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Engineers/Engineering

EGP Energy shares close 21.6% above IPO price on trading debut

EGP Energy executive chairman and CEO Frankie Fan (right) with executive director Nicholas Fan.
EGP Energy executive chairman and CEO Frankie Fan (right) with executive director Nicholas Fan.

Asian Insider

The great tech manhunt: East Asia’s billion-dollar race for ASEAN talent

wstalent - Many Vietnamese join the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Fukuoka, which caters to those aged 18 to 30. At this Hakata Dontaku Festival held in May 2026, members of the group promoted Vietnamese heritage and interacted with local residents and international visitors.
Credit: VIETNAMESE YOUTH AND STUDENT ASSOCIATION IN FUKUOKA
wstalent - Many Vietnamese join the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Fukuoka, which caters to those aged 18 to 30. At this Hakata Dontaku Festival held in May 2026, members of the group promoted Vietnamese heritage and interacted with local residents and international visitors.
Credit: VIETNAMESE YOUTH AND STUDENT ASSOCIATION IN FUKUOKA

Asian Insider

No poaching, just ‘enticing environment’: Fukuoka, capital of Japan’s ‘Silicon Island’

wstalent - Hiroyuki Kano, the director of new industry promotion at the Fukuoka City government, introducing the Engineer Cafe, which was born out of a campaign to make the city a place where engineers can gather, be active and grow.

Credit: Walter Sim
wstalent - Hiroyuki Kano, the director of new industry promotion at the Fukuoka City government, introducing the Engineer Cafe, which was born out of a campaign to make the city a place where engineers can gather, be active and grow.

Credit: Walter Sim

Asian Insider

South Korea’s hunt for 100,000 tech workers

25-year-old Indonesian student Maharani Bahar arrived in February to do her Masters degree at the Sungkyungkwan University and found it relatively easy to settle into life in South Korea.
25-year-old Indonesian student Maharani Bahar arrived in February to do her Masters degree at the Sungkyungkwan University and found it relatively easy to settle into life in South Korea.

Car crisis takes toll on Germany’s young engineers

Total employment in the German automotive sector fell eight per cent in the five years to 2025, even as it grew a little over one per cent overall.
Total employment in the German automotive sector fell eight per cent in the five years to 2025, even as it grew a little over one per cent overall.

Sense of pride and achievement for engineers involved in completing Circle Line

(From left) Senior civil project engineer Sheron Lee, former LTA deputy chief executive for infrastructure Chua Chong Kheng, Senior Project Engineer for Rail Services, Jega Devarajan and senior project engineer Jeryl Ong.
(From left) Senior civil project engineer Sheron Lee, former LTA deputy chief executive for infrastructure Chua Chong Kheng, Senior Project Engineer for Rail Services, Jega Devarajan and senior project engineer Jeryl Ong.

Forum: Steps taken to boost engineering careers

Forum: Let’s look at attrition in engineers, too

Ukraine's attack drone fleet faces a mini jet engine supply crunch

A serviceman of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carries a FPV-drone with an AI-assisted targeting system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
A serviceman of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carries a FPV-drone with an AI-assisted targeting system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Branded Content

Strategic location, clear regulations: Why this engineering group is building its South-east Asia hub in Singapore

AtkinsRéalis engineers at a project site in Asia, delivering infrastructure solutions designed for sustainability and long-term resilience.
AtkinsRéalis engineers at a project site in Asia, delivering infrastructure solutions designed for sustainability and long-term resilience.

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