Raymond Lee, Managing Director of Savills Hong Kong, says the commission income generated by the Investment Department in the first six months of this year reached HK$120 million, up 80 per cent on the same period last year. For the entire Hong Kong office agency business, the commission income for the first half of this year rose by 40 per cent to HK$282 million. He praised the Hong Kong office staff for achieving excellent results during a period of uncertainty for the global economy. The significant achievement demonstrated the real strength of the teams as the Hong Kong office became the biggest profit contributor to the Group in the region.

Around 60 people including central management, frontline sales and Investment Department support staff were invited to a celebration dinner with the Group CEO. Regional heads joined in congratulating the team on their remarkable results. Jeremy Helsby, Group Chief Executive of Savills plc, Robert McKellar, CEO of Savills Asia Pacific, Randal Hall, CEO of Savills Greater China, Christian Mancini, Managing Director of Savills Japan, and Paul McLean, Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Savills Australia, all flew in for the milestone event.

In a pre-dinner speech, Raymond thanked all members of the Investment Department for their hard work. To reward them and share the success, Raymond also announced a trip for over 300 staff to the Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel later this year, so that everyone can again enjoy a two-day trip to the largest gambling resort hotel in Asia.

Raymond also highlighted the outstanding leadership of Peter Yuen, Senior Director and Head of Investment and Sales (Hong Kong & Macau). Peter said he is happy with the good results but it is still too early to be entirely satisfied.  He hopes to achieve even better results by providing tailor-made value-added services and creating long-lasting, prosperous relationships with clients.