Hong Kong’s real estate veteran Koh Keng-shing believes in taking risks and ‘leaving it to God’
Away from the stresses of work, Koh’s private time involves jogging on Hong Kong’s country park trails, or going to church
Koh Keng-shing, founder and CEO of Landscope Christie’s, is a practical man with strong views on timekeeping. Koh, who goes by his initials KS, isn’t one to draw attention to himself and keeps his lifestyle the way he likes his watches, simple and functional. One of the first luxury watches he has owned is a Rolex Explorer II. In summer, he prefers this classic to his Blancpain with leather strap, although the latter is favoured for its simplicity.
And timekeeping is as simple as it comes.
“Timekeeping is a manifestation of your promise to someone and your principles”, and if someone does not keep time, that person may not be reliable.
For more than 20 years, Koh was in the frontline of Hong Kong’s high-end real estate market, a sector that has gone through many ups and downs since he established Landscope.
It was one of the first real estate agencies to have an online presence. “When we developed [our] website back in ’95/’96, there were few estate agents using websites to advertise their property listings. I can’t recall anyone at the time who was developing a website. Maybe there were a few others, but we were the first to [go online].”
