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CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 2012
CPD/QSD/2012037
Visit to Construction Industry Resource Centre
Speakers Mr Yuk-Lung Cheung, Senior Manager of Development & Support Services, Construction Industry Council
Mr. Perry Lo, MHKIE, Senior Project Manager of Chinney Construction Co., Ltd.
Date & Venue 9:30am – 12:30pm Saturday 14 April 2012
Construction Industry Resource Centre, 44 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon
Details Itinerary :
9:15am – Gathering at Kowloon Bay MTR Station (Exit A)
12:30pm – Dismiss at Construction Industry Resource Centre (44 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon)
(Successful registration will receive details of the visit.)
Construction Industry Resource Centre was newly completed in February 2012. It is located on the Ground Floor of the
CIC Training Academy Kowloon Bay Training Centre. By integrating up-to-date information technology and multi-media
simulating systems, the resource centre serves as a one-stop information hub to promote the construction industry in
Hong Kong. The resource centre’s total floor area is about 10,000 sq. ft. and is divided into 9 zones including reception
area, hall of fame, focus group meeting room, good practice area, green construction zone, library/reading area,
multimedia zone, discovery and gallery.
The programme of this visit will include a tour to the Construction Industry Resource Centre and a talk regarding the fast
track construction of this design and build project delivered by various parties participating into the construction of the
resource centre including the Senior Manager of CIC and the Senior Project Manager of the Main Contractor.
The tour will be guided by CIC’s representatives. Members will be allowed to visit different zones so as to realize
the updated one-stop construction information. More interestingly, members will also be allowed to experience the
operation of tower crane and excavator through the simulators.
In order to allow members to know more about this fast track design and build project, the speakers will also brief
members how the project was completed on time and give members some cost indications on design and construction
(including multi-media) of the resource centre.
Language Cantonese Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member
(including insurance)
Priority QSD members; First-come-first-served
(with maximum quota of 45)
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CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 2012
CPD/QSD/2012023
Building Information Modelling (BIM) Development in HK and Quantities Take Off from BIM
Speaker Ir Francis Leung, Chairman of Hong Kong Institution of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM)
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Monday 16 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle. Typically, it uses three-dimensional, real-time, dynamic building modelling software to increase productivity in building design and construction. The process produces the Building Information Model (also abbreviated BIM), which encompasses building geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, and quantities and properties of building components.
Ir Francis Leung is the Founding Chairman of HKIBIM and director of BIM department of a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering company. He will give our members an introduction and update of BIM development in the construction industry of Hong Kong and discuss, using structural element as example, the constraints and approaches to achieve accuracy in quantities take-off from BIM model.
Language English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed); Free of charge for full time university student (subject to availability)
Priority QSD Member; First-come-first-served
CPD/HKIS/2012029
Technical Seminar on Landscaping Slopes: Promulgation of the GEO Publication No. 1/2011 – Technical Guidelines on Landscape Treatment for Slopes
Jointly organized with HKIA, HKIP, HKILA
Speakers Ir Allan Watkins, Director, Halcrow China Limited
Mr Matthew Pryor, Head of Division and Assistant Professor, Division of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Dr Billy Hau, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:00pm Thursday 19 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details The newly published GEO Pulication No. 1/2011 “Technical Guidelines on Landscape Treatment for Slopes” is to provide technical guidance on landscape treatments for man-made slopes and engineering works on natural terrain, with a view to enhancing slope appearance and making them ecologically acceptable and sustainable. The guidelines are based on best current practice in Hong Kong, together with experience from overseas that warrants consideration in Hong Kong’s geological and environmental conditions. This Publication supersedes GEO Publication No. 1/2000.
The updating of the Publication was undertaken by a Halcrow’s team led by Ir Allan Watkins, Director of Halcrow China Limited, in collaboration with Mr Matthew Pryor and Dr Billy Hau of the University of Hong Kong. This Seminar aims to introduce the new GEO Publication No. 1/2011. Examples of landscape treatments on slopes with lessons learnt will also be discussed to illustrate the essence of the guidelines.
Language English Fee HK$100 for member
Priority First-come-first-served
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CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 2012
CPD/QSD/2012020
Consultant’s Roles in PRC Projects including LDI
Speaker Mr Johnson W. L. So FHKIS, FRICS, MBA, BSc (Sun Hung Kai Properties – Special Projects Department)
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Monday 23 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Facing the globalization of business nowadays, especially in the properties market in PRC, which provides huge opportunities in business development, many Hong Kong / Overseas Consultants are actively joining the consultancy services for both Local and Overseas Developers.
