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Customer Service Excellence Award 2003

 

Customer Service Excellence Award 2003

Our Customer Service Excellence Award was organized for the third time to recognize and honour member organizations and their employees for outstanding achievements in customer servcie. This annual event attracted 51 entries involving 3,900 frontline staff.


 

Customer Service Excellence Award for SME 2003

The Customer Service Excellence Award for SME was organized for the second time, in conjunction with the award for HKACE members. The objective was to recognize and reward the most dedicated enterprises and individuals who went the ‘extra mile’ in the pursuit of customer service excellence.


Panel of Judges

List of Panel Judges for HKACE Customer Service Award 2003
List of Panel Judges for HKACE Customer Service Award 2003 for SME
 
Mr Gordon Leung
Principal Assistant Secretary (Commerce and Industry)
Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau
Mr Chan Wing Kai
Head, Complaints & Advice Division
Consumer Council
Mr Sidney Yuen
Chairman
HK Benchmarking Clearinghouse
Ms Virginia Choi
President
Chairman, Training & Development Committee
Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management
Professor Michael Hui
Department of Marketing
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
Ms Maureen Siu
Assistant Director
Civil Service Training and Development Institute
Mr Felix Chan
President
The Hong Kong Chamber of Small and Medium Business Ltd.
Mr Albert Lau
Vice-Chairman
Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises General Association
Mr WN Kong
Customer Services Manager
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
 


Awardees - Members

   Function Award - Awardees
 Top Winner
  CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
Service Centre Operations
                     
     
 Gold
 
 Silver
   Bronze
  Hotline Service    

Hongkong Post
Philatelic Bureau Hotline Unit

    PCCW Limited
Call Centre Sales - IMS Customer Service Hotline
    The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.
KMB Customer Service Hotline
  Counter Service    
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
Service Centre Operations
    Cathay Pacific Airways
First Class Check-in Podium
   

The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.
KMB Customer Service Centres

  Field Service     Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Ltd. HP Services
Product Support Operation (Commercial PC)
    Shell Hong Kong Limited
Shell Gas (LPG)
   

HongKong Post
Speedpost Collection and Delivery Team

  Internal Support Service     Cathay Pacific Airways
HKIA - Development & Standards
    Shell Hong Kong Limited
Customer Service Centre
   

Standard Chartered Bank
Customer Experience & Quality Management


   Individual Award - Awardees
 Top Winner
  Ms. Wu Wing Yin, Vivian - Standard Chartered Bank
                     
     
 Gold
 
 Silver
   Bronze
  Hotline Service    

Mr. Ho Kim Ming, Kelvin
PCCW Limited

    Ms. Chan Mei Lei, Kitty
Standard Chartered Bank
    Ms. Wu Tak Nga, Daisy
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
  Counter Service    
Ms. Wu Wing Yin, Vivian
Standard Chartered Bank
    Mr. Au-Yeung Chi Fai, Fernando
The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.
    Ms. Wong Mei Cheung, Celina
CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd.
  Field Service     Mr. Lee Chung Wing
HongKong Post
    Mr. Ting Miu Sang
Shell Gas Operator - Team First Ltd.
    Mr. Kwan Kin Tak, Arthur
Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Limited
  Internal Support Service     Ms. Lo Wai Chung, Carrie
Cathay Pacific Airways
    Mr. Wong Yiu Keung
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
    Ms. Wong Chin, Doreen
Pacific Century Insurance Company Limited


Awardees - SMEs

   Organization Award
 Gold
 
Everbright Home for the Eldery
 Silver
  Sarelle International Co. Ltd.
 Bronze
  San Si Tang


   Individual Award
 Gold
 
Mr. Chong Wai Man, Johnny
Wing Lai Yuen Restaurant
 Silver
  Ms. Leung Koon Ho
Everbright Nursing Home
 Bronze
  Ms. Tam May Yuk Tammy
Hideo Wakamatsu

Panel Comment - Members

 
 Comments from Panel of Judges – Function Award
 Top Winner & Field Service – Gold Award
 
 


CLP Power Hong Kong Limited

Service Centre Operations

CLP Power is dedicated to providing customers with timely, convenient and caring Counter Service. The service strategy is well deployed and achieved through on-going service monitoring, training and incentive schemes. Training and regular team briefing are conducted to ensure all staff members are well aware of the service objectives and are fully committed to delivering service excellence. Various incentive schemes are in place to enhance and recognize exemplary performance, which is one of the objectives set by individual staff members and measured on the basis of also feedback from customers.


 
   
 Hotline Service – Gold Award
 
 


Hongkong Post

Philatelic Bureau Hotline Unit

Philatelic Bureau Hotline Unit focuses on the prompt customer service, which attempts to answer all phone calls within three rings. The unit arranges yearly gathering for members to collect customers’ feedback for service improvement. Regarding the service quality, internal briefing is held to ensure service consistency and information update, while various incentive programmes are used to heighten high standard customer service among staff.


 
   
 Counter Service – Gold Award
 
 


Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Ltd.

HP Services

Product Support Operation (Commercial PC)

The goal of the HP Services is to achieve the best Total Customer Experience (TCE). Staffs are developed on both product knowledge and customer service skills while supervisor will conduct on-site coaching to observe and ensure each member knows how to handle different situation. HP conducts monthly customer satisfaction survey on field service to make sure that service quality is in line with service pledge and follow-up calls are used to monitor service performance to ensure service pledges are fulfilled on a regular basis.

 
   
 Internal Support Service – Gold Award
 
 


Cathay Pacific Airways

HKIA - Development & Standards

Brainstroming sessions from cross-functional management revamped the “Service Straight from the Heart” service philosophy. Front-line staff commitment, understanding and teamwork are fostered through Service Champion and Customer Service Forums. This support section: First, creates an enabling environment for frontline staff in order to produce excellent customer services to our passengers. Second, it serves internal customers with passion. Third, it work on continuous improvement on external customer service standards. Moreover, the secondment and rotation programme enhances the scale of service reviews of every individual service staff. Close communication is maintained through various channels such as Staff Climate survey, frequent sharing session, performance review, staff focus groups, ‘iBelieve’ and ‘iSuggest’ programmes.

 
   
 
 Comments from Panel of Judges – Individual Award
 Top Winner & Counter Service – Gold Award
 
 


Ms. Wu Wing Yin, Vivian

Standard Chartered Bank

Vivian showed sincerity when dealing with customers. She always worn a warm smile and had eye contact with customers. She listened very carefully to customers and asked sensible questions to explore customers’ hidden desire and motives. Vivian gave thorough information to customers. She studied and made analysis of the customer’s portfolio before she mete up with them. In such a case, she could give tailor-made advice to suit customer’s need. She could easily gain trust from customers.

 

 
   
 Hotline service – Gold Award
 
 


Mr. Ho Kim Ming, Kelvin

PCCW Limited

Kelvin showed patience and empathy when showing customers how to handle the problems by phone. He explained the procedures well and systematically so as to allow customer to follow his instructions. He would try various ways to help customer to sort out the problems and would explain clearly and comprehensively according to customers’ literacy on computer. Kelvin was an expert of most computer softwares and he was able to identify their problems within a very short time and this excellent product knowledge enabled him to perform and solve customer’s queries smoothly and efficiently.

 
   
 Filed Service – Gold Award
 
 


Mr. Lee Chung Wing

HongKong Post

Mr. Lee showed his enthusiasm towards his job. He spoke in a gentle and polite manner. Mr. Lee responded and acted promptly to customer’s request and his follow up was thorough and efficient. He was polite and warm to the customers, always worn simile even he was on the way to customer. He was observant and could offer clients extra information that was outside his scope. As he was sociable and tried to stay friendly with everyone among his clients, so customers were glad to be served by him.

 
   
 Internal Support Service – Gold Award
 
 


Ms. Lo Wai Chung, Carrie

Cathay Pacific Airways

Carrie is empathetic to the trainees and is impartial when handling trainee’s development and problems. She would stay neutral and give valuable advice to help staff resolving customer complaints. She is a professional coach and shares good practice and knowledge with teammates. Moreover, she encourages staff to deliver excellence service skills. She is tactful in sharing her knowledge and uses deductive approach to make trainees realize their needs for improvement. With rich experience of working in the front-line, she understands the needs of frontline staff and is highly respected by staff.

 
   


Panel Comment - SMEs

 
 Comments from Panel of Judges – Organization Award
 Organization Award – Gold Award
 

 


Everbright Home for the Eldery

The three chalets are situated in an open field where each one is decorated with the idea of giving the residents a homely and cozy ambience. It has always been the belief of the establishment to provide a homely environment for its residents ever since it was founded. All the decorations and facilities are tailor-made to satisfy the needs of the residents. The management does his best to maximize the space in the establishment so that the residents can keep small animals e.g. tortoise as their companion and they are also encouraged to do some gardening. The establishment takes pride in its effective communication channel with the staff as well as the families of the residents. It is believed that having a good communication system in place would not only help to improve the quality of the establishment, it also helps to promote better understanding among staff, residents and their families. In the assessment, staff showed their kindness, which created a warm environment.

 

 
   
 Organization Award – Sliver Award
 

 


Sarelle International Co. Ltd.

Knowing that shoppers prefer to do their shopping in a relaxed and comfortable environment, the shop provides shoppers with sofas and magazines so as to allow them to sit back and relax during their shopping. The shop also appreciates that a good communication system is the key to success, and inside the shop there are a number of communication channels, including website, email, hotline and information booklets to collect ideas and suggestions from the shoppers. Shoppers’ opinions and suggestions are heeded and are used as reference to form business strategy in future planning. The management puts a lot of emphasis on staff training. During the mystery assessment, staff of different branches took the initiative of explaining and serving shoppers with enthusiasm. In order to enhance communication among staff and to further understand the operation of the shops, the management holds a monthly meeting with staff working at different branches.

 
   
 Organization Award – Bronze Award
 

 


San Si Tang

The shop is filled with the aroma and fragrance of quality tea leaves. All customers are served with a cup of tea as soon as they enter the shop. Customers can select and try their choice of tea before they decide on their purchase. Once they have selected their choice the staff prepare it for them and customers are under no obligation to buy anything. Staff are well trained and have good knowledge on different kinds of tea leaves and their functions. They take pleasure in explaining and demonstrating the proper way of making tea.

 
   
 
 Comments from Panel of Judges – Individual Award
 Individual Award – Gold Award
 

 


Mr. Chong Wai Man, Johnny

Wing Lai Yuen Restaurant

“Work for the guest” is t he motto of Mr. Chong. And without doubt Mr. Chong displays such an attitude in his daily work in the restaurant. He serves all customers (be it old patrons or new customers) with sincerity; he always wears a warm and welcoming smile. Not only does he entice the customers with mouth-watering dishes and dessert, he also enquires about the quality and opinions of the diners after their meals. He takes notes carefully and is well aware of the importance of making the customers feel at home.

 
   
 Individual Award – Silver Award
 

 


Ms. Leung Koon Ho

Everbright Nursing Home

“Ms. Leung treats the residents with patience and attentiveness. She understands the meaning of compassion and does her best to make the lives of the residents as pleasant and dignified as possible. She understands and does her best to satisfy the requests of the residents and treats t hem with tenderness as well as listening to them patiently.

 
   
 Individual Award – Bronze Award
 

 


Ms. Tam May Yuk Tammy

Hideo Wakamatsu

“Ms. Tam is friendly and serves the customers with care. She is courteous and enthusiastic even when dealing with difficult customers. She warms to the customers naturally and offers them the service they require. There was no sign of her ‘hard-selling’ to any customers during the on-site assessment. Her patience and warm smile are her best assets.