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][4] In this position, Young commented on the malfunctioning brakes of Uni Air flight B7901 in April 2008,[5] and safety issues on flights between Taiwan and China in April 2009.[6] 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.[7] Proposed legislation regarding the ASC reformation began the draft process later that month.[8] It took the form of an amendment to the Organizational Act of the Aviation Safety Council.[9][10] The amendments were approved by the Legislative Yuan in April 2019.[11][12] 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.[13] Young resigned his position on 11 February 2023, amidst an investigation into allegations that he had used an official vehicle to visit hot springs and restaurants in Yilan County.[14] Iris Hsu succeeded Young as acting chair.[15]