# Record Number Registered As Professional Engineers This Year

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2016-11-05T05:04:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/record-number-registered-as-professional-engineers-this-year
- **Topics:** Market Updates

## Featured rationale

The record intake signals a strengthening professional talent pool that could support built-environment capacity, regulatory compliance and delivery of increasingly specialised engineering work.

## AI summary

Singapore registered 102 new professional engineers between November 2015 and October 2016, the highest comparable intake in eight years.

## Original article

The new batch of professional engineers (PEs) from the branches of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering received their certificates from Mr Desmond Lee, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development, at the Professional Engineers Board’s (PEB) Day of Dedication 2016 held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre this morning. This batch with 102 new PEs is a record number of registrations over the same period – with this batch registered from November 2015 to October 2016 – in the last eight years.

Over 250 PEs attended the Day of Dedication 2016 and pledged to continue their service to society and commit to high standards of professional engineering practice. The Day of Dedication recognises the role and contribution of PEs in the development of Singapore’s built environment.

Two Distinguished Professional Engineer Awards were also presented to Er. Tan Ee Ping and Er. Liew Mun Leong. The awards were presented in recognition of their outstanding achievements in engineering, management, research and development, and entrepreneurship, as well as for their service to the profession.

Four specialist PEs in geotechnical engineering and 16 ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE) were also presented with certificates of registration. 12 Gold Medal Awards were presented to outstanding graduates of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduate and postgraduate engineering programmes.

President of PEB, Er. Ho Siong Hin (何祥兴) said, “As PEs, we are given the privilege by law to practise professional engineering and we are required to deliver our services professionally. We therefore seek to distinguish ourselves by providing the best engineering solutions to our clients and employers. More importantly, a professional engineer needs to act with prime regard to the public interest. A PE has to bear this objective upper most in his mind and ensure that he carries out his work with knowledge, competence and due diligence."

As part of its efforts to strengthen the expertise and capabilities of the profession and support the implementation of new regulatory requirements by government agencies, PEB will be looking into registering PEs in a new branch, chemical engineering, as well as registering specialist PEs in four new specialised branches, namely, lift and escalator engineering, crane engineering, access platform engineering and pressure vessel engineering.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### 今年注册专业工程师人数创新高

来自土木、机械及电气工程领域的新一批专业工程师（PE）今早在滨海湾金沙博览与会议中心举行的专业工程师管理局（PEB）2016年奉献日上，从内政及国家发展部高级政务部长李智陞先生手中领取证书。本批共有102名新注册PE，是过去八年同期——即2015年11月至2016年10月注册批次——注册人数的最高纪录。

逾250名PE出席2016年奉献日，并宣誓将继续服务社会，致力维持高标准的专业工程执业。奉献日肯定专业工程师在新加坡建成环境发展中的角色与贡献。

两项杰出专业工程师奖亦分别颁予陈义平工程师及刘文龙工程师。该奖项表彰他们在工程、管理、研究与发展及创业方面的卓越成就，以及对本专业的服务。

另有四名岩土工程专科专业工程师及16名东盟特许专业工程师（ACPE）获颁注册证书。12项金奖则颁予新加坡国立大学（NUS）及南洋理工大学（NTU）本科与研究生工程课程的优秀毕业生。

PEB主席何祥兴工程师（Er. Ho Siong Hin）表示：“作为专业工程师，我们依法获准从事专业工程执业，并须以专业方式提供服务。因此，我们力求通过为客户与雇主提供最佳工程解决方案来彰显自身价值。更重要的是，专业工程师必须以公众利益为首要考量。专业工程师须将此目标置于首位，并确保以知识、能力及应有的勤勉完成工作。”

为加强本专业的专长与能力，并支持政府机构实施新的监管要求，PEB将研究在化学工程这一新领域注册专业工程师，以及在四个新专科领域注册专科专业工程师，即升降机与自动扶梯工程、起重机工程、登高工作平台工程及压力容器工程。