September 2019
April 2019
Making Decisions on New Investments: Experience in China
THE SPEAKER Sr Robert Wong is the Chief Executive of Hongkong Land Holdings Limited, with which he spent his entire career life since 1985. He held various posts in Property Management, Office Leasing, Development and Projects, before he was appointed an Executive Director in 1996. Since then, he has been responsible for identifying new investments in Asia and focusing on managing the residential business. As part of his responsibilities as the Chief Executive of Hongkong Land, Sr Wong continues to…
Find out more »March 2019
Reaching New Milestones of Cultural Development in Hong Kong: A Surveyor’s Reflections
Speaker: Sr Dr William Chan, FHKIS, FRICS Chief Operating Officer, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority THE SPEAKER Sr Dr William Chan is the Chief Operating Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA). He has over 40 years of experience in property development, construction project management and project delivery in both the private and public sectors, covering major projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to joining the WKCDA, Sr Dr Chan was Executive Director of Kerry Properties…
Find out more »November 2017
Change Is Forever – How should we embrace change in the future?
Speaker: Prof. Mike Wong Chik Wing, JP, MSc (IRE), FHKIS, RPS(BS), Authorized Person, Deputy Managing Director, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. THE TALK The way how we live on this planet has changed dramatically since Agricultural Revolution to Industrial Revolution and to Digital Era these days. Mr. Wong will discuss how we should embrace these changes such that we can live happier and healthier. THE SPEAKER Prof. Wong Chik Wing, JP is a Deputy Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai…
Find out more »October 2017
Short term land management policy for the long term development of Hong Kong
The TALK There have been growing social concerns in Hong Kong about obtaining short-term leases for private usages such as gardens, swimming pools and tennis courts etc. With reference to a series of examples, Mr. Alnwick Chan will share his views about effective short-term land management policy for the long-term development of Hong Kong. THE SPEAKER Mr Alnwick Chan is a veteran GP surveyor qualified in 1987. He is a Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and…
Find out more »A Talk on Housing in Hong Kong
Speaker: Mr. Marco Wu Moon-hoi, GBS, SBS THE SPEAKER Mr Marco Wu Moon -hoi is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Society. He is a past President of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and was a member of the Long Term Housing Strategy Steering Committee. Mr Wu is a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Mr Wu had served the Government for 39 years. He was the Deputy Director…
Find out more »October 2016
The Art and Science of Managing Major Programmes
Sr. Prof. Man-wai CHAN, Executive Director of Project Delivery, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Abstract This talk is a reflection of Prof. MW Chan’s 2 decades experience on managing public sector programmes in Hong Kong. Challenges encountered and ways of resolving problems in major programme that Prof. Chan chaired and managed, including hospitals, universities, science and technology parks as well as art and culture facilities, will be discussed. While the hardware and software required for the successes of the programmes…
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Perspectives – Professionals, New Projects & Capital Markets
Speaker: Prof. Kwok Ping Ho, Patrick, Executive Director, Henderson Land Development Ltd.
Find out more »Seminar on Scottish Land Reform – A Property Rights Approach to Urban Regeneration?
Speaker: Prof. David Adams, Ian Mactaggart Chair of Property and Urban Studies, The University of Glasgow All are welcome. Abstract This seminar will explore current debates around urban land reform in Scotland and especially its potential to overcome ownership constraints to urban redevelopment. It will explore four particular recommendations recently made by the Scottish Government’s Land Reform Review Group, drawing on international land policy experience, including some lessons from Hong Kong. These recommendations involve the introduction of statutory rights of…
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Retails Property Investment in Hong Kong
Speaker: Prof. K.W. Chau, Chair Professor of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong All are welcome.
Find out more »November 2015
Conference on Institutions, Institutional Analysis, and China’s Economic Transformation
Jointly Organized by Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research The University of Hong Kong And Ronald Coase Center for the Study of the Economy Zhejiang University China’s economic transformation presents a striking dilemma for new institutional economics. On the one hand, the extraordinary growth record China has achieved ever since the start of economic reform and opening-up in the late 1970s has provided strongest possible testimony to institutions as a fundamental cause of economic growth and economic change. On…
Find out more »May 2015
Ronald Coase Institute Workshop on Institutional Analysis
Organized by The Ronald Coase Institute Hosted by Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research,The University of Hong Kong Programme and abstracts: http://coase.org/2015hongkongprogram.htm
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