Tao Heung Holding & Island Shangri-La Hotel
Win the Top Prize of the HKMA Annual Training Award
12/6/2007
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 2007 were announced on 12 June 2007 during the luncheon following the Half-Day Seminar on "Benchmark Your Training Practices with Some of the Excellent Companies".
Mr Joseph Lau, Managing Director of McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited, was the keynote speaker, who shared with the participants his insight in people development. "The most important thing in my job is to make their (staff) career dreams come true," said Mr Lau. Recognizing people as the most important asset of the company, he pointed out that it is essential to protect and develop people. Mr. Lau believed that "people growth" was equivalent to "business growth". He also stressed the importance of "on-going development of people development".
Mr Lau further gave the following advice:
For senior management - a good manager should know how to train up their staff.
For HR practitioners - always remember to "train the trainers".
For employees - they have to be accountable for their own self-development.
The results of Award for Excellence in Training 2007 were as follows:
Individual Awards:
Trainer of the Year
Ms Carroll Chu
Island Shangri-La Hotel
Distinguished Trainer Awardees (Listed according to the alphabetical order of surname)
| Ms Carroll Chu |
Miss Selina Kam |
| Island Shangri-La Hotel |
HSBC |
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| Mr Kenny Mak |
Ms Shirley Ng |
| HSBC |
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort |
Outstanding New Trainer Awardees (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company name)
| Mr Mark Chan |
Mr Peter Cheung |
| HSBC |
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort |
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| Mr Desmond Ho |
Mr Badhri Nath Rama Iyer |
| HSBC |
HSBC |
Campaign Awards:
Gold Prize
"The Unconventional Chef"
Tao Heung Holding Limited
Silver Prize
"Go the Extra Mile「全程為您」Service Excellence Programme"
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Bronze Prize
"Live and Breathe with the Business - An Action Learning Programme for IT Staff Members"
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Certificates of Excellence (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company name)
" `We Commit` - From Good to Great "
Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel
"Merchandising Development Programme"
Li & Fung (Trading) Limited
"Fresh Talents Today, Sales Elite Tomorrow"
PCCW Limited
Recruit Most Innovative Awards
"SMART"
Jones Lang LaSalle - Management Solutions
" `We Commit` - From Good to Great "
Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel
"Merchandising Development Programme"
Li & Fung (Trading) Limited
"The Unconventional Chef"
Tao Heung Holding Limited
MidlandU Best Presentation Award
Mr Leung Man Cheuk
Tao Heung Holding Limited
The Presentation Ceremony of the Award will be held on Tuesday, 4 September 2007 at the 22nd Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture. This year, the Association is honoured to have Professor Lawrence Lau, Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong as the guest speaker of the event.
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 simple but comprehensive. For the Campaign Awards, the participating companies were required to give a simple verbal presentation of their training to the Board of Examiners at a 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". The six finalists would 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.
Members of the Panel of Adjudicators include:
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Mr S K Cheong, General Manager - Broadcasting, Television Broadcasts Ltd; |
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Mr Clifton Chua, Managing Director (Hong Kong, Macau and the Philippines), FedEx Express; |
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Mr Benjamin Kwok, Managing Director (Hong Kong & Macau Global Sales & Services), Sun Microsystems of California Limited; |
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Mr C K Lau, Chairman & CEO, Recruit Holdings Limited; and |
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Mr Michael Lee, Chief Executive, Zung Fu Company Limited. |
Members of the Training Awards Board of Examiners include:
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Mr Graham Higgins, Learning and Development Manager, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited; |
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Mr John Allison, Vice President of Human Resources Asia Pacific, FedEx Express; |
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Mr Graham Barkus, Manager of Learning and Development Group, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited; |
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Mr Ritchie Bent, Group Head of Human Resources, Jardine Matheson Limited; |
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Professor Flora Birtch, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; |
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Mrs Lena Chan, Head of Learning and Employee Development, Asia Pacific HSBC; |
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Mrs Winnie Chiu, Senior Consultant, Right Management Hong Kong Ltd; |
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Ms Sandy Fok, General Manager (Staff Development), John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited; |
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Ms Jane Horan, Director of Organizational Development, The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) Limited; |
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Mr Gabriel Hui, Vice President (Learning and Development), Sun Life Hong Kong Limited; |
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Ms Susanna Li, Vice President of Human Resources and Training, McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited; |
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Ms Tammy Li, Chief Executive, Glory Harvest Group Holdings Ltd; |
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Mr Anthony Mak, Assistant Principal Training Officer, Civil Service Training and Development Institute; |
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Mr Roy Massey, Director - Group Human Resources, CLP Holdings Limited; |
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Mr Andy Tsui, Director of Training and Development, PCCW Ltd; and |
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Mr Kenneth Wai, Area Director of Human Resources, Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. |
Running in its eighteenth year, the Award this year is proudly sponsored by the following companies:
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MidlandU |
| Main Sponsors: |
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
HSBC
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
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| Media Sponsor: |
Recruit Holdings Limited |
| Sponsors: |
FedEx Express
Hang Seng Bank
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sino Land Company Limited
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| For more information, please visit the website of the Association at www.hkma.org.hk/award |
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Mr Joseph Lau, Managing Director of McDonald`s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited delivering a keynote speech at the Award for Excellence in Training Final Presentation Seminar
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The Award for Excellence in Training Final Presentation Seminar attracted a full house |
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