China’s finest developers from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau territories will be honoured at the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards to celebrate the best of the best in China’s real estate sector throughout the past year.
The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Macau) is the most respected and most sought-after real estate industry awards programme. The event is part of the regional PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards series established in 2005. With a professionally run and supervised judging system, the Asia Property Awards is the gold standard in real estate.
Paul Tse has been active in property development and hotel investment in Asia and North America, sitting on the board of Keck Seng Investments (HK) Ltd, Sheraton Saigon Hotel, Caravelle Hotel in HoChiMinh City, Holiday Inn Wuhan Riverside, W Hotel San Francisco, Sofitel New York, and Golden Crown Development Ltd in Macau, where he was appointed by the SAR Government to serve as member on the Economic Council, Town Planning Council, Urban Renewal Council, as well as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Macau Electric Company. A member of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Committee of Yunnan Province, Mr. Tse is the current Chairman of The American Chamber of Commerce in Macau, and President of the Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers.
Yu Kam Hung
Past President, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
A Chartered General Practice Surveyor, Kam-hung has more than 36 years of experience in Asian real estate and capital markets, particularly in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China. He leads different services teams of professionals engaged in a variety of real estate activities including, but not limited to, serving clients’ acquisition and disposition needs to meet their investment target, development planning and public financing. Kam-Hung's also provides professional advice for high-level rent review cases, independent and litigation valuations, non-performing loan portfolio consultancy and securitisation consultancy for international financial institutions, and, in HK and the PRC, financing services for large-scaled investment/development properties, and land advisory and negotiation for developers.
Vincent Cheung
Founder/Managing Director of Vincorn Consulting and Appraisal Limited
Vincent Cheung was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in 2018 and is the chairman of the Nomination Committee as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee of the company. Mr. Cheung has over 27 years of experience in the real estate industry and assets valuation and advisory sector. Mr. Cheung is currently the managing director of Vincorn Consulting and Appraisal Limited, where he is responsible for the corporate valuation and advisory services across Asia. Prior to this, Vincent was part of Colliers International (Hong Kong) Limited, a global real estate firm, and last served as the deputy managing director of valuation and advisory services division in Asia where he was responsible for providing valuation and corporate advisory services across Asia.
Gregory Ku is a Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS).
He has over 30 years of experience in the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau real estate market. He has previously served as the Managing Director of the Macau branch of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) as well as the Head of Logistics and Industrial Services at JLL's Hong Kong branch.
He has extensive experience in project planning and development, investment, leasing, and property management in the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau real estate market.
Bernie Devine
Senior Regional Director Asia Pacific, Yardi Systems, Inc.
A team player with extensive track record in real estate and technology. Bernie Devine’s international experience covers asset and investment management, private equity, operations improvement, program and project management, finance, technology implementation and compliance. Devine is currently responsible for the growth of Yardi Systems business in Asia. A qualified accountant and economist, with more then 60 publications and extensive public speaking experience under his name, Australian-born Devine lives in Hong Kong and travels extensively around Asia Pacific. He is also involved in a number of charities and regular volunteer work
Jimmy Wardhana
Co-Founder and Principal Architect JWCC Architecture Co. Ltd
Jimmy Wardhana is a Registered Architect with prior experience in Sydney, Australia. As a young and driven architect, Jimmy has architectural and interior design experience in a variety of building typologies, including hospitality, residence, laboratory, educational institution and commercial design. His broad experience has given him the skill set to approach any type and size of project with confidence and instigate new creative possibilities. Before co-founding JWCC Architecture, Jimmy joined the Australian, award-winning practice – BVN Architecture. He was involved in key projects including the Kinghorn Cancer Centre in Sydney and Ravenswood School in Gordon, which both have received the prestigious awards of architecture in Australia. Jimmy has won numerous awards for his design works and most notably been awarded The Chinese Design Outstanding Youth 40 under 40 for his achievement in 2018.
Sr Edmond Yew
MSc, MSGF(Stern), LLM, FHKIS, MRICS, RPS(PD), MCIArb, FHKIOD
Vice President of China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce (HK and International Chapter)
Sr Yew is a registered professional Surveyor, as well as the Vice President of China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce (HK and International Chapter). He is also a Vice Chairman of China Committee of HKGCC and was the former Chairman of Planning and Development Division of HKIS. Sr Yew is the Senior Vice President of Lai Fung Holdings Ltd. and has more than 30 years' professional real estate investment and development expertise in Greater China Region.
Oliver Tong
General Manager, Macau and Zhuhai
Head of Retail, Hong Kong
Oliver Tong is the head of Jones Lang LaSalle Macau and Zhuhai office. He leads the real estate professional services in Macau, Zhuhai and Hong Kong. Oliver Tong has worked with Jones Lang LaSalle in Macau for more than 10 years providing leasing consultancy advice in almost all major malls and commercial buildings in Macau. He is in charge of leasing development strategies including market-positioning, trade mix and tenant mix strategies. He also specializes in shopping center design solutions for new projects as well as those under refurbishment or redevelopment and has extensive experience of working alongside architects. Moreover, he has also been leading and involved in a wide range of transactions including the biggest land transaction in Macau and consultancy projects for major developers in HK, Macau and China, during his years in JLL.
The PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Macau) gala dinner and awards presentation ceremony will be held on Friday, 8 December 2023 at The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok Thailand
The most outstanding developers, developments, and designs in the Chinese territories will be honoured at the annual gala and awards celebration. Tune in to see which of the candidates will take home the biggest awards of the year.
