Gordon Wu receives RICS Lifetime Achiever accolade from leading land, property and construction honours

HONG KONG - MediaOutReach - 17 March 2019 - Homegrown real estate giants Swire andWheelock are among the biggest winners at this year's RICS Awards, Hong Kong2019 -- a prestigious annual event celebrating outstanding contributions to HongKong's built environment, which took place at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong onFriday 15 March 2019.

MeanwhileHopewell Holdings Chair Sir Gordon Wu claimed the greatest individualhonour, crowned with the respected RICS Lifetime Achiever award in recognitionof his five-decade career developing pivotal property, infrastructure andbusiness projects across Hong Kong, China and Asia.

SirGordon was among the first Hong Kong entrepreneurs to invest in mainland Chinaduring the economic reforms of the 1980s. He has played a pioneering role in developingpivotal transport links across the Pearl River Delta, and Sir Gordon has beenvisionary in driving the construction of recently realised HongKong--Zhuhai--Macau Bridge which is an integral part of the Greater Bay Areadevelopment.

Atotal of 12 team awards (as well as two individual awards) were given out recognisingnoteworthy developments and professional achievements in Hong Kong's land,property and construction industries -- with two homegrown firms coming uptrumps with multiple awards. Hong Kong-based Wheelock Properties scoreda double, winning both Residential Team of the Year and Corporate SocialResponsibility Project of the Year.

MeanwhileHong Kong-born multinational brand Swire Properties scored ahat-trick, winning three different categories: Swire Properties Limited wasvictorious in both Construction Project Construction Team of the Year andSustainability Achievement of the Year, while Office Team of the Year wasclaimed by Swire Properties Management Limited.

Alan DalgleishFRICS, Head Juror, said: "With such high standards across theindustry in Hong Kong, the competition this year was incredibly fierce -- andour job as jurors was incredibly difficult. We are proud to recognise sometruly outstanding progress."

The2019 RICS Awards, Hong Kong introduced two brand new awards, ConstructionProject Management Team of the Year and Research Team of the Year, recognising newskills, specialities and areas of expertise within the ever-evolving build environmentindustry,

ClareChiu, Chief Operating Officer, Greater China of RICS, added: "The RICSAwards Hong Kong is the highest honour bestowed by a global professional bodyin the built environment.

"Thisyear's awards serve as a fitting celebration of the depth and breadth of talentworking today to craft the iconic skyline of Asia's World City."

Results of RICS Awards Hong Kong 2019:

1. Office Team of the Year
   Winner: SwireProperties
   Excellence: CBRE,JLL
   
2. Residential Team of the Year
   

   Winner: Wheelock Properties Limited

   Excellence: Savills (Hong Kong) Limited
   
3. Retail Team of the Year
   
   Winner: Knight Frank
   

   Excellence: Cushman & Wakefield,Champion REIT-- Langham Place Mall,Wheelock Properties Limited and Cushman & Wakefield

   
   
4. Facilities Management Team of the Year
   Winner: JLL - Hang Seng Bank
   Excellence: Architectural ServicesDepartment, HKSAR Government - Installation of Leakage Detection System in NorthDistrict Government Offices, CBRE, Guardian Property Management Limited -- FacilitiesManagement One-Stop Service
   
5. Property Management Team of the Year
   
   Winner: Savills Services Group -- People's Place
   

   Excellence: Harriman Property ManagementLimited, JLL

   
   
6. Professional Consultancy Services Team of theYear
   
   Winner: Arcadis
   

   Excellence: Cushman& Wakefield, Knight Frank

   
   
7. Construction Project Management Team of the Year
   Winner: Swire Properties - One Taikoo Place
   

   Excellence: ArchitecturalServices Department, HKSAR Government - Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Architectural Services Department, HKSARG -Fitting-out of the Smart Identity Card Replacement Centres, Gammon Engineering& Construction Company Limited with Wheelock Properties Limited

   
   

   
   
8. Refurbishment / Revitalisation Team of the Year
   

   Winner: Nan Fung Development Limited - The Mills

   
   Excellence: New World Development CompanyLimited, Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited and Harbour City EstatesLimited
   
9. Research Team of the Year
   

   Winner: CBRE
   

   Excellence: Our Hong Kong Foundation,Wheelock Properties Limited

   
   

   
   
10. Sustainability Achievement of the Year
    
    Winner: Swire Properties - One Taikoo Place
    

    Excellence: Arcadis

    
    
11. Best Deal of the Year
    Winner: Cushman & Wakefield and Link
    Excellence: Colliers International Pacific Limited, Savills (Hong Kong)Limited
    
12. CorporateSocial Responsibility Project of the Year
    Winner: WheelockProperties Limited
    Excellence: JLL
    
13. Young Surveyor of the Year
    

    Winner: Mr AlvinLeung MRICS
    

    Excellence: Mr RaphaelHui MRICS, Mr Kwok Pui Sum MRICS 

    
    
14. Lifetime Achiever: Sir Gordon Wu

About RICS Awards Hong Kong

The RICS Awards Hong Kong showcases outstandingachievements and developments in Hong Kong's land, property and constructionindustries and across the built environment. The awards are open to everyoneworking within the property profession. The jury panel of the RICS Awards 2019Hong Kong is formed by twelfth outstanding local property key players.Nominated projects have all displayed outstanding performance inprofessionalism, outcome and achievement, teamwork and innovation.

About RICS

Confidence through Professional Standards

RICS promotes and enforces the highest professionalqualifications and standards in the development and management of land, realestate, construction and infrastructure.Our name promises the consistent delivery of standards -- bringing confidence tothe markets we serve.

We accredit 125,000 professionals and any individual or firm registeredwith RICS is subject to our quality assurance. Their expertise covers property,asset valuation, real estate management; the development of infrastructure; andthe management of natural resources, such as mining, farms and woodland. Fromenvironmental assessments and building controls to negotiating land rights inan emerging economy; if our members are involved the same professionalstandards and ethics apply.

We believe that standards underpin effective markets. With up to seventyper cent of the world's wealth bound up in land and real estate, our sector isvital to economic development, helping to support stable, sustainableinvestment and growth around the globe.

With offices covering the major political and financial centres of theworld, our market presence means we are ideally placed to influence policy andembed professional standards. We work at a cross-governmental level, deliveringinternational standards that will support a safe and vibrant marketplace inland, real estate, construction and infrastructure, for the benefit of all.

We are proud of our reputation and work hard to protect it, so clientswho work with an RICS professional can have confidence in the quality andethics of the services they receive.