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ajceb-3278	Ho, Paul H K	Forecasting the manpower demand for quantity surveyors in Hong Kong	2013	12	.pdf	application/pdf	6157	226	43	Year Forecasted logeMDt Forecasted MDt Additional No. of QS Percentage Increase 2013 7.815 2 480 128 5.2% 2014 7.875 2 632 152 5.8% 2015 7.938 2 804 172 6.1% Table 5 Forecasted Manpower Demand for Quantity Surveyors Supply of Quantity Surveyors In theory, the supply of quantity surveyors is determined by (1) the number of students currently studying the surveying programme (i.e. potential members), (2) the number of probationers currently undertaking the professional training under the supervision of qualified quantity surveyors, (3) the number of existing qualified quantity surveyors (i.e. active members), and (4) the number of retired quantity surveyors (i.e. inactive members). Recently, there has been a massive infrastructure development and an increasing demand for public and private housing, resulting in a shortage of qualified quantity surveyors.	cache/ajceb-3278.pdf	txt/ajceb-3278.txt