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Professor Lai, Lawrence Wai Chung 黎偉聰

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Honorary Professor

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Professor Lai, Lawrence Wai Chung 黎偉聰

Title:
Honorary Professor

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Also Cited As:
Lai, Wai-chung, Lawrence
Lai, Lawrence
Lai, W

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
BSocSc HK
MSocSc
1994The University of Hong KongPhD
LLB Lond
MTCP Syd
CMILT
FPFM
FRICS
MRAPI
MHKIP
MCIT
MIAAEM
MWSE
RPP
Biography

Professor Lawrence Lai is a town planner with degrees in economics, planning and law. He has developed an internationally recognized profile in the Coasian analysis and neo-institutional economic & planning research. Professor Lai’s research interest also covers the conservation of local military heritage. He and his research team has spent over a decade to identify and locate the military constructions and war-time relics situated in various locations with great historical and cultural values.

Professor Lai is a Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and The Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management (HKIFM), as well as Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) and The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). He served on various government committees and panels including the Board of Review (IRO), Appeal Board (TPO), Building Appeal Tribunal and Transport Tribunal.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
Yau, Y
Cheung, AKC
Ng, HF
2007-03-01Best Paper Award - for a paper titled "A survey of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in private apartment buildings in Hong Kong: preliminary results": Ministry of Construction, PRC
Research Achievement
2011-02-012011 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture): The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2009-10-012010 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture): University Research Committee, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Cheung, CW
2012-04-01Best Paper Award 2012, Review of Urban Development Studies: Review of Urban Development Studies
Research Achievement
2011-08-01Schumpeterian Innovation for Regulated Natural Monopoly as a Corporate Strategy, Excellent Paper Award: International Sympsium on Management Engineering 2011, 26 - 28 August 2011, Taipei
Research Achievement
2010-01-01Alumni Award for International Achievement, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney, 2009
Research Achievement
1994-01-01“The Economics of Land Use Zoning - A Literature Review and Analysis of the Work of Coase,”: Town Planning Review
ISSN: 0041-0020 ; eISSN: 1478-341X
Research Achievement
2004-12-012004 Outstanding Young Researcher Award: The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Yau, Y
Cheung, AKC
Ng, HF
2007-01-01Best Papers Award: A survey of sick building syndrome (SBS) in private apartment buildings in Hong Kong: preliminary results: Proceedings of the Sixth China Urban Housing Conference, Beijing
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
1989 - presentMemberThe Chartered Institute of Transport (The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong since 2001)
1986 - presentMemberRoyal Australian Planning Institute
07/2006 - presentFellowHong Kong Institute of Surveyors
1986 - presentMemberHong Kong Institute of Planners
07/2005 - presentFellowChartered Institution of Surveyors
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Strategic and regional planning
Planning applications and appeals
Planning and development - change in use of land
Land and housing market - institutional and property rights issues
Heritage planning
Environmental planning and sustainable development
Aquaculture and seafood trading
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Cantonese英語、粵語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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