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Sixty-three companies were honoured today (October 24) at the 2013 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI) presentation ceremony, at which the Acting Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, officiated.
The Grand Award winners were Nauticam International Limited (consumer product design), Fong's National Engineering Company Limited (machinery and machine tools design), HKT Limited - Commercial Customer Services (customer service), the Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd (innovation and creativity), Man Yue Technology Holdings Limited (productivity and quality) and iView Limited (technological achievement).
A total of 234 entries were received. The winners were decided by the final judging panels chaired by Professor Tony F Chan.
The HKAI is championed by the Government. It was launched in 2005 by merging the former Hong Kong Awards for Industry and the former Hong Kong Awards for Services, established in 1989 and 1997 respectively. The HKAI aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in pursuit of high technology and high value-added activities, and to commend excellence in various aspects of their performance.
The HKAI covers six categories: the consumer product design category organised by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the machinery and machine tools design category organised by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, the customer service category organised by the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, the innovation and creativity category organised by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the productivity and quality category organised by the Hong Kong Productivity Council, and the technological achievement category organised by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
The 2013 HKAI media partners are Hong Kong Economic Times, Metro Finance and Metro Finance Digital.
Ends/Thursday, October 24, 2013
Issued at HKT 19:32
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