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Issn 1818-2542 ISSN 1818-2542 ïïïKÜâáëKçêÖKÜâ SURVEYORS Times 2006 SebSurTimes_48 45 2/24/06, 3:27 PM HKIS 2003-2004 2005-2006 General Council SURVEYORS TIMES Editorial Board !"#$2005 – 2006 !" !"#$%&' Office Bearers ! Honorary Editor Francis Leung President Wong Chung-hang ! Senior Vice President !" Raymond Chan Building Surveying Division Kenneth Yun Vice President Yu Kam-hung !" Honorary Secretary ! Francis Leung General Practice Division Edward Au Honorary Treasurer ! Nelson Cheng !" Land Surveying Division Marvin Chau Council Members !" !" Building Surveying Division Planning & Development Division Albert So Chairman Edwin Tang !"# Vice Chairman Alex Wong Property & Facility Management Division Tam Shiu-hong Council Member Kenneth Yun !"#$ General Practice Division !" Quantity Surveying Division Gilbert Kwok Chairman Serena Lau !" Vice Chairman Chiu Kam-kuen Junior Organization Jeffrey Wong Vice Chairman Lawrence Poon !" Staff Editor Linda Chan Land Surveying Division ! Chairman Dominic Siu Vice Chairman Sung Hon-kwong The SURVEYORS TIMES Editorial Board welcomes views, opinion and Honorary Secretary ! Rina Tsoi editorial submissions. Editorial articles can be in either the English or the Chinese language and, if published, will appear only in the Planning & Development Division !"# language submitted. The publication of materials will be at the Chairman Edwin Tsang discretion of the said Editorial Board. Please either email to Property & Facility Management Division !"#$ [email protected] or fax (852) 2868 4612 or by post to: The Chairman Michael Price SURVEYORS TIMES Editorial Board, 801 Jardine House, 1 Connaught Vice Chairman Kenneth Chan Place, Central, Hong Kong. SURVEYORS TIMES is the Institute’s official monthly newsletter circulated free of charge to all members of Honorary Secretary ! Dick Kwok the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. Circulation: 6,900 copies. Quantity Surveying Division !" Chairman Paul Ho No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of HKIS. The Vice Chairman Spencer Kwan contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or Honorary Secretary ! Stephen Lai opinion of HKIS or its members and no liability is accepted in relation Junior Organization thereto. Advertisements or any inserts appearing in the publication Chairman Billy Wong imply neither endorsement nor recommendation by HKIS. Vice Chairman Martin Leung !"#$%&'()*+,-./01234567896:; Technical Grade !" !"#$%&"'()*+,-./ !"#$%& Representative Fung Chiu-kit !"#$%&'() [email protected] (852) 2868 4612 !"#$%&'(1 !"801 !"#$%&'()* Ex Officio Members ! !"#$%&'()* +,,-./0126,900 Immediate Past President ! T T Cheung !"#$%&'()*+,-./012!3456789:; Chairman, Board of Education Wong Bay !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:; !"#$ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0 Chairman, Board of Membership Evenlyn Kwok !"# All rights reserved © 2006 !"#$%& !"#$ Chairman, Board of Professional Barnabas Chung The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Development !"#$%& Designed and printed by Corporate Press 1 SURVEYORS Times 2006 SebSurTimes_48 2 2/24/06, 3:08 PM ContentsContents From the Editor 2 From the Editor In this issue we feature an interview with Professor Barnabas Chung 3 President’s Message ! (page 45), a senior member who, quite deservedly, commands a lot of respect from many members. Barnabas is a founding member 5 HKIS News ! of the HKIS. He has been instrumental to the enactment of the Hong Kong Surveyors Registration Ordinance and the setting up of the Surveyors • From the Council Table Registration Board in 1991. It is a pity to many that Barnabas has • Outstanding LCS projects of former Municipal Councils never been our President. The truth of the matter is, many, including • Joint Institute Forum on new cruise terminal development sitting Presidents, look to him for guidance and advice on many • On Town Planning (Amendment) Ordinance issues pertaining to the development of the Institute and our • President tells Recruit about the surveying profession profession. The Institute is privileged to have been graced with • HKIS members in landscape award adjudication panel Barnabas’ valuable contributions for so many years, never diminishing • QSD Chairman is design competition juror even during his semi-retirement as a scholar-cum-practitioner in • President becomes patron of Surveying Society recent years. With Barnabas as our “Institute whip”, we are • HKIS representatives in LandsD/HKIS Liaison Group assured of proper conduct of business, and most important of all, • MWC working on 2nd generation membership card continuity of wisdom and policies despite change of councils. • Annual gathering 2006 of HKCPS • HKIS Outstanding Final Year Dissertation/Project Awards Speaking of continuity of policies, the President has charted out his 2005 vision for future development of the Institute in his inaugural speech • Unprecedented restructuring of AD posts in Buildings (January issue, pages 9 and 10). Amongst others, enhancing the Department identity of the Institute and upholding professional standards are the • !"