Programme Schedule

8.30	Registration and Welcome Refreshments
9.00	Welcome Remarks
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9.10	Opening Presentation Stephen Brown, Director, Civic Exchange
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9.40	Panel Discussion Session 1 - The present: Is Hong Kong's land sales system working? •   Why does Hong Kong have its current "application list" system for selling land? • What benefits has it brought to Hong Kong? •  Especially with the Hong Kong economy recovering strongly, does the current system force up the price of land unnecessarily? •  Do larger developers benefit from the current "application list" system at the expense of smaller ones? •  Why is the government so reluctant to end its reliance on land sales for revenues? Moderator: C. K. Lau, Executive Editor, Policy, South China Morning Post Panelist: Stephen Brown, Director, Civic Exchange John Corrigall, Deputy Director of Lands (General), Lands Department, HKSAR Government K. W. Chau, Chair of Real Estate and Construction, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong Alan Child, Executive Chairman, Chesterton Petty Limited Yu Kam-hung, Vice President, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
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10.30	Morning tea/coffee
10.45	Panel Discussion Session 2 - The future: Time for a rethink •   Should the way land is sold in Hong Kong be tweaked or overhauled? • What alternatives to the application list system should be considered? • How can land sales be made more flexible, transparent and market-oriented? • How can the government become less reliant on land sales for revenue? • What goals should the government have when it sells land? Moderator: C. K. Lau, Executive Editor, Policy, South China Morning Post Panelist: Stephen Brown, Director, Civic Exchange John Corrigall, Deputy Director of Lands (General), Lands Department, HKSAR Government K. W. Chau, Chair of Real Estate and Construction, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong Alan Child, Executive Chairman, Chesterton Petty Limited Yu Kam-hung, Vice President, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
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11.50	Closing Remarks
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12.00	End of Seminar
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