This topic covers a wide range of Consultant’s practices and their roles in comprehensive PRC projects including the combination of various Local Design Institutes (LDI). It highlights the scope of services of different disciplines and demarcation of the duties amongst Local and Overseas Consultants including those from Hong Kong. The aim is to address the key issues and interaction arising from the Consultant’s and PM team during the course of works, and the ways to avoid conflicts between parties.
This seminar also touches on the fee scales, liability and copy right, fee payment issues / payment mechanism from Developer’s point of view. A SWOT analysis is to be presented to explore the future opportunities in running projects in PRC by the Consultants.
Mr. Johnson So will share his knowledge and experience in this aspect.
Language Cantonese with English supplement Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed); Free of charge for full time university student (subject to availability)
Priority QSD Member; First-come-first-served
CPD/QSD/2012022
NEC: Lessons from Nearly 20 Years in the UK and Elsewhere : Implications for Hong Kong
Speaker Mr Richard Patterson, BA MBA CEng MICE Procurement and NEC Specialist, Mott MacDonald Group
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tuesday 24 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Mr Richard Patterson is a chartered civil engineer and procurement and NEC specialist with global development, engineering and management consultant, Mott MacDonald Group. Richard has more than 21 years’ experience with Mott MacDonald in the UK and in Australia, Bahamas, Botswana, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Lesotho, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, St Kitts and Nevis, Turkey and Vietnam. Many of his international works have been on bank funded projects, often using FIDIC forms of contract.
Richard has key skills in procurement (in particular NEC), collaborative working, knowledge management, and facilitation and training. He advised on possibly Mott MacDonald’s first use of NEC in 1996 and has been working with NEC ever since. He supports Mott MacDonald’s teams and their clients in all sectors from the Halley VI research station on the Antarctic, Transnet in South Africa, the Jumeriah Golf Estates in Dubai and now in Hong Kong, where he has supported Mott MacDonald Hong Kong as NEC Specialist on a total of five commissions advising Architectural Services Department (ArchSD), Highways Department and Drainage Services Department of the Government of Hong Kong SAR on their trial NEC projects covering the use of Engineering and Construction Contract and Term Service Contract including target and lump sum options with Employer’s and Contractor’s design.
Richard delivered a speech – “Working in Collaboration – A Step Forward” in ArchSD 25th Anniversary Symposium in April 2011. He is a frequent contributor to the NEC Newsletter, and has had a number of NEC papers published in ICE’s Proceedings and sits on the Editorial Advisory Panel of the ICE’s journal, Management, Procurement and Law. (See: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/coolsoberandsmiling)
With his wide NEC experience in the UK and other countries and his involvement in the Hong Kong Government’s trials of the New Engineering Contract (NEC), Richard will share some of the key lessons from over 20 years of its application in the UK and elsewhere and how the lessons learnt should provide insight to the trial use of NEC in Hong Kong. Richard will include issues relating to collaboration and risk management and lessons from target (Option C and D) contracts that have not gone so well.
Language English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed); Free of charge for full time university student (subject to availability)
Priority QSD Member; First-come-first-served
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CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 2012
CPD/LSD/2012039
Land Boundary Court Cases and Dispute Resolutions
Speaker Dr Tang Hong-wai Conrad, Associate Professor, Department of Land Survey and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Date & Venue 6:30pm – 8:00pm Wednesday 25 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details A common law judge interprets the parcels clauses and plans in a conveyance to ascertain land boundaries. Usually there are uncertainties and contradictions in old transaction documents. In many cases subsequent survey results may not be accepted as a definitive land boundary record of the original grant documents. Some judges may lay out principles of accepting land boundary extrinsic evidence which are important to land surveying practices. Others may just accept expert witness of either party for the sake of settling disputes.
Although most cases are not boundary-truth finding, there are judges who have set ratio decidendi in boundary determination. From over a hundred known court cases related to boundary disputes, including two cases reaching the Final Appeal Court, a presentation of about ten of them with plans and photos will be discussed.
In addition, it is a recent trend in our courts that alternative dispute resolutions should be sought before trial, which may have significant impacts on the land surveying professional practice. Land surveying expert role on boundary disputes in common law courts will be discussed.
Language Cantonese supplemented by English Fee HK$100 for memberDeadline 23 April 2012 Priority First-come-first-served
CPD/YSG/2012038
What is Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light (CCFL) and its application in general lighting purposes
Speaker Mr Franco WongSenior Manager - Marketing and Sales, Rhythm Green Ltd.
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Friday 27 April 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details You probably have used of incandescent lights, compact fluorescent lights and LED lights for general lighting purposes, however, have you heard/used of cold cathode fluorescent light?
