The Hong Kong Management Association is proud to announce that the 2001 HKMA Quality Award organized by the Association has attracted a satisfactory number of entries this year. Around 100 companies have shown keen interest in entering the Award. Among them a total of 18 companies have already taken their first step towards this prestigious award of quality and excellence by submitting entry forms for initial assessment.

Entries will be shortlisted according to the 7 Award Criteria: Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer and Market Focus, Information and Analysis, Human Resource Focus, Process Management and Business Results. Shortlisted companies will be invited to submit a final detailed write-up and to give two presentations before the Board of Examiners and the Panel of Judges who will determine the Winner. The Award Presentation Ceremony will be held in June 2001.

The Examiners and Judges may conduct on-site verification of claims made in submissions of shortlisted entries.

The Association introduced the annual Quality Award in 1991 to give recognition to those companies in Hong Kong which have made a lasting commitment to quality and also to provide an opportunity for companies to share with one another their experience in Total Quality Management.

The Award is co-sponsored by American Express International, Inc; Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch; Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd; Glorious Sun Enterprises Ltd; The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd; The Hong Kong Jockey Club; HSBC International Trustee Ltd; The Kowloon Motor Bus Co (1933) Ltd; Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation; Luen Thai International Group; McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Ltd; PARKnSHOP; Ricoh Hong Kong Ltd and Xerox (Hong Kong) Ltd. In addition, Media sponsors of the Award are Asia Television Ltd and Hong Kong Economic Times and Web Site Sponsor is Computer Associates International Ltd.

Past winners of the Award include Xerox (Hong Kong) Ltd (1991), Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (1992), Integrated Solutions Ltd (1994), Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (1995), Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (1997), MTR Corporation (1998), McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Ltd (1998), Glorious Sun Enterprises Ltd (1999), The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd (1999) and PARKnSHOP (2000).

The Award`s Panel of Judges include Mr Giovanni Angelini, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts; Mr Alfred Chan, Managing Director, The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd; Dr The Hon David K P Li JP, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Bank of East Asia Ltd; Mr Liang Xiaoting, First Deputy General Manager, Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch; Mr Banio Mok, Managing Director, Xerox (Hong Kong) Ltd; Mr John Steward, Vice President and General Manager, Hong Kong, American Express International, Inc and Dr Lawrence Wong, Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The Board of Examiners comprises Dr T Y Lee (Chairman), Director, Technology Support Centre, The University of Hong Kong; Mr Y K Chan, Safety and Quality Development Manager, MTR Corporation Ltd; Mr H K Leung, Project Director, Motorola - SDPC Centre for Enterprise Excellence, Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd; Mr Sidney Leung, Assistant Vice President, Private Trust Services, HSBC Republic; Mr Iain S Wink, Group Quality Systems Manager, Gammon Construction Ltd; Mr Isaac Yeung, Finance Manager - New Business, The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd and Mr Aaron Yim, Chief Operating Officer, Ricoh Office Solutions.

Members of Organizing Committee include Mr Alfred Chan (Chairman), Managing Director, The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd; Mr T C Chu, Director and Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co Inc; Ms Yolanda Lo, General Manager, Hong Kong Economic Times; Mr Steve Loo, Director and Senior Vice President, Asia Television Ltd; Mr Howie Ng, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency; Mr David Turnbull, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Ms Lily Wan, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, East Asia, American Express International, Inc.

For information on the Award, please contact Miss Helen Li on 2774 8547 or you may visit the website of the Association: WWW.HKMA.ORG.HK/QA.

Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 1 December 2000

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