1997	May	Enactment of Estate Agents Ordinance (“EAO”)
	Nov	Establishment of the Estate Agents Authority (“EAA”)
	Nov	The late Dr Hon Marvin CHEUNG Kin-tung, GBS, OBE, JP was appointed the founding Chairman of the EAA
1999	Jan	First batch of licences was granted to persons exempted from certain licensing requirements
	Jan	Issuance of Code of Ethics
	Mar	Held the first qualifying examinations for estate agents and salespersons
	Nov	Estate Agents Practice (General Duties and Hong Kong Residential Properties) Regulation came into effect
2000	Jan	Reduction of licence fees by 20%
2001	Dec	End of the three-year transition period of the licnesing system – an important landmark in the trade's progress towards professionalism as all new entrants must fulfill all licensing requirements without exemption from then
2002	Jan	Estate Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulation 2001 came into effect. Licence fees were reduced by 30% and qualified licensees were allowed to renew their licences within 24 months from the lapse of their last held licences
2003	Nov	Dr Steven POON Kwok-lim, BBS, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA
2005	May	Launch of the Continuing Professional Development ("CPD") Scheme
2006	Mar	Introduction of Certificate of Attainment and Attainment symbol to encourage estate agents’ participation in CPD scheme
2007	Mar	Establishment of Section 28 Investigation Committee
2007	Nov	10^th Anniversary of the EAA
2008	Jun	Introduction of CPD Mark for Estate Agencies
	Aug	Signing of agreement with the Guangzhou Real Estate Agent Service Administration Centre on Hong Kong practitioners obtaining a qualification to practise estate agency work in Guangzhou
	Nov	Ms Vivien CHAN, SBS, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA
2009	May	Launch of a one-off, six-month licence fee concession scheme
2010	May	Issuance of three new practice circulars regulating estate agents’ sales practices of first-hand residential properties
2010	Nov	Signing of agreement with the China Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and Agents ("CIREA") on mutual recognition of professional qualifications between Mainland and Hong Kong estate agents
2011	Jul	Completion of the first training course and examination for the scheme of mutual recognition of professional qualifications for estate agents in the Mainland and Hong Kong
2012	Nov	15^th Anniversary of the EAA
2013	Jan	The practice circular requiring estate agents to provide "saleable area" for second-hand residential properties took effect
2014	Nov	Prof William LEUNG Wing-cheung, GBS, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA
2015	Mar	Awarded the first “Caring Organisation” logo from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service
2015	Sept	Launch of new consumer education initiative in the form of public seminars to enhance consumers' knowledge relating to property transactions
2016	May	Launch of e-Services for online licence renewal application by individual licensees
	Oct	Launch of the EAA's Certificate Programme in Practice
	Nov	Awarded the first batch of “Silver” Premium Symbol to eligible licensees under the CPD scheme
2017	Jan	Publication of disciplinary decisions together with the reasons for the decisions for achieving greater transparency
	Feb	Launch of a new consumer education website, "Be Smart in Appointing Estate Agents"
	Jun	Signing of agreement with the CIREA to renew the mutual recognition of professional qualifications scheme for estate agents in Hong Kong and the Mainland
	Nov	20^th Anniversary of the EAA
	Dec	Second training course and examination for the scheme of mutual recognition of professional qualifications for estate agents in the Mainland and Hong Kong completed
	Dec	Issuance of new practice circular on the sale of uncompleted properties situated outside Hong Kong
2018	Jul	Signing of the Charter on the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties with developers for maintaining good order at sale sites
	Aug	The EAA’s first purchased office in use
	Nov	The EAA and trade representatives attended the Mutual Evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force on the compliance and effectiveness of Hong Kong’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime
	Dec	Awarded the first batch of “Gold” Premium Symbol to eligible licensees under the CPD scheme
2019	Jun	The first CSR activity organised by the EAA with the estate agency trade to clean up the Hong Kong shorelines
	Jul	Launch of computer-based examination for the Salespersons Qualifying Examination
	Aug	The EAA's “5A Agent” publicity campaign promoting the “5A” qualities of professional estate agents was awarded the “Education Award (Consumer Education)” by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), an international recognition
2020	Jan	The EAA announced to offer a one-off professional development subsidy to eligible individual licensees
	May	Under the second round of Anti-epidemic Fund, the Government provided a one-off cash subsidy equivalent to two years’ licence fees to eligible individual licensees through the EAA
	Jun	“Estate Agents Community Service Proposal Competition” successfully held with positive participation from the trade
	Nov	Ms Elaine LIU, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA
2021	Jun	Two educational outreach teams set up to assist the estate agency trade in complying with AML and advertisement-related requirements
	Oct	The EAA’s second purchased office in the same building in use
	Dec	188 estate agency shops awarded the “CPD Mark”, the highest number recorded in the last ten years
2022	Mar	The EAA held an online ceremony for the “Estate Agents Energy Saving Award Scheme” and awarded 387 estate agency shops
	Mar	Launched new educational campaign with a new slogan “To Buy or not to buy off-plan properties outside Hong Kong, assess the risks before you buy!”
	Apr	The EAA received the Grand Prize Award (2020-22) from Employees Retraining Board
	Jul	Mr Simon SIU Chak-yu, BBS, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA
	Oct	25^th Anniversary of the EAA

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