New award categories are added to reflect industry trends
HONG KONG, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RICS Hong Kong Awards 2013 is officially open for nomination starting today (1 November 2012). Nomination period will be closed at 12nn on 14 December 2012 (Friday). This year, new award categories are added with an aim to reflect industry trends especially on heritage and innovation.
Following the tremendous success of the inaugural RICS Hong Kong Awards in 2012, RICS Hong Kong will organise again the Awards for the second year with an aim to recognise contribution and outstanding performance of agencies, teams and individuals in the industry. The annual Awards have been capturing a lot of attention in Hong Kong Property Industry, and in the first year, we had received more than 40 nominations and given out 12 awards to the winners.
The three new awards categories would touch on factors which highly reflect the team's contribution to the society such as heritage preservation and contribution to the community. The Organising Committee anticipates that the new award categories would receive positive response in the market. The annual awards are open to all and free to enter.
RICS Hong Kong Awards 2013 is open for nominations under the following categories:
Team Awards
1) Retail Agency Team of the Year
2) Industrial Agency Team of the Year
3) Residential Agency Team of the Year
4) Office Agency Team of the Year
5) Property Management Team of the Year
6) Project Management Team of the Year
7) Best Project Team of the Year
8) Best Deal of the Year
9) Heritage Preservation Award of the Year (New!)
10) Innovation Award of the Year (New!)
11) Contribution to the Community Team of the Year (New!)
Individual Awards
1) Young Achiever of the Year (under 30 years old)
Property Person of the Year Award's winner will be recommended by the Jury Panel and will be invited to receive the award at RICS Hong Kong Annual Dinner to be held on 14 March 2013 at JW Marriott Hotel.
Note: Entries should relate to activities during the 2012 calendar year.
To download high resolution photos of RICS Hong Kong Property Awards 2012 awardees, please visit:
http://creativegp.com/RICSAwards2012-2013/RICSAwards2012DinnerPhotos.zip
For details of the RICS Hong Kong Awards 2013, please visit http://www.ricsasia.org/awards.
About RICS & RICS Asia
RICS is the world's leading qualification when it comes to professional standards in land, property and construction. In a world where more and more people, governments, banks and commercial organisations demand greater certainty of professional standards and ethics, attaining RICS status is the recognised mark of property professionalism.
Over 100 000 property professionals working in the major established and emerging economies of the world have already recognised the importance of securing RICS status by becoming members.
RICS is an independent professional body that since 1868 has been committed to setting and upholding the highest standards of excellence and integrity – providing impartial, authoritative advice on key issues affecting businesses and society. RICS is a regulator of both its individual members and firms enabling it to maintain the highest standards and providing the basis for unparalleled client confidence in the sector.
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: www.ricsasia.org.
Media enquiry, please contact:
RICS Hong Kong Awards 2013 Secretariat Office
Ms Penn Leung / Ms Winky Leung
Tel: +852-2372-0090
Fax: +852-2372-0490
Email: penn@creativegp.com / winky@creativegp.com
