Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Susan Lim as the new Head of Strategic Workplace Services for its Corporate Solutions business in Asia Pacific.

Susan is widely recognized as the leading workplace expert in Asia Pacific and joins the Firm from DEGW where she was formerly the Asia Pacific Regional Managing Director.

She has over 18 years' experience in workplace briefing, strategy, space planning, design and change management, working with a diverse range of corporate, government, healthcare and learning environment clients throughout Australia and Asia.

John Forres, CEO of Corporate Solutions for Jones Lang LaSalle in Asia Pacific, said that "This appointment is in response to the rising demand for workplace strategies as ongoing economic uncertainty intensifies the focus on cost control and business performance. Companies worldwide are focused on increasing competitive advantage and growing their revenue in Asia and are looking to their workplaces to help them drive greater business productivity."

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today announced that Mr Kenneth Kwan is elected as Chairman of its Hong Kong Board for one year term of office with immediate effect.

Mr Kwan FRICS, FHKIS, HKIAC Accredited Mediator, RPS(QS), RCE(PRC) is an experienced quantity surveyor. He has been a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 1989. He joined Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), a global property and construction service provider, in 1986 and became a Director in 2001. He has extensive experience in different types of projects in both public and private sectors in Hong Kong, and projects in Macau, mainland China and a few other cities in the world.

Mr Kwan also promotes the QS practice in different occasions by giving lectures to the students of the local Universities, to the Architects and to the other professionals. He has delivered public speeches on the QS Profession Practice to mainland China professionals in the construction field as well.

Currently, apart from being the Chairman of the RICS Hong Kong Board, Mr Kwan is also the Chairman of the Asia QS and Construction Professional Group Board of the RICS.

Mr Kenneth Kwan, the new Chairman of RICS Hong Kong, said, "I am honoured to be the Chairman of the RICS Hong Kong Board which gives me a better opportunity to serve the members. Together with the Board and the support of the RICS Hong Kong office, I believe we can make RICS even stronger and better."

The newly elected office bearers and members of Hong Kong Board for year 2011/2012 are as follows:

Chairman: Mr Kenneth Kwan
Vice Chairman: Mr Edward Au
Hon. Secretary: Mr David Edwards
Hon. Treasurer: Mr H K Yu
Elected Members:
(in alphabetical by last names) Mr Ben Chong
Mr David Faulkner
Dr Daniel Ho
Mr Simon Kwok
Prof Andrew YT Leung
Mr Gary Man
Mr Kenneth Pang
Mr Albert So
Mr David Tse
Mr KK Wong (Immediate Past Chairman)
Mr Reeves Yan