THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code	:	2022061
Event Name	:	Expert Witness – Role of Authorized Land Surveyors in Adverse Possession Cases
CPD Code	:	Formal Events
Speaker	:	Sr Joseph Wong FHKIS, MRICS, RPS(LS), Authorized Land Surveyor Joseph has over 25 years of experience in land surveying profession with various boundary, topographic, cartographic and monitoring survey projects. He has undertaken boundary surveys for over 10,000 land lots in both urban and new territories and supervised over 10,000 topographic surveys projects. He has also undertaken over 100 building measurement and cartographic surveying projects, not to mention the AMO projects such as King Yin Lei, Helena May, Haw Par Mansion, Jessville and Hung Shing Temple. He is one of the most experienced Expert Witnesses in the industry and has prepared expert reports and/or attended trail to give oral evidences for more than 200 boundary disputes and adverse possession cases.
Event Date	:	2022-05-19
Event Time	:	7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration Closing Date	:	2022-05-15
CPD Hour(s)	:	1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s)	:	1.5
Venue	:	By online media – ZOOM
Division	:	LSD
Organizer	:	Land Surveying Division
Fee	:	Free of charge
Priority	:	First-come-first-served
Language	:	Cantonese supplemented by English
Details	:	With the increasing of Land Values and Demand, Adverse Possession of both private and government lands are becoming more common in Hong Kong. As one of the most experienced Expert Witnesses in the industry, Joseph will give advises on how to prepare expert reports, what approaches to be used in different cases and will share his experience in attending trial with cases studies. In addition, Joseph will share with the audience on how properly deployed emerging surveying technologies (e.g. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Mobile Mapping Systems, Satellite Images, etc.) can benefit the Court and various land stakeholders.
Remarks	:	The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Upon successful registration, the ZOOM link for joining the CPD event will be available in the CPD/PQSL profile under the "Member Area" of the HKIS website. On-line registration is not applicable for non-HKIS members. To register, please complete the CPD registration form (https://www.hkis.org.hk/en/pdf/Standard_Reservation_Form2020.pdf) and return with payment to the HKIS Secretariat. Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download. For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store. For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.
Payment	:	HKD 0
Face-to-Face/Zoom	:	By Zoom

1.	The registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable.
2.	A registration number will be generated for each application. The registration number is unique and non-transferrable. Members cannot proceed to payment if they do not apply the CPD event and obtain the registration number through the HKIS website.
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2.	Members participating in the above visit shall be in good health condition.
3.	While the HKIS has arranged Group Personal Accident insurance for members joining the above visit, members who have been accepted for joining the above visit can consider procuring an appropriate insurance policy to cover their own risks before attending the event.
4.	Claims related to COVID-19 and/or pandemics are excluded under the insurance policy procured by the HKIS.