1997 |
May |
Enactment of Estate Agents Ordinance (“EAO”) |
Nov |
Establishment of the Estate Agents Authority (“EAA”) |
Dr the 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 |
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 |
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 |
Dec |
EAA delegation visited government officials in Beijing to reflect estate agents’ support for CEPA |
2005 |
May |
Launch of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Scheme (voluntary stage) |
Jul |
Level of Estate Agents Qualifying Examination enhanced |
2006 |
Mar |
Introduction of Certificate of Attainment and Attainment symbol to encourage estate agents’ participation in CPD scheme |
Jul |
Level of Salespersons Qualifying Examination enhanced |
2007 |
Mar |
Establishment of Section 28 Investigation Committee |
Nov |
10th Anniversary of the EAA |
2008 |
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 an one-off, six-month licence fee concession scheme |
2010 |
May |
Issuance of new practice circulars regulating sales practices of first-hand properties |
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 |
Aug |
First focus group meeting was conducted to communicate and discuss with the frontline practitioners on different topics |
2012 |
Mar |
Publishing of Best Practice Checklist with ICAC jointly |
May |
Issuance of practice circular on provision of "saleable area" for second-hand residential properties to take effect on 1 January 2013 |
Sept |
Launch of the EAA e-Learning platform |
Nov |
15th Anniversary of the EAA |
2013 |
Mar |
Launch of publicity campaign to promote information about "saleable area" and "estate agency agreement" |
Jun |
Professional forum held to explore the direction of and opportunities brought by the professional development of estate agency trade |
2014 |
Jan |
Launch of New Scheme for Disciplinary Cases |
Apr |
Publishing of Guide to Purchasing Second-hand Residential Properties with Consumer Council jointly |
Jul |
Distribution of “Consumer Education Package” to the trade to help raise public awareness of the points to note when appointing estate agents |
Nov |
Professor William Leung Wing-cheung, SBS, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA |
2015 |
Mar |
Awarded the “Caring Organisation” logo from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service |
Launch of a series of seminars on topics relating to first-hand residential properties for practitioners |
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 |
Acknowledged as a “Manpower Developer” by the Employees Retraining Board
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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 |
20th 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 |
2018 |
Jul |
Signing of the Charter on the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties with developers |
Nov |
The EAA and trade representatives attended the Mutual Evaluation held by the Financial Action Task Force |
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 new pilot scheme 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) which is 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 to eligible individual licensees through the EAA.
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Jun |
“Estate Agents Community Service Proposal Competition” successfully held with positive participation from the trade
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Nov |
Ms Elaine LIU, JP was appointed the Chairman of the EAA |
2021 |
Feb |
The EAA included “Webinar/ Online Training Class” as a new activity mode under the CPD Scheme
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Apr |
The EAA launched the first “Estate Agents Energy Saving Award Scheme” and received a positive support from the trade
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Jul |
The EAA appointed HKUSPACE to launch two CPD training courses with the subsidy from the Government Matching Grant Scheme for Skill Upgrading under the second round of the Anti-epidemic Fund |