HKU SPACE News Express November 2018
50th Anniversary of the Professional Diploma in Housing Management 房屋管理專業文憑50週年紀念
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50th Anniversary of the Professional Diploma in Housing Management

Designed for an ideal living environment

The School has pioneered the Certificate in Housing Management programme in the 1960s and ever since developed in tandem with the housing development in Hong Kong, nurturing thousands of experts in housing management profession, therefore contributed to making Hong Kong a better living place.

The golden milestones of 50 years’ cultivation

The tragic fire in Shek Kip Mei squatter area in 1953 was the prelude to the development of public housing in Hong Kong. Since then, the demand for housing management talents has been rising. At that time, there were two ways to become a professional housing manager: go abroad to receive training in the U.K, or take distance learning courses offered by institutes from the U.K., the contents of which did not reflect the local situation in regard to public housing.

In 1968, the first part-time Certificate in Housing Management programme was launched by the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of Hong Kong (DEMS, later known as HKU SPACE). Students of the programme included housing assistants, resettlement assistants and officers, as well as the staff of the Hong Kong Housing Society. The first batch of locally-trained housing management experts graduated in 1971. In the following year, the former Governor, Lord MacLehose announced a “Ten-year Housing Programme”, which signified the increasing demand for housing managers.

In 1989, the syllabus of the Certificate in Housing Management programme had all along been approved to be equivalent to that of the professional qualification of the Institute of Housing in the U.K., the programme was then renamed as Diploma in Housing Management. With the surge of private residential properties on the market, the contents of the programme was updated and the coverage was broader, in order to meet with the housing and property development trend in Hong Kong.

The amendment of the Building Management Ordinance in the 1990s; and the passing of Housing Manager Registration Bill Ordinance meant that the responsibilities of housing managers had diversified. For this reason, the programme was retitled as Professional Diploma in Housing Management programme in 2004 in order to stay in line with the professionalisation of housing and property management in Hong Kong.

Lighting up the path for students in Hong Kong

In 2018, since its establishment 50 years ago, the School’s housing management programme has nurtured over 6,000 professional experts. Whether serving in government departments or property management companies, they have achieved great success in the industry and wrote a glorious page in the history of housing and property management in Hong Kong.

As the Property Management Services Authority is now officially set up, housing and property management will be widely acknowledged as a profession. The School will continue to progress, in the hope that we will be building a brighter future for Hong Kong.

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房屋管理專業文憑50週年紀念

匠心鑄就 宜室宜居

學院在六十年代創辦全港首個房屋管理證書課程,半世紀以來一直與香港房屋同步發展,至今已培育數以千計的房屋管理精英,為鑄就安居宜居的香港貢獻了一分力量。

深耕悠悠半世紀 細數黃金里程碑

1953年的石硤尾寮屋大火,開啟了政府發展公營房屋的歷史序幕,房屋管理人才需求自此不斷上升。當時若要成為專業房屋經理,一是遠赴英國接受培訓;二是修讀英國在港開辦的遙距課程,但內容並不完全切合香港公營房屋狀況。

1968年,首個房屋管理兼讀證書課程由香港大學校外課程部(香港大學專業進修學院前身)正式開辦,是為香港房屋管理課程的先驅。學員主要包括房屋事務助理、徙置助理及主任,以及香港房屋協會職員等。首批香港培訓的房屋管理精英於1971年誕生。翌年,香港總督麥理浩爵士頒布「十年建屋計劃」,意味着專業房屋經理的需求愈益殷切。

房屋管理證書課程在1989年獲英國特許房屋經理學會認可為具專業資歷的課程,課程易名為「房屋管理文憑」。此外,隨着大量私人住宅在市場湧現,課程內容更新後,涵蓋範圍更廣闊,以切合香港房屋及物業管理發展需要。

90年代時,《建築物管理條例》獲得修訂,《房屋經理註冊條例》經立法會通過生效,使物業管理人員的職責變得更多元化。為此,學院在2004年將房屋管理文憑課程提升為「房屋管理專業文憑」課程,務求與香港房屋及物業管理愈趨專業化看齊。

照亮學子 照亮香港

直至2018年,學院的房管課程樹人50載,共培育了超過6,000名專業精英。不管是服務於政府部門或物業管理公司,他們皆在業界發光發亮,為香港房屋及物業管理發展寫下輝煌一頁。

隨着物業管理業監管局的正式成立,房屋及物業管理的專業地位更會有系統地發展及獲得社會承認,課程將與行業繼續同步邁進,為香港未來建設美好明天。

想進一步了解房屋及物業管理課程內容﹖請瀏覽以下網頁https://hkuspace.hku.hk/cht/interest/architecture-environment-and-housing/housing-and-property/

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