Description

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Construction Industry Advance and Change: Progress in Eight Asian Economies since 1995 describes construction industry progress between 1995 and 2019, sharing information and context needed to appreciate the nature of construction industries and the factors affecting industry output performance.

About the Author

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Prof. Michael Anson, Civil Engineer, Professor Emeritus, is a member of the Department of Building and Real Estate in the Faculty of Construction and Environment at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was Dean of that Faculty between 1992 and 2000. Dr. Yat Hung Chiang, served the Hong Kong Government as a Quantity Surveyor for ten years before teaching construction economics. He has recently retired from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Professor in the Department of Building and Real Estate in 2020. Dr. Patrick Lam, Quantity Surveyor, Builder and Engineer, served in the private sector before joining the academic world and recently retired from his Professorship at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Jianfu Shen, Economist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Building and Real Estate, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, completed his PhD degree in Real Estate Finance at The University of Hong Kong.