Young Entrepreneur Award

Award assessment

criteria Young Entrepreneur Award

The Young Entrepreneur Award is awarded to Hong Kong’s best and brightest young entrepreneur from an enterprise for their entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen. Checklist * Please check that you fulfil the following award criteria before completing the nomination form The nominee is: • A Hong Kong permanent resident • 40 years (or below) by 30 June 2015 • The Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of the enterprise • Own the majority controlling interest (51 per cent or above) of the enterprise • Is involved in the enterprise’s daily management (for a minimum of 3 years by 30 June 2015) The SME is: • Only a maximum of one (1) nominee from one enterprise can be nominated for each category. Enterprises can nominate themselves or their peers for the awards • 100 employees or fewer (manufacturing enterprises) OR 50 employees or fewer (non-manufacturing enterprises) • Minimum of HK$15 million in revenue per annum. (The minimum revenue per annum amount is for reference only. In the case the yearly revenue is below, the application will still be considered and evaluated by the working committee and panel of judges for their eligibility to entering and winning the award) • Been incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong, and has a principal place of business in Hong Kong with a minimum of 51 per cent local equity • Been in operation for at least three years (as at 30 June 2015) and have audited financial statements • Not listed (or approved for listing) on any securities, futures, stock or commodities exchange • Not a subsidiary of a public listed company • Holding companies or subsidiaries are eligible (However, if the holding company participates, all its subsidiaries will not be eligible) • Have profit tax return for the years ending 2013 and 2014 (To maintain confidentiality, the profit figures of participating companies will NOT be publicly released)

The award

category criteria The following weighting will be given to the nominee’s leadership and achievements

Entrepreneurial spirit (20%)

Developed and realised an original business concept and vision

Adaptability (20%)

Demonstrated the ability to adapt to changing business environment, economic landscape and regulatory policies

Business ethics (20%)

Adhered to industry best practices and excellence in ethical business behaviour

Leadership and management (20%) Demonstrated strong leadership skills and employee management Innovation (20%)

Implemented innovative business solutions to improve productivity, services, products or business performance

Entrepreneurial spirit

20% Innovation

20%

20%

20%

Adaptability

20%

Leadership & management Business ethics

Nomination Form - Young Entrepreneur Award STEP 1: Check that you fulfil the award criteria STEP 2: Fill out the following details SECTION A:

Nominator’s details

Name

Job title

Company Telephone Number

Email address

Nominee’s details Name

Job title

Company Telephone Number

Email address

Business registration number

Established since

Corporate website

SECTION B:

Nominee’s company description

(100 words maximum)

Nominee’s biography: (100 words maximum)

SECTION C:

Award category details

Please describe the young entrepreneur’s accomplishments under the following headings: Entrepreneurial spirit: Developed and realised an original business concept and vision (100 words)

Adaptability: Demonstrated the ