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DHL/SCMP Business Awards marks 25th year

The DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2014 was launched yesterday.

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(Front row, from left) Johnny Kwan, the national president of Junior Chamber International Hong Kong; Ronald Yam, the divisional president for Greater China at CPA Australia; Robin Hu, the chief executive of SCMP Group; Ken Lee, the head of commercial for Asia-Pacific and managing director for Hong Kong and Macau at DHL Express; Richard Wong, professor of economics at the University of Hong Kong; Janice Choi of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; (back row, from left) Nick Edwards, the business editor of the SCMP; Raymond Lee, the managing director of strategy and business development at Citic Securities; Paul Salnikow, the chairman of the Executive Centre; Harold Wong, the managing director of Dah Sing Banking Group; Norman Lee, the managing director of Lee & Man Chemical; Sally De Souza, the group public relations manager at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group; Andrew Stokes, the managing director of ClarityEnglish; and Albert Chan, the head of commercial banking at HSBC. Photo: Sam Tsang

The DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2014 was launched yesterday at a luncheon in Hong Kong.

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"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong Business Awards. We started this in 1989. It has developed into Hong Kong's premier business award programme," said Ken Lee, the Hong Kong and Macau managing director of global logistics major DHL.

The number of award categories has expanded from four initially to nine now, Lee said.

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The judging for the awards will be held on October 17 and the results will be announced at a gala dinner on December 11.

The awards were established to encourage and sustain the region's entrepreneurial spirit and recognise excellence in corporate management and governance.

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