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Professor Wong, Siu Kei 黃紹基

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Professor Wong, Siu Kei 黃紹基

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Short Biography:

Kelvin S.K. Wong is Professor of Real Estate at the University of Hong Kong and leads the HKU Real Estate Lab.  He was the Head of the Department of Real Estate & Construction from 2019 to 2023, the Director of the MSc(Real Estate) program from 2017 to 2020, and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) for the Faculty of Architecture from 2014 to 2016.

As a real estate economist, his research aims to 1) advance our understanding of real estate as a consumption good, an investment asset, and a policy instrument, and 2) discover and explain how developers, owners, renters, and agents behave in an ‘inefficient’ market. He co-invented the repeat-sales property price index in Hong Kong, which became the first tradable housing price index in Asia.

More information about Kelvin’s work can be found on his website http://rec.hku.hk/skkelvin/.

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
The University of Hong KongB.Sc.(Hons)
The University of Hong KongPh.D.
Biography

Kelvin S.K. Wong is Professor of Real Estate at the University of Hong Kong and leads the HKU Real Estate Lab.  He was the Head of the Department of Real Estate & Construction from 2019 to 2023, the Director of the MSc(Real Estate) program from 2017 to 2020, and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) for the Faculty of Architecture from 2014 to 2016.

As a real estate economist, his research aims to 1) advance our understanding of real estate as a consumption good, an investment asset, and a policy instrument, and 2) discover and explain how developers, owners, renters, and agents behave in an ‘inefficient’ market. He co-invented the repeat-sales property price index in Hong Kong, which became the first tradable housing price index in Asia.

More information about Kelvin’s work can be found on his website http://rec.hku.hk/skkelvin/.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2009-10-012010 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture): University Research Committee, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2009-07-01SSRN's Top Ten download list for ERN: Urban Economics & Public Policy for the paper "Empirical Estimation of the Option Premium for Residential Redevelopment": Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Research Achievement
2007-03-01Best Papers Award: An empirical study of unathorized appendages in multi-storey residential buildings in Hong Kong: Proceedings of the Sixth China Urban Housing Conference, Beijing
Research Achievement
Yau, Y
Cheung, AKC
Ng, HF
2007-03-01Best Paper Award - for a paper titled "A survey of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in private apartment buildings in Hong Kong: preliminary results": Ministry of Construction, PRC
Research Achievement
2007-03-01Best Papaer Award - for a paper titled "An empirical study of unauthorized appendages in multi-storey residential buildings in Hong Kong": Ministry of Construction, PRC
Research Achievement
LAM, Shang King
Chan, ATY
2006-01-012006 Best Refereed Paper Award: Pacific Rim Real Estate Society
Research Achievement
LIANG, Jiancong
2013-01-01Travelling Scholarship on our conference paper "Explaining cap rate movements in Hong Kong": Pacific Rim Real Estate Society
Research Achievement
2011-02-012011 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture): The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Cheung, AKC
2008-05-012009 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture): University Research Committee, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2010-01-01SSRN's Top Ten download list for ERN three times - 1. Information Asymmetry Models, 2. Urban Markets, 3. Urban Economics & Regional Studies - for the paper "Information asymmetry in the real estate market": Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Research Achievement
2005-05-012006 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture) - for a published paper titled Improving the Environment with an Initial Government Subsidy: The University of Hong Kong (for a paper published in Habitat International)
Research Achievement
Cheung, AKC
2005-04-01Literati Club Awards for Excellence: Outstanding Paper (with Ho, DCW, Leung HF, Wong SK, Cheung AKC et. Al.), Assessing the Health and Hygiene Performance of Apartment Buildings: Facilities, Emerald Publishing, UK
Research Achievement
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Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Cantonese英語、粵語
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Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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