HONG KONG, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today announces that Mr David Faulkner is elected as Chairman of its Hong Kong Board for one year term of office with immediate effect.

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Mr Faulkner is a Regional Director of Colliers International (Hong Kong) Limited. He has over 28 years of experience in the real estate field and has worked in Hong Kong for over 25 years. He is an experienced professional, responsible for all the firm's valuation and professional services departments in the Asian region. He has advised on a variety of major projects in HK, China and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region including valuations, feasibility studies and development consultancy. He covers all the major sectors including residential, commercial, retail, industrial, hospitality and leisure.

He is also a member of the RICS Asia Board and is the Valuation Professional Group Board representative for Asia and the Middle East.

    The newly elected office bearers and members of Hong Kong Board are as
follows:



    Major Office bearers:
    Chairman:                           Mr David Faulkner
    Vice Chairman:                      Mr K K Wong
    Hon. Secretary:                     Mr David Edwards
    Hon. Treasurer:                     Mr H K Yu
    Elected Members:                    Mr Tony Leung
                                        Mr Gary Man
                                        Mr Kenneth Kwan
                                        Mr Albert So (Immediate Past
                                        Chairman)
    Nominated Representatives:
    Property Faculty Cluster:           Mr K K Wong
    Built Environment Cluster:          Mr Ben Chong
    Land Faculty Cluster:               Mr Simon Kwok
    Nominated Matrics Group Member:     Mr Eric Ma
    International Governing
    Councillors:                        Dr Daniel Ho
                                        Mr David Tse
    Co-opted Members:                   Mr Kenneth Pang
                                        Mr Edward Au

Mr Faulkner, the newly elected Chairman of RICS Hong Kong says: "I am pleased to be elected Chairman of RICS Hong Kong at a time when many new initiatives are being started by RICS in the Asian region. Hong Kong remains the largest concentration of RICS members in Asia and my objective for the year will be to broaden the range of services available to members locally."

About RICS & RICS Asia

RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is the mark of property professionalism worldwide. It covers all aspects of property, construction and associated environmental issues. RICS has 140,000 members globally and represents, regulates and promotes the work of property professionals throughout 122 countries.

The RICS Asia supports a network of over 11,000 individual professionals across the Asia Pacific region with an objective to help develop the property and construction markets in these countries, by introducing professional standards, best practice and international experience. It promotes RICS and its members as the natural advisors on all property matters. It also ensures that services and career development opportunities are provided to members.

The RICS Asia region covers national associations and local groups locating in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The People's Republic of China and the SAR Hong Kong. It also has members working across the region such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos PDR, Macao, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, The Maldives, The Philippines, Timor East and Vietnam. For more information, please visit: http://www.ricsasia.org .

    Media enquiry, please contact:

     RICS Asia Public Relations Representative
     Ms Belinda Chan / Ms May Cheung
     Tel:    +852-2372-0090
     Fax:    +852-2372-0490
     Mobile: +852-9379-3045 / +852-9099-2218
     Email:  belinda@creativegp.com / may@creativegp.com

SOURCE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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