Professor Hui is Head and Chair of The Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. Hui obtained his MPhil and PhD at the Department of Land Economy, the University of Cambridge. He has served the community in various capacities. For example, Land and Development Advisory Committee, the Long-Term Housing Strategy Steering Committee, Town Planning Board, Metro Planning Committee, Rural and New Town Planning Committee, Real Estate Services Training Board, Buildings Appeal Tribunal, Securities and Futures Commission (REITs), Property Management Services Authority, Hong Kong Housing Society, and Urban Renewal Authority. Regarding research, Prof Hui is dedicated to land, construction, and real estate issues, both local and international. His scholarly work has been published in reputed international journals, such as Sustainable Development, World Development, Applied Geography, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Urban Studies, Journal of Urban Affairs, Transportmetrica, International Real Estate Review, Housing Studies, Housing Economics, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Journal of Real Estate Literature, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Property Management, Construction Management and Economics, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Habitat International, Cities, Land Use Policy, Building and Environment, Landscape and Urban Planning. Not only on many editorial boards, Prof Hui serves as Chief Editor/Guest Editor for international journals and a Director for the Asian Real Estate Society and the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress. In 2015 and 2021, he was awarded a Medal of Honour (MH) and Justice of Peace (JP), respectively, by the Chief Executive HKSAR to recognize his significant contribution to society in the field. Apart from being a Fellow of Cambridge University Trust, he was appointed by the University of Cambridge (Department of Land of Economy) as their (honorary) Associate in July 2018 and a LISA Fellow since 2023. Prof. Hui has been invited as a visiting/honorable professor by many renowned universities, local and international.
