The Hong Kong-Australia Business Association has celebrated business excellence with a recent awards ceremony in Sydney, writes HKABA Executive Officer Teresa Lee.
The National Hong Kong–Australia Business Association (HKABA), an initiative set up by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in 1987, held its first National Business Awards in Sydney in March.
The inaugural ‘National HKABA–Cathay Pacific Asia Business Awards’ were officially launched by the National President of the HKABA, Lucinda Chan and Cathay Pacific Airlines – South West Pacific General Manager, Dane Cheng, at a gala dinner at Le Montage, Bayside Events Centre in Sydney.
The National Awards are designed to give recognition to Australian individuals and companies who strive for excellence in all aspects of international trade between Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Each of the entrants at these National Awards was selected from the many deserving finalists in each of the HKABA State Chapter Business Award events.
The Awards are designed to highlight the business achievements of individuals or companies in their efforts to promote trade between Australia and Hong Kong SAR and/or China.
The winners were:
Exporter of Goods Award
Third Horizon Consulting Partners, a management consulting firm, which works
collaboratively with clients to overcome challenging business problems and generate sustainable bottom line results.
collaboratively with clients to overcome challenging business problems and generate sustainable bottom line results.Importer of Goods Award
Global Gift Sourcing creates and sources the best products Hong Kong has to offer, and provides these unique products to clients all over the world to assist them in driving sales.
Business Development Award
Eight Group was founded in 2009 as a Cable Television and Communications Product provider, servicing the Australasia region. Eight Group designs and manufactures products used throughout the world for HDTV, CATV and SMATV systems.
Judges’ Recognition Award
Phoenix Academy is a founding member of the international education industry, an industry, which is today Australia’s third-largest export earner, bringing in around $17.7 billion in 2011.
*Pictured:Winners at the inaugural HKABA Awards held earlier this year in Sydney.
The finalists were from all the States in Australia and included Third Horizon Consulting Partners, Extragreen Holidays (Aust) Pty, International Student Exchange Services, Global Gift Sourcing, Eight Group Australia Pty Ltd, R2 Procurement Partners, ChinaDirect Sourcing and Phoenix Academy.
“This is the first time we are hosting a National Awards and we have seen some great entries from all over Australia,” said Ms Lucinda Chan, the National President of the Hong Kong-Australia Business Association.
“It’s great to see so many small businesses excelling in trade links with Asia in particular, with Hong Kong and China.”
Ms Chan said the association was grateful for the support of a number of sponsors, including the HKABA’s national sponsor, Cathay Pacific. ■
Upcoming Events
NSW
27 July – Food & Wine Appreciation
26 October – Business Awards Dinner
VIC
31 August – Business Awards Dinner
SA
10 August – Business Awards Dinner
QLD
11 July – HK SAR Dinner
27 October – Business Awards Dinner
WA
6 July – East meets West Dinner
September – Annual Dinner
*To join as a member of the Association, or for further information on any event, contact E: hkaba@hktdc.org or T: +61 2 9267 3158
