Next year is the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveying, but the former Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors started operations more than 75 years ago in Hong Kong.
Looking back to 1844, the first government land auction in Hong Kong was held by the Surveyor-General, who was a qualified surveyor from Britain.
Due to accelerated market demand over the past decades, the profession has seen continuous growth in the number of professionals entering the industry.
According to its own statistics, the institute enjoyed an average 6 per cent growth rate in its membership until 2001, and since then it has averaged 4.5 per cent.
This is partly due to a drop in graduates in the field, as they foresaw slow growth in the field.
Although the industry's expansion has slowed, most surveyors have held on to their jobs.