In short, the technology used in Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light (CCFL) is evolved from conventional CCFL that has been used as the backlight for car dashboard, LCD screens and laptops, and also the light source of photo-copiers/printers and scanners for last couple of decades. Because of its very good lighting quality, ultra energy efficiency, extreme long-life, durability, smooth dimming and flashing capability, CCFL can produce ultra energy efficient light fittings that can deliver high quality lighting for many applications.
Rhythm Green Limited is setup to be an environmental care company and is a manufacturer of CCFL products. Rhythm Green Limited is creating and advancing energy saving technologies for lighting products.
Mr Franco Wong from Rhythm Green Ltd as the speaker of this CPD event will share his knowledge and experience about CCFL to our members.
Language Cantonese supplemented by English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-memberHK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 20 April 2012 Priority YSG Member; First-come-first-served
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MARCH 2012
CPD/QSD/2012031
Use of BIM in Construction Company
Speaker Mr Welie Ng, BIM Manager of Gammon Construction Ltd.
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Wednesday 2 May 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Mr Welie Ng has been practising in the construction industry for more than 13 years. He practised as an architect after graduating from his master studies, and researched and pioneered the use of 3D related technologies during the same time. He joined Gammon in 2006 where he found the arena was most challenging and diversed for Building Information Modelling (BIM) application in the industry. Up till 2011, Welie and Gammon had gained experience in implementing BIM for more than 10 major construction projects, including One Island East, iSquare and HK Airport North Satellite Concourse, etc.
Application of BIM by construction company could help to improve design coordination and work planning resulting in reduction of construction time and cost. The technology would enable the project team to rehearse the construction process with a clash detection report to identify potential clashes between different trades (structure, architectural finishes and E&M works) prior to construction and would help to minimize abortive work and waste. Welie would share his experience in application of BIM on his projects.
Language English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed); Free of charge for full time university student (subject to availability)
Deadline 18 April 2012 Priority QSD Member: First-come-first-served
CPD/QSD/2012032
Waste Management and Recycling : Visit to EcoPark and its Tenants
Speaker Representatives from EcoPark, YOT EcoPark Plastic Resources Recycling Centre, St. James’ Settlement “WEEE GO GREEN” and Champway Technology Ltd.
Date & Venue 9:00am – 1:00pm Saturday 5 May 2012 EcoPark, Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
Details Itinerary :9:00am – Gathering at Kowloon Tong MTR Station (at Junction of Kent Road and Somerset Road)1:00pm – Dismiss at Kowloon Tong MTR Station (at Junction of Kent Road and Somerset Road)(Successful registration will receive details of the visit.)
EcoPark, one of the waste management facilities of the Environmental Protection Department, is located in Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun with a site area of 20 ha. It is developed in two phases and provides a total of 14 ha of land for occupation by the recycling industry. http://www.ecopark.com.hk/files/ecopark/EcoPark-leaflet.pdfThe EcoPark provides affordable and long term land for use by the recycling and environmental industry to encourage investment in advanced and cost-effective technologies.
The programme of this visit will include visiting the visitor centre of EcoPark and three of its tenants: YOT EcoPark Plastic Resources Recycling Centre - recycling of waste plastics; St. James’ Settlement “WEEE GO GREEN” - processing of waste electrical appliances; and Champway Technology Ltd. - recycling of waste cooking oil, restaurant waste (oil, grease trap) to biodiesel.
Language Cantonese Fee HK$200 for member; HK$250 for non-member (including transportation and insurance)
Deadline 21 April 2012 Priority QSD member; First-come-first-served (with maximum quota of 40)
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MARCH 201221
CPD/QSD/2012042
Can Quantity Surveyors become good Project Managers?
Speaker Mr Kenneth Poon, FRICS, FHKIS, RCE (PRC), Managing Director of Davis Langdon & Seah China Limited
He is a pioneer in China’s quantity surveying practice. He started working on projects in China in 1985, and participated in the change from planned economy to market economy in the PRC built environment.
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Wednesday 9 May 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details In UK, many quantity surveying firms have branched out into project management services. A close look would reveal that their project management team consists primarily of architects, engineers, building surveyors and professionals of many back-grounds in addition to their quantity surveying staff.
So can quantity surveyors become good Project Managers by themselves? The speaker is the Managing Director of DLS Management, the project management arm of Davis Langdon & Seah, which has carried out project management services for numerous projects in China and Hong Kong. He will share with you his experience in this new professional field.
