New estate agents association names its inaugural CEO

Singapore

THE newly minted Singapore Estate Agents Association (SEAA) has appointed real estate veteran Wong Cheong Hong, the former key executive officer of Dennis Wee Realty, as its inaugural chief executive.

As part of the string of common services it is rolling out for members, SEAA also inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) on Thursday.

Under the pact, the SMC is identified as the preferred dispute resolution channel to provide a mediation platform for disputes between estate agents arising from commission and related agency services, which is currently not under the purview of the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA).

In his first week as CEO since his appointment on Tuesday, Mr Wong told The Business Timesthat many plans are on the drawing board to push the association's agenda of raising professionalism in real estate agency work and providing a unified voice for ag…