PAQS Chairman Visit The Chairman of the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS), Mr Teoh Wooi Sin, together with the President of the Quantity Surveying Division of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV), Mr Goh Ngan Hong, paid a visit to our Institute on 17 May 2010. They were welcomed by our Senior Vice President, Mr Peter Wong, Past President, Mr T T Cheung, Chairman of the Board of Education, Mr K C Tang, Chairman of the Board of Membership, Mr Evenlyn Kwok, the QSD Officers, viz. Vice Chairman, Mr Antony Man, Honorary Secretary, Mr. Thomas Ho and Council Member, Mr Alan Cheung. Mr Teoh briefed us the progress of the arrangement of the PAQS and ICEC Congresses to be held from 23 to 27 July 2010 in Singapore. The theme of the PAQS Congress is "Sustainable Cost Management: Borderless Innovation". Details of the Congress are contained in http://www. paqs2010.com.sg. He encouraged our members to join the Congress as it will be a good opportunity to keep abreast of the updated development of quantity surveying services in sustainable development. In addition, we touched on the infrastructure projects in Hong Kong, the involvement of member countries in PAQS and ICEC and the various ways of possible co-operation between the HKIS and SISV. Both visitors were then invited to a luncheon reception hosted by the HKIS. Immediate Past President, Mr Francis Leung and Honorary Treasurer, Mr Lesly Lam, joined the greeting. We continued the discussions on those interesting topics. At the end, we agreed that in view of the future economic growth in Asia and for the benefit of the members, a closer working relationship amongst China, Hong Kong and Singapore should be explored.