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Recipient
of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Medal of
Honours
 Dunwell's
Managing Director, Mr Daniel M. Cheng, was awarded the
Medal of Honour for his valuable contribution to the
local environmental industry. The Honours presentation
ceremony was held on October 27. Mr. Daniel M. Cheng
received the Medal of Honour from the Chief Executive,
Mr. Donald Tsang at the Guest House, Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR). This year also marked
the 10th anniversary of the establishment of HKSAR,
giving the award an additional piece of commemoratory.
Since
returning from US during the early 80's, Mr. Cheng has
already aware the importance of environmental protection
to Hong Kong and has been has actively promoting the
environmentally friendly concept to the public through
different channels, such as conferences, seminars, radio
and television programs. In 1993, Mr. Cheng started
a new stage of his career by investing on a used oil
recycling facility in Hong Kong, servicing the city
by properly treating this potential severe chemical
pollutant. The facility was originally built by an Australian
Group in 1990 which went bankrupted in 2 years. Mr.
Cheng successfully transformed the company from a used
oil recycling company to a one-stop environmental technology
provider, specialized in water and wastewater treatment
and reuse as well as used oil recycling.
With
continuous effort in pursuing better quality and environmental
protection, Mr. Cheng lead his company’s research team
and developed the first vibrating membrane used oil
recycling technology – VMAT. The technology received
the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Environment
Award in London, UK; the Bronze Prize from the Wall
Street Journal Asia - Asian Innovation Awards 2006 in
Singapore; and the Grand Award of the 2005 Hong Kong
Award for the Industry: Machinery and Equipment Design.
Mr. Cheng was also selected as winner of The Young Industrialist
Awards of Hong Kong 1995, Innovative Entrepreneur of
1996 and Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Industrial Engineers
Award in 1999.
Mr.
Cheng serves as Member of HK Central Policy Unit Panel
on the Pan-Pearl Driver Delta, Member of the Trade and
Industry Advisory Board, Assessors for the Innovation
and Technology Support Programme under Innovation and
Technology Fund and Member of Small and Medium Enterprises
Committee of Hong Kong Government. He also serves as
the Deputy Chairman, the Vice-Chairman of Sustainable
Industry Council, and the Chairman of the Group 26 (Environmental
Industry) of the Hong Kong Federation of Industries,
Founding President of Hong Kong Environmental Industry
Association, Director of Business Environment Council.
Mr.
Cheng was the Chairman of the Innovation and Technology
Fund (Environmental Projects) Vetting of HKSAR and the
Chairman of Board at Friends of the Earth (HK) from
2000 to 2004, Committee Member of Nanotechnology Projects
Vetting Committee of HKSAR from 2002 to 2005, Expert
Member of the Committees of the Kowloon-Canton Railway
Corporation Managing Board from 2003 to 2004, also served
as Member of the HKSAR Advisory Council on the Environment
from 2001 to 2002 and Board of Directors of Applied
Research Council HKSAR from 1996 to 2002.
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VMAT
from Hong Kong Won 2 International Awards Back to Back
Proud
to announce that Dunwell's VMAT Oil recycling process
just won two international awards back-to-back in October
2006.
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2006 IChemE Awards - Environment Award (Oct 5, 06 at
London, U.K.)
• 2006 Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award
- Bronze Medalist (Oct 31, 06 at Singapore)
These
two awards signify world class expertise in the areas
of technological advancement and financial/commercial
recognizing the achievements of Dunwell's VMAT in terms
of innovation, contribution to safety, environment,
sustainable development and improvement in the quality
of life.
The
same vibrating membranes technology has also be applied
on landfill leachate treatments, pig waste , as well
as other industrial wastewater treatments such as a
water reuse system for a famous soy sauce company Lee
Kum Kee.
This
technology has also been accepted by major oil refineries
in United States for recovering water for zero discharge
applications.
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