Organized by the Hong Kong Management Association since 1990, the annual Award for Excellence in Training 2002 has entered into its final stage. Out of 31 entries this year, six excellent training programmes have been selected for the Final Judging.

The six finalists are

1.	"New Agent Training Course" American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited - AIA Insurance Professional Institute
2.	"Telephone Communication Skills" Allen & Overy
3.	"Maintenance Is Service-蝴玂緄琂琌祘ョ琌狝叭" Hong Kong Housing Authority
.4	"Distinguished Service Ambassadors Training Programme" Hong Yip Service Company Limited
5.	"Talent Redevelopment of ex-Housing Department Staff" Hsin Chong Real Estate Management Ltd
6.	"Shangri-La Care....The Shangri-La Way" Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

The six finalists will share with the business community details of their training programme objectives, contents, implementation and outcomes at an open seminar, "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies". The seminar is combined with the final round of the competition for the Award for Excellence in Training and is the only real case experience-sharing seminar ever held in Hong Kong. Details are as follows:

Date:	Friday, 7 June 2002
Time:	9:00 am - 12:45 pm (Seminar) 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm (Lunch and Results Announcement)
Venue:	Theatre II (Seminar) Rm 401 (Lunch and Results Announcement) Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, HONG KONG

At the seminar, the Gold, Silver, Bronze Prizes and Certificates of Merit recipients will be chosen by the Panel of Adjudicators. A recipient of the Best Presentation Award will be selected by all the participants of the seminar. The winner of the Panda-Recruit Most Innovative Award will be chosen from amongst the entries by the Board of Examiners. Results of the Award will be announced at the luncheon following the seminar. The Award Presentation Ceremony will be held on Monday, 23 September 2002 at the Seventeenth Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture, at which winners of the Award will be presented with trophies or certificates.

Mr Peter Wong, Director, Standard Chartered Bank, will deliver a keynote speech during the seminar.

Running in its thirteenth year, the Award is sponsored by Panda-Recruit Group (Media Sponsor), Hang Yick Properties Management Limited, The Hong Kong Jockey Club and Hong Yip Service Company Ltd.

The Award`s 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 Ltd; Dr Kim Mak, Executive Director, Corporate Development, The Hong Kong Jockey Club; and Mr William Ng, Director, Civil Service Training and Development Institute.

Members of the HRD Management Committee include: Mr Graham Higgins (Chairman), Manager, Learning and Development Group, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd; Mrs Esther Chan, General Manager - Human Resources, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation; Ms Winnie Chiu, Human Resources Manager (Corporate Services), The Hong Kong Jockey Club; Mr Steve Chow, Administration Manager (Services & Planning),The Hong Kong Jockey Club; Ms Wendy Mak, Director, ResourcePlus Ltd; Ms Rosemary Moore, Head of HR Consulting Practice, East Asia, PWC Consulting Hong Kong Ltd; Mr William Ng, Director, Civil Service Training and Development Institute and Miss H M Tong, Assistant General Manager, Head of Human Resources Division, Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

For enquiries on the Award and the seminar, please contact Ms Titania Woo
(Tel: 2826 0535/ 2526 6516 / email: titaniawoo@hkma.org.hk) or Ms Gigi Lau
(Tel: 2826 0527/ 2526 6516 / email:gigilau@hkma.org.hk) or by fax on 2868 4387. You may also visit the website of the Association: www.hkma.org.hk

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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 12 April 2002

For press enquiries, please contact Ms Titania Woo on 2826 0535/7383 5116 or Ms Gigi Lau on 2826 0527 or Ms Sunnie Ma on 2826 0532.