#$%&'(2005 prime issues being addressed by the General Council. There are • !"#$%&' on-going discussions, for and against, regarding a possible new title Mainland for surveyors (see President’s Message, page 3 and 4). Thinking ahead, what are the medium and long term strategies of the Institute • !"#$%&'() and our profession? These are issues that the General Council • Real Estate Service and City Development Expo in Chongqing cannot properly address without full participation from members, and ! 18 Divisional News & Activities guidance from “Institute whip” like Professor Barnabas Chung! 38 Surveying Practice ! • Fear of default on first payments – the facts Francis Leung • !"#$%&'2006 !"#$ !"#$%&'( !"#$%&'()*+, ! 45 41 Education !"#$%&'()*+,-,,./0123%456 • BS APC Workshop 2005 1991 !"#$%&' !"#$%&'()*+,- • History, growth and future of RMB banking in Hong Kong !" !"#$%&'()*+,-. /012 • Book review: Development Appraisal of Land in Hong !"#$%&'()*+,'-./01$234567 Kong – revised edition !"#$%&!'()!* +,-./0123456 • Real Estate Study Tour 2005 – Beijing and Shanghai !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789 • !"#$%& !"#$%#&'()*+,-./012345678 45 Personality !"#$%& !"#$%&'()*+",-) Periscope !"#$%&'()*+,-./012345 • Barnabas Chung !"#$%&'()*"+,-./ !"# Women in Surveying !" 9 !"#$%&'()*+,-./01 234 • Phoebe Yee 10 !"#$%&'()*+,-./01234&5678 48 Members’ Privileges ! !"#$%&'34 !"#$%&'()*+ 50 Calendar of Events ! !"#$!%&'()*+,+-./0123%456 51 After Hours !"#$%&'()*+,-./01234567 • !"#$%&' !"#$%&' SURVEYORS Times 2 2006 SebSurTimes_48 3 2/25/06, 9:08 AM RESIDENT’S !M ESSAGE PPullull togethertogether forfor commoncommon causecause many countries, surveyors together with real estate Divisional council views were also collected. At least two InIn appraisers alike are ranked within the top five divisions considered that the use of a courtesy prefix is not professions, both socially and politically, partly due to their necessary at the moment. A decision was finally made at professional standing and partly due to the size of their the General Council meeting held on 26 January 2006. practising population. In Hong Kong, different categories The proposal has to be shelved for the time being. of surveyors (including the appraisers and the cost engineers as they are called in other countries) work very closely The General Council sees the importance of fair decision- with one another. The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors making process within the Institute. The use of a courtesy embraces all the land development and property management prefix affects all members and involves an amendment to related surveying professionals in Hong Kong. To the the Institute’s constitution. The General Council should not community at large, there is a need to promote the “One proceed further with this proposal because a consensus has Surveyor” concept. Within the Institute, members should not been built among divisions. For some members, pull together to make common cause for the well being of including me, the dream of using a surveyor courtesy title the surveying profession. has not come true. But, members should agree with the other conclusion that the General Council should not It has long been a discussion topic for the Institute to propose any resolution to amend the Institute’s constitution establish a distinct identity for professional surveyors in when there is at least one division thinks otherwise. The Hong Kong. How does the title “Surveyor” or “Sr.“grab you? General Council should make every effort to build a Registered medical practitioners use the title “Doctor” or consensus when a decision has to be made to change or “Dr.”. Professional engineers in Hong Kong use the prefix amend the Institute’s constitution. To be a high performance “Ir.” in front of their names or “ ” after their Chinese team, the General Council should always try to work out names. The engineers can do that because the constitution the best course of action. Collaboration at the Executive of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers stipulates that Committee and General Council levels should also be aimed HKIE corporate members are entitled to use the courtesy at exploring more alternatives. Every endeavour should prefix “Engineer” or its abbreviation “Ir.”. The Institution be made to avoid unnecessary single-track mistakes. of Surveyors,
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