Young Hong-tsu

Young Hong-tsu (Chinese: 楊宏智; pinyin: Yáng Hóngzhì) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer.

Young Hong-tsu graduated from the National Taiwan University Department of Mechanical Engineering with a bachelor's of science degree prior to completing doctoral studies at the University of New South Wales School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.[1] Between his baccalaureate and doctoral studies, he was a teaching assistant at National Taiwan University. Young returned to teach at NTU as an associate professor in 1989, and was named a full professor in 1994. By 2005, Young attained distinguished professor status.[2]

Young later served as Aviation Safety Council managing director between 2005 and 2009.[3] In this position, Young commented on the malfunctioning brakes of Uni Air flight B7901 in April 2008,[4] and safety issues on flights between Taiwan and China in April 2009.[5] His appointment as Aviation Safety Council chairman was announced in June 2018, and he formally succeeded Hwung Hwung-hweng on 4 July 2018.[3] Following the 2018 Yilan train derailment in November, premier William Lai expanded the purview of the ASC via a directive.[6] Proposed legislation regarding the ASC reformation began the draft process later that month.[7] It took the form of an amendment to the Organizational Act of the Aviation Safety Council.[8][9] The amendments were approved by the Legislative Yuan in April 2019.[10][11] The renaming of the council to the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board was announced in July 2019, and took effect on 1 August 2019, with Young remaining in the chairmanship role.[12]

References
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  2. "Hong-tsu Young". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. Wang, Shu-fen; Yen, William (29 June 2018). "NTU professor to take over as Aviation Safety Council chief". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. Shan, Shelley (17 April 2008). "Brakes on Uni Air flight malfunctioned during takeoff: ASC". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. Shan, Shelley (13 April 2009). "FAT's hopes flicker with cancelation of flight rights". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. Chen, Wei-ting; Lee, Hsin-Yin (7 November 2018). "ASC to be expanded to investigate rail, road, marine accidents". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. Shan, Shelley (8 November 2018). "Transportation safety agency to be set up". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (15 November 2018). "National transportation safety board expected in two years: official". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. Lin, Sean (16 November 2018). "Premier approves transport bills". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. Wang, Shu-fen; Chung, Yu-chen (18 April 2019). "New transportation safety agency to consider Puyuma crash review". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  11. "Restructured agency expected to redo Puyuma crash probe". Taipei Times. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. Shan, Shelley (15 July 2019). "New agency to probe air and land accidents". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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