Professor Dr. Ting Kien Hwa is currently the Professor of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT), Kuala Lumpur.
Previously, he was the Professor of Property Investment, Centre of Studies for Real Estate Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and Visiting Professor of Real Estate Investment with Henry Business School, University of Reading Malaysia. Prof. Ting is a chartered surveyor and a registered valuer, registered estate agent, registered property manager with Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BoVAEP). Prof. Ting was an assessor for professional membership of RICS, member of Property Management Committee and CPD Committee of BoVAEP, external examiner for local degrees (Imperia College and TAR UC) and masters real estate programme (Universiti Malaya).
Prof. Ting was the Editor of The Malaysian Surveyor and Founding Editor of International Surveying Research Journal of RISM (2011-2016). He is currently the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of The Property Manager, professional journal of Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM). He is also an Editorial Board member of several local and international refereed real estate journals.
Prof. Dr. Ting is a member of the Standards Setting Committee of International Land Measurement Standards (ILMS – supported by United Nation-FAO) for due diligence of land transactions and also International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS – supported by World Bank)) for measuring international real estate.
Prof. Dr. Ting is currently the Deputy President of the Malaysian Institute of Property and Facilities Managers (MIPFM), member of Asia Public Real Estate Association (APREA), Board member of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, RICS Malaysia Board member (2012-2016), member of the NAPREC Expert Panel (INSPEN) and Council member and Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (2011-2016).
Prof. Dr Ting has been the Head of Research, Rahim & Co. Chartered Surveyors, a consultant to C H Williams, Talhar & Wong (WTW), Raine & Horne International Zaki & Partners (RHIZP) and Irhamy & Co. Chartered Surveyors. He completed the property market study for Kuala Lumpur International Financial District, the predecessor of Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), Malaysia.
Prof. Dr Ting is an established speaker and has been invited by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Management Boards of TA Global Bhd, Lembaga Kemajuan Pahang Tenggara and Sarawak State Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) on various real estate topics.
Prof. Ting is the PhD External Examiner for University of New South Wales (UNSW), Western Sydney University, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Lincoln University, New Zealand on thesis related to real estate investment trusts and property investment. He teaches property portfolio management, real estate investment analysis and real estate economics in the Master in Property Investment program of UiTM and also various subjects in the Master of Science in Property and Facilities Management of TAR UMT.
