Organized by The Hong Kong Management Association, the results of the Award for Excellence in Training 2001 were announced on 29 May 2001 during the luncheon following the Half-Day Seminar on "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies".

The results were as follows:

Gold Prize

"Insurance Training Programme"

Hang Seng Bank

Silver Prize

"Care from the Heart"

Hongkong Post

Bronze Prize

"Health and Fitness Advisors Training Programme"

Watson`s The Chemist

Certificates of Merit (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company name)

"Grooming Future Leaders: Giordano Trainee Programme"

Giordano International Ltd

"Green Practice Training for Quality and Interactive Property Management Service"

Hang Yick Properties Management Ltd

"Excel Our Self Power - Service Excellence Training Programme"

Hong Yip Service Company Ltd

In addition, Ms Jasbir Pannu, Training Executive, Hang Seng Bank, has been awarded the Best Presentation Award. The Award recipient was selected by all the participants of the seminar. The winner of the Panda-Recruit Most Innovative Award this year is "Green Practice Training for Quality and Interactive Property Management Service" by Hang Yick Properties Management Ltd.

Presentation Ceremony of the Award will be held on 4 September 2001 at the Sixteenth Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture. Professor Paul Ching-Wu Chu, President-Designate, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will be the Guest of Honour and Speaker of the occasion. He will deliver a speech on "The Path of Zero Resistance - A Scientific Odyssey".

The Award for Excellence in Training was introduced by The Hong Kong Management Association in 1990 with the aim of giving public recognition to trainers and companies for the contribution that training can make to corporate results.

The judging process is simple but comprehensive. All the participating companies are required to give a simple verbal presentation of their training content to the Board of Examiners (comprising members of the Human Resources Development Management Committee and consultants from the Association) at a Shortlisting Interview. Shortlisted entries will be invited to submit a five-page summary of their training programmes. The best six entries will be selected for the final presentation seminar entitled "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies". The six finalists will deliver a presentation before the Panel of Adjudicators who will then decide the winners of the Award.

The Board of Examiners this year includes: Mr Patrick Maule (Chairman), Managing Director, Patrick Maule and Associates; Mrs Esther Chan, General Manager - Human Resources, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation; Mr Steve Chow, Customer Services Manager (Property), The Hong Kong Jockey Club; Mr Graham Higgins, Manager, Learning and Development Group, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd; Ms Wendy Mak, Director, ResourcePlus Ltd; Mr William Ng, Director, Civil Service Training and Development Institute.

The Panel of Adjudicators this year comprises: Mr Alfred Chan, Managing Director, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd; Mr Robert Chow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Panda-Recruit Group; Mr Roger Luk, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Executive, Hang Seng Bank; Dr Kim Mak, Executive Director, Corporate Development, The Hong Kong Jockey Club; Mr William Ng, Director, Civil Service Training and Development Institute.

The Award this year is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank (Winner Sponsor), Panda-Recruit Group (Media Sponsor), CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd, DHL Worldwide Express, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and Marks & Spencer Asia Pacific Limited.


Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 29 May 2001.
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