Organized by the Human Resources Development Management Committee of The Hong Kong Management Association, the results of the Individual Awards and Campaign Awards of the Award for Excellence in Training 2009 were announced on 3 June 2009 during the luncheon following the Half-Day Seminar on "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies".

Mr Anthony Wu GBS JP - Chairman of Hospital Authority was the Keynote Speaker, who shared with participants his insight on the topic "The Two "Ms" Make the Difference-Engagement & Development".

Individual Awards:
Trainer of the Year
Ms Elsa Lam
Senior Manager
Fortis Insurance Company (Asia) Limited

Distinguished Trainer Awardees (Listed according to the alphabetical order of surname)

Mr Joseph Chan
Assistant Manager, Operation and Process Management Training
HSBC

Ms Elsa Lam
Senior Manager
Fortis Insurance Company (Asia) Limited

Mr Thomas Robillard
Sales Advisor, APAC Sales Learning & Development
FedEx Express

Mr Wilkins Wong
Senior Training Officer (Acting)
Civil Service Training and Development Institute, Civil Service Bureau

Outstanding New Trainer Awardees (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company name)

Ms Fanny Chan
Manager, Wealth Management Training
HSBC

Ms Effie Cheng
Training Consultant
Training, Learning & Development
McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited

Mr Andy Lau
Manager, Sales & Relationship Management Training
HSBC

Mr Nelson Wong
People Development Specialist
The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Will Wong
Manager, Wealth Management Training
HSBC

Campaign Awards:
Gold Prize
"`You Have a Say` Work Improvement Team Training Scheme - Cultivating a Staff Engagement Culture"

Silver Prize
"Service Pioneer in Macau Property Management Industry"
Synergis Management Services Limited

Bronze Prize
"Zurich Academy-Catch the Coaching Habit"
Zurich Life Insurance Co Ltd

Certificates of Excellence (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company name)
"Wild About Safety"
Hang Yick Properties Management Ltd (A Member of Henderson Land Group)

"Seeding for a Green Revolution"
Hong Yip Service Company Ltd (A Member of Sun Hung Kai Properties)

"Driving Towards Excellence"
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong

Recruit Most Innovative Award
"Seeding for a Green Revolution"
Hong Yip Service Company Ltd (A Member of Sun Hung Kai Properties)

Citation for Career Development
"Regional Graduate Development Programme"
HSBC

Citation for Continuous Performance Improvement
"Executive Financial Planning Training Programme (EFP)"
Sun Life Hong Kong Ltd

Citation for Staff Engagement
" `From Ears to Heart` Empathetic Coaching Programme for Supervisors"
MTR Corporation Ltd

SKECHERS Best Presentation Award
Mr Jacob Kam
MTR Corporation Limited

The Presentation Ceremony of the Award will be held on Monday, 14 September 2009 at the14th Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture. 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. Since 2005, the Award has included the individual category to give recognition for individual trainers who have made significant contribution to the human resources development of their companies as well as the whole community.

The judging process of the Award is rigorous and comprehensive. For the Campaign Awards, the participating companies were required to give a simple verbal presentation of their training programme to the Board of Examiners at the Shortlisting Interview. Shortlisted entries would be invited to submit a five-page summary of their training programmes. The best six entries would be selected for the final presentation seminar entitled "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies" and deliver a presentation before the Panel of Adjudicators who would then decide on the winners of the Award.

All entrants of Individual Awards needed their company`s nomination to enter the judging process. They were required to submit a four-page written submission in English explaining their achievements in human resource development. Shortlisted entrants would be invited to a Presentation and Interview Session during which they would be given an opportunity to design and deliver a short training session to be followed by an interview in either English or Cantonese to the Board of Examiners. The Board of Examiners would decide on the winners of the Outstanding New Trainer Awards and Distinguished Trainer Awards. The top three Distinguished Trainer Awardees would be invited to present before the Panel of Adjudicators at the final presentation seminar to compete for the Trainer of the Year Award.

For more information, please visit the website of the Association at www.hkma.org.hk/award

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