Language English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed); Free of charge for full time university student (subject to availability)
Deadline 9 May 2012 Priority QSD Member: First-come-first-served
CPD/HKIS/2012036
Sharing Session on “Energizing Kowloon East”
Speaker Mr K.K. Ling, Head of Pre-KEDO
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Thursday 10 May 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Kowloon East has served as an industry base witnessing the rapid development of Hong Kong in the old days. Following the relocation of the Airport to Chek Lap Kok and the massive relocation of manufacturing base to the Mainland, there has left a huge stock of industrial buildings not being fully utilised. Some private developers, with good market sense, took the first-mover initiatives to develop high grade office buildings and retail centres in Kowloon East. About 1.4 million square metres of office space has been completed.
To take advantage of this opportunity, the Chief Executive announced in the 2011-12 Policy Address that the Government will adopt a visionary, coordinated and integrated approach to expedite the transformation of Kowloon East into an alternative and attractive Central Business District. Overwhelming support has been received to the initiative on Energizing Kowloon East from the community since the announcement of the Policy Address. The general feedback from stakeholders is that the Government should execute this blueprint with determination, speed and extensive public engagement.
For early implementation of this initiative, a new Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) will be created under the Works Branch of Development Bureau to steer, supervise and monitor the development of Kowloon East, so as to expedite its transformation to a new Central Business District.
Language English Fee HK$50 for member
Deadline 27 April 2012 Priority First-come-first-served
CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 201222
CPD/GPD/2012026
Enhancing Sales with Marketing
Speaker Mr Tony Tse Wai Chuen, Founder and Director of Brand Star Limited, a property development consultancy firm
Mr Tse Wai Chuen Tony, a general practice surveyor and past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, with over
35 years’ experience in real estate business. Mr Tse had been the general manager of the Sales Department of a major listed
development company for over four years and was involved in the sales of a number of major development projects.
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Thursday 17 May 2012
Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details The speaker would like to share his experience in how a well planned marketing could enhance sales of residential property;
and also the likely implications on marketing as a result of the proposed legislation on regulating the sales of first hand
residential property.
Language Cantonese Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member
HK$30 walk in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 3 May 2012 Priority GPD Member; First-come-first-served
CPD/YSG/2012033
From A GP Surveyor becoming a Project Manager
Speaker Mr MY Wan, FRICS, FHKIS, RPS(GP), BBS, JP.
Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Fedreation of Youth Groups & the Honorary President of Youth Outreach
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 9:00pm Monday 21 May 2012
Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details In January, MY Wan shared with the young surveyors of the Lands Department on how, with his training as a general practice
surveyor, he later assumes the functions of a project manager. The talk traces the various cases/projects he executed or brought
about before and after the transformation, over a 40 year span. Whilst giving the talk in January, he thought he could enhance
the delivery of the message by slightly rearranging the sequence and enriching the illustrations. Cases illustrated are many,
varied and include the resumption of land for the Aberdeen Tunnel, and the development of IFC. He hopes young surveyors
will be encouraged to broaden their scope.
Language Cantonese with English supplement Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member
HK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 7 May 2012 Priority YSG Member; First-come-first-served
CPD/PQSL EVENTS
MARCH 201223
CPD/YSG/2012034
New Business Hubs & Revitalizing Industrial Properties
Speakers Mr James Siu, Savills (Hong Kong) LimitedMr Raymond Pun, Savills (Hong Kong) Limited
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Tuesday 29 May 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Traditional industrial areas have been evolving as new business hubs. Revitalization of industrial buildings is not only a market movement, but also brings solutions for safety use of premises and unifies mixed users in industrial blocks. Under the policy of revitalizing industrial properties, qualified buildings may capture the incentive of nil waiver fee through wholesale conversion.
Being an active player in industrial market for over two decades, Mr James Siu is the Head of the Kowloon office of Savills (Hong Kong) Limited. He specializes in major industrial investment deals and concluded the transaction of Tsuen Wan Development Site in HK$875M in late 2010, which is the largest industrial site transaction in Hong Kong. Mr Raymond Pun is experienced in asset management and enhancement. He advises investors to grasp this treasure opportunity and concluded whole block investment transactions in Kowloon East and Kwai Chung.
James and Raymond will share their market intelligence with members and analyze industrial investment market under the light of revitalization policy. The sharing will be illustrated by practical case studies. The speakers will also share their successful experience in dealing with strata-title ownership, which is well recognized as a hurdle of revitalization.
