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౤ʺҪᗫણ݄ Advance in Gatekeeping

༟ࣸϽ༊ܼ̍Շࡈ௅ʱdՉʕɓ௅ʱމዹͭ༊ᕚd The qualifying examinations comprise two parts — one consisting
̤ɓ௅ʱމࡈࣩʱؓfϽ͛̀඲ίՇࡈ௅ʱѩ՟੻ of stand-alone questions and the other of questions on case studies.
Υࣸϓᐶd˙ঐஷཀϽ༊f Candidates are required to pass both parts in order to pass the
examination.

Ͻ༊ٙୋɓ௅ʱ಻༊Ͻ͛࿁ήପ˾ଣ༟ࣸϽ༊ʿᐄ Part 1 of the examination is intended to test candidates’ knowledge
ุࡰ༟ࣸϽ༊ʫ࢙ၤࠅʕ΢ࡈᇍᖚٙႩᗆiୋɚ௅ of various parts of the syllabi of the EAQE and SQE while Part 2 is
ʱۆ˸ၝΥ˙ό಻༊Ͻ͛ఱήପ˾ଣאᐄุࡰᏐՈ intended to test in an integrated way the practical knowledge
௪ٙྼਕٝᗆf expected of estate agents or salespersons.

һอϽ༊஝ۆ Updated regulations
މᆽڭϽ༊ڦྼ̙ቦd္၍҅І2017ϋ10˜ৎྼ To ensure the integrity of examinations, the EAA implemented a
݄༟ࣸϽ༊ࠠϽ݁ഄfίอ݁ഄɨdϽ༊஝ۆהࠈ qualifying examination retake policy effective from the October
׼ٙݔԬɛɻਗ਼ʔᐏࡘజϽאᏐϽ༟ࣸϽ༊f 2017. Under the new policy, certain persons specified in the
examination regulations would not be allowed to register or sit for
the examinations.

Ͻ͛ɛᅰ Number of candidates
ί2017/18ϋܓdజϽήପ˾ଣ༟ࣸϽ༊ٙɛᅰމ A total of 5,668 candidates registered for the EAQE and 8,037
5,668ɛdజϽᐄุࡰ༟ࣸϽ༊ٙɛᅰۆމ8,037 candidates registered for the SQE in 2017/18, representing an
ɛdՇ٫ʱй༰̘ϋɪʺߒ21.4%ʿ21.8%f increase of about 21.4% and 21.8% respectively over those of the
previous year.

ၾ2016/17ϋܓ޴ˢdྼყᏐϽήପ˾ଣ༟ࣸϽ༊ Compared to that in 2016/17, the number of candidates actually
ٙɛᅰɪʺߒ21.2%Ї5,103ɛdϾᏐϽᐄุࡰ༟ sitting the EAQE increased by about 21.2% to 5,103 and in the
ࣸϽ༊ٙɛᅰۆɪʺߒ24.5%Ї7,078ɛf case of the SQE it also increased by about 24.5% to 7,078.

ί2017/18ϋܓdήପ˾ଣ༟ࣸϽ༊ʿᐄุࡰ༟ࣸ In 2017/18, the average pass rate for the EAQE and SQE were
Ͻ༊̻ٙѩΥࣸଟʱйމ27.8%ʿ36.8%dϾ 27.8% and 36.8% respectively, as against 38.0% and 38.6%
2016/17ϋܓՇࡈϽ༊ٙΥࣸଟۆމ38.0%ʿ respectively in 2016/17.
38.6%f

ήପ˾ଣ༟ࣸϽ༊ ᐄุࡰ༟ࣸϽ༊
Estate Agents Qualifying Examination Salespersons Qualifying Examination

2015/16 33.7% 2015/16 45.5%
4,275 6,126

2016/17 38.0% 2016/17 38.6%
4,210 5,684

2017/18 27.8% 2017/18 36.8%
5,103 7,078

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000

Υࣸଟ Pass rate Ͻ͛ɛᅰ Number of examination candidates

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