Asian markets abuzz: all to be featured at EXPO REAL ASIA 2006

• EXPO REAL ASIA, International Property Conference from December 5 to 6, 2006 at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre
• High-profile experts present hot markets and investment opportunities
• Beijing Olympic Games and its impact on real estate industry

The Asian real estate market represents fast growth, vast potentials and lucrative returns. All big players in this market are growing fast simultaneously. They are moving in aggressively supported by a positive view of property price trends in Asia considering economic growth, urbanization, increased affluence and the growth of the middle classes. The Credit Suisse’s E-magazine, in its March 2006 issue indicated that investments in well-run property companies, especially those that have accumulated physical land banks in China, India and Indonesia will best maximize returns over the mid-term in Asia.

The Henderson Global Investors Fund thinks that 2006 should be a good year for Asia property. It believes that development of the Asian property market should be spurred by the following factors: development of individual Asian REIT markets, asset price recovery, REITS are tax efficient, investor demand for REITS supporting growth in the market with pension funds as well as institutional investors likely to increase their exposure to the Asian property market Asian equity markets are expected to rise on the back of strong economic growth, relative to the rest of the world. As a result, investor and occupier demand for commercial property is strengthening; thereby helping to drive up the value of property assets. Throughout 2006, the ten most active office markets can be expected in cities such as Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo. One of Asia’s leading brokerage, CLSA, has unveiled the economic and investment prospects for Hong Kong and Macau presaging that boom times are ahead for the two cities. The Hong Kong real estate giant New World Group, is planning to invest more than 10 billion Yuan in the Jinyang New District in Guiyang, capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

EXPO REAL ASIA 2006, the International Property Conference, will present these growing markets from December, 5th to 6th, 2006 at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre. Its in-depth and broad conference program offers an overview of the real estate markets and investment opportunities in Asia and Pacific region. High-profile experts like Mark Goh, Head of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Singapore, will present new developments and attractive investment opportunities. Hoa Nguyen, Director of Hoh Chi Minh City Urban Planning & Architecture Department, will tell the success story of Ho Chi Minh City.

India and its biggest real estate projects will be highlighted by the President of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), Mr. Ramani Sastri. A representative of the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee will explain the impact of sport events on the real estate industry and how they affect infrastructural plannings. He will introduce Chinas biggest upcoming event in detail: the Olympics 2008. “With these conference topics EXPO REAL ASIA stands out as a key business platform for networking on real-estate projects, investments and finances across sectors and international borders”, said Eugen Egetenmeir, Deputy Managing Director Munich Trade Fairs International Group, the organizer of EXPO REAL ASIA.

Further information: www.exporeal-asia.net

EXPO REAL ASIA 2006 is officially supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology and the Macao Trade & Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao SAR Government.

EXPO REAL ASIA
EXPO REAL ASIA, International Property Conference, takes place on 5 and 6 December 2006 in the Macao Tower Convention & Entertainment Center in Macao (China). Its target group are the key players in the international real-estate business. The event is a platform for networking on real-estate projects, investments and finance across sectors and international borders. The event´s participants – from Asia, the Pacific region, the US and Europe – benefit from a high-ranking conference programme focusing on current trends and innovations in the real-estate market. The first EXPO REAL CHINA took place in 2004 in Shanghai.

Macao
Macao, situated 65 km west of Hong Kong, is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People´s Republic of China. Up until December 1999 Macao was Chinese territory under Portuguese administration. Today around 450,000 people live in Macao, 95 percent of whom are Chinese. Geographically Macao borders the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, the capital of which is Guangzhou. Macao comprises the Macao peninsula (9.9 km2; connected to mainland China), the two islands Taipa and Coloane and the reclaimed land of the Cotai area.

Press Contact:
Petra Gagel, Press Officer, EXPO REAL Asia
Marketing & Communication, Capital Goods Fairs
Tel.: +49 89 / 9 49-20244, Fax: +49 89 / 9 49-20249
E-mail: petra.gagel@messe-muenchen.de


About Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI, Munich Trade Fairs International Group) is one of the world´s leading trade-fair companies. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part in the events in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With five subsidiaries abroad - in Europe and in Asia - and 66 foreign representatives covering 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.

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