ISSN 1818-2542 Vol.19 • No.12 • December 2010 HKIS 2010-2011 General Council SURVEYORS TIMES Editorial Board 香港測量師學會2010-2011年度理事會 測量師時代編輯委員會 Office Bearers 執行理事 Honorary Editor Dr Paul Ho President 會長 Wong Bay 黃比 義務編輯 何學強博士 Senior Vice President Serena Lau 高級副會長 劉詩韻 Building Surveying Division Jessie Yue Vice President 副會長 Stephen Lai 賴旭輝 建築測量組 虞偉珠 Honorary Secretary 義務秘書 Edwin Tang 鄧海坤 Honorary Treasurer 義務司庫 Simon Kwok 郭志和 General Practice Division Edward Au 產業測量組 區成禧 Council Members 理事 Land Surveying Division Lesly Lam Building Surveying Division 建築測量組 土地測量組 林力山 Chairman 主席 Vincent Ho 何鉅業 Planning & Development Division Ben Chong Vice Chairman 副主席 Robin Leung 梁志添 規劃及發展組 莊永康 Vice Chairman 副主席 Andrew Kung 龔瑞麟 Property & Facility Management Division Professor Eddie Hui General Practice Division 產業測量組 物業設施管理組 許智文教授 Chairman 主席 Francis Ng 吳恒廣 Quantity Surveying Division Gilbert Kwok Vice Chairman 副主席 Chiu Kam-kuen 趙錦權 工料測量組 郭靖華 Immediate Past Chairman 上任主席 Dr Lawrence Poon 潘永祥博士 Young Surveyors Group Phyllis Yuen Land Surveying Division 土地測量組 青年組 阮樂欣 Chairman 主席 Koo Tak Ming 古德明 Vice Chairman 副主席 Lesly Lam 林力山 The SURVEYORS TIMES Editorial Board welcomes views, opinion and editorial submissions. 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Development 專業發展委員會主席 1 Contents 目錄 FromCall forthe articles Editor 編者話on professional surveying practices 2 From the Editor 編者話 Do you have something about professional surveying practice 3 President's Message 會長的話 which can be shared with our members? The Editorial Board would welcome such contributions for publication in 6 HKIS News 學會簡訊 Surveyors Times. • The HKIS Annual General Meeting 2010 Articles can be in English or Chinese and should be submitted in Word format and include the title of the paper and author's • Profiles of HKIS Office Bearers 2010-11 details. For articles in Chinese, a summary in English will • Mr Wong Bay , HKIS President 2010-11 be required. Submissions must not have been published • HKIS Outstanding Final Year Dissertation Awards 2010 previously. Publication of article will be at the discretion of the Editorial Board whose decision shall be final. Please HKIS Dissertation/Thesis Awards for Postgraduate Students email articles to [email protected]. • Joint Mediation Helpline Office (聯合調解專線辦事 處) Pilot Mediation Scheme Service for Owners in Surveying and Built Environment Prospective Compulsory Sale Cases under the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) -Call for Papers Ordinance (Cap.545) Surveying and Built Environment is an international peer • MIPIM ASIA 2010 reviewed journal that aims to develop, elucidate, and explore • The Sixth Cross-Strait-Four-Places Land the knowledge of surveying and the built environment; to Conference keep practitioners and researchers informed on current • “中國 • 上海 2010 工程項目管理國際論壇”的體會 issues and best practices, as well as serving as a platform 和感悟 for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and opinions among • Council members reaching out surveyors and related disciplines. Surveying and Built Environment publishes original 18 HKIS CPD / PQSL Events contributions in English on all aspects of surveying and surveying related disciplines. Original articles are considered 27 Divisional News & Activities 組別簡訊 for publication on the condition that they have not been published, accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere. 33 Education 增值空間 The Editor reserves the right to edit manuscripts to fit articles • New Railway Projects in Hong Kong within the space available and to ensure conciseness, clarity and stylistic consistency. All articles submitted for publication are subject to a double-blind review procedure. 41 Surveying Practice 測量事務 45 Sports and Recreation 運動娛閒 For Submission Guidelines or enquiries, please contact the Editor of the Surveying and Built Environment Editorial 51 Back Cover Board at Suite 801, 8/F Jardine House, One Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong; email: [email protected], • HKIS Sports Night 2010 telephone (852) 2526 3679 or fax (852) 2868 4612. 2 Wong Bay Presidential Address Institute needs you and you now have more time to serve the Institute.”- a statement which is always in my mind. Honorable Professor Chau and fellow members, Dear friends, many thanks for your encouragement and motivation which has ignited my passion in life. It has The President’s jewel is of mass and it must have injected much energy for my new job ahead. appreciated in value. The tasks and responsibilities for me ahead are also heavy but challenging. First of all I would Three Objectives like to thank President Chau and Serena Lau for their support and nomination. Without their nomination and As a matter of fact I have done volunteer committee work encouragement, I will not have the opportunity to continue for the Institute for quite a long period of time. I was so serving the Institute. lucky that I had the opportunity to work with so many past presidents and councils since its inauguration in 1984. To Few days ago, I was quite worried that as we don’t have refocus our direction, I revisited what was written in the the excitement of voting this year, we may not have Constitution. Briefly, there are three key objectives: sufficient quorum for this AGM. I was proved wrong. Dear 1. Secure the advancement of the knowledge and fellow members, I am most grateful for your presence that expertise of the surveying profession; we have saved the need and effort to re-organize another 2. Promote, support and protect the status and image of AGM. Thank you so much for your support surveyors in Hong Kong; 3. Maintain and promote the usefulness of the profession A year ago when I retired from the Housing Department, for the public advantage. many colleagues advised me not to stop working. “The These objectives are very embracing but crystal clear. 3 We are indebted to our predecessors who had the our knowledge and expertise. We need to expand wisdom, foresight, and commitment towards these our services to meet the demand in various markets objectives. They had focused their energy and time laying including China. We need to ensure our knowledge is a solid foundation for us. My gratitude to Professor Chau updated and Institute will provide good quality CPD. We and the outgoing council for their valuable contribution! must, however, not forget, as a professional institute we With the support of the new council I am confident that always have a social responsibility. We have to do more the Institute will continue to grow, our knowledge and for the advantage of the public. In the year ahead, we expertise to develop and the status of HKIS to enhance. will continue to be sensitive to public and social affairs and our spokespersons will respond timely to issues With the input from the team of divisional leaders, we will concerning our profession and the public: land, buildings, soon have a retreat session to map out the medium and development, construction, property prices and housing long term strategies for the Institute and I look forward to policies etc …. Through more exposure in public affairs, pooling your brains together. Should you have any ideas I hope the image of surveyors will continue to enhance. or proposals for the Institute please do not hesitate to call May I call upon your support and participation in the me or contact the Divisional representatives. The general activities organized by us. council and office bearers will be more than delighted to listen. May I wish