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Brendan Clift

The DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2015 were launched on Monday with a lunch at the Mandarin Oriental Landmark.
The deadline for nominations is August 14 and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on December 3.
“When we started the Hong Kong Business Awards 26 years ago, our aims were to encourage the region’s entrepreneurial spirit and to remind businessmen in Hong Kong to spare time to celebrate success,” said Ken Lee, the Hong Kong and Macau managing director of global logistics firm DHL.
As well as selecting a businessperson of the year, the awards include categories for executives, owner-operators and young entrepreneurs. There are also awards for China companies, international business and SMEs.
The judges of the awards include Professor Richard Wong Yue-chim of the University of Hong Kong, HSBC commercial banking head Albert Chan, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce CEO Shirley Yuen, and South China Morning Post business editor Nick Edwards.
Last year’s winners came from fields including transport and logistics, insurance, asset management, investigative services, jewellery, beauty and hospitality.
Robin Hu, the chief executive of SCMP group, said that the fraught political climate of the past 12 months was just another environmental factor for businesses. “We cannot detach ourselves, business-wise, from politics,” he said. “Neither do we want to be consumed by it.”
“This particular award really stands out at a time like this. In spite of the political challenge the city faces, the position of Hong Kong as a centre of excellence for business continues. I think Hong Kong will continue to overcome political challenges,” said Hu.
Ken Lee said he expected the awards to recognise businesses that prospered despite a difficult economic outlook. “If you’re a good businessman you always find a way,” he said. “When things are not going well, there’s always opportunity.”
 


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The judges for the awards include (seated, from left) Kenneth Chen, the divisional president for Greater China of CPA Australia; Robin Hu, the chief executive of SCMP Group; Ken Lee, the executive vice-president, commercial, Asia-Pacific, and managing director, Hong Kong and Macau, at DHL Express; Richard Wong, the professor of economics and Philip Wong Kennedy Wong professor in political economy at the University of Hong Kong; (back row, from left)  Albert Chan, the head of commercial banking at HSBC; Janice Choi, a director of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; Cheah Cheng Hye, the chairman and co-chief investment officer at Value Partners; Joyce Tsang, the chairman and chief executive of Modern Beauty Salon Holdings; Song Hoi-see, the founder and chief executive of Plaza Premium Lounge Management; Philic Man, a director of Global Investigation & Security Consultancy; Manu Melwani, the owner of Sam's Tailor; and South China Morning Post business editor Nick Edwards. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

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