programme and industrial practice and to update the indicative areas of practice if necessary.

The Chairman would like to take this opportunity to thank the members for their dedication, commitment and contributions to the Panel.