Language Cantonese Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-memberHK$20 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 7 May 2012 Priority YSG Member; First-come-first-served
PQSL/QSD/2012030
QSD APC Workshops 2012
Speaker Experienced Assessors of QSD APC
Date & Venue 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Saturday 9 June 2012 or 16 June 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details The workshop aims to assist candidates to have a better understanding of the requirements and techniques in solving the written practical problems of the APC using critical and analytical thinking. It also aims to provide a forum for candidates to know more about the assessor’s expectation in assessing candidates’ practical experience and professional competence achieved through the written assessment, diary & logbook and PQSL. The workshop will focus on discussing the ways in identifying the key issues in different types of questions and on expected answers from previous papers, and the focus on the diary & logbook and PQSL. Discussions will be held in small groups, each headed by an experienced assessor. Interaction is expected between assessors and candidates. Topics will include both pre- and post contract issues.With the implementation of the new APC system in July 2011, a general introduction of the QSD Part I and Part II assessment will be provided. Candidates are encouraged to attend the session to get familiarized with the new Part I and Part II assessment.
Remark Candidate should attend the workshop either on 9 June 2012 or 16 June 2012.
Language Cantonese with English supplement Fee HK$100 per person (additional charge of HK$20 for walk-in)Deadline One week before the event Priority QSD Probationers & Students
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CPD/GPD/2012019
Slope Hazards and their Mitigations in Hong Kong
Speaker Dr C K Lau
Dr Lau is a Director of Fong On Construction Limited and James Lau & Associates Limited. He obtained his PhD in Soil Mechanics from Cambridge University.
He is the Founder Chairman of AGS(HK), a Past Chairman of HKIE Geotechnical Division, an Adjunct Professor of HKCityU and an Honorary Fellow of HKUST. He is also an AP(List of Engineers), RSE and RGE.
Dr Lau has co-authored a Technical Text Book on Slope Stabilization and published technical papers in Geotechnique, Canadian Geotechnical Journal and HKIE Transactions etc.
Date & Venue 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Wednesday 13 June 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details The man-made slope and natural terrain hazards are first reviewed. The strengthening of the sub-standard man-made slopes as well as the mitigation measures for rockfall and debris flow events are then introduced. Finally, the steps taken by government in reducing the hazard risks for both existing and new development projects are discussed. Some of the issues related to Buildings Department’s Dangerous Hillside Orders and routine maintenance of slopes will also be addressed.
Language Cantonese with English supplement Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-memberHK$30 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 30 May 2012 Priority GPD Member: First-come-first-served
CPD/GPD/2012040
Housing for the Elderly in Hong Kong
Speaker Professor Francis Wong
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Thursday 5 July 2012 Surveyors Learning Centre, Suite 811, 8/F., Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong
Details Ir Professor Francis Wong is a Professor in the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE) as well as the Director of the Research Centre for Construction and Real Estate Economics (RCCREE) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was the Head of BRE from academic year 2005/6 to 2007/08. He has 30 years of academic and practical experiences, and has published more than a hundred and sixty papers in including journal articles, conference papers, professional journals, research monographs, and consultancy reports. His main research interests include affordable housing development, and construction safety.
There is a growing ageing population in Hong Kong. In year 2000, 17.1% of our population was 60 years old or over. However, it is estimated that 31% of the population will be over 60 years of age in year 2036. The objectives of this seminar are to compare the housing provision for the elderly in Hong Kong with other developed countries, and to examine the factors affecting the housing affordability and preferences of the elderly. The Reverse Mortgage Programme offered by the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (HKMC) and the two Housing Programmes for the elderly offered by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) in Tin Shui Wai and North Point will be discussed.
Language English Fee HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-memberHK$30 walk-in surcharge for all pricings listed
Deadline 21 June 2012 Priority GPD Member; First-come-first-served
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Coffee Class & BS News Discussion CPD/BSD/2012041
Speakers for Coffee Class Coffee Master from Starbucks Coffee
Date & Venue 7:00pm – 8:30pm Friday 11 May 2012 Starbucks Coffee, Shop on 1/F, Prosperity Tower, 39 Queens Road Central, Central
Details At the beginning of the event, coffee master from Starbucks coffee will deliver to our members a 30 minutes introduction about the legend of the coffee, coffee growing region and characteristic as well as the coffee bean classification. Following the introduction, a Q&A and coffee tasting session would be started. Members would be able to learn the basics about coffee and its rich history and develop a true connoisseur’s palate from the start.
After the coffee class, members are not only able to gather at the café to enjoy their coffee but also exchange their views with other members toward the recent news, policies and development about our Building Surveying Profession such as the implementation of Minor Works System, MBIS, etc. in a causal way.
Language Cantonese Fee HK$120 per member (Including 1 cup of coffee in grande size & 1 piece of dessert)
CPD Hour 1 Hour Priority BSD member; First-come-first-served (with maximum class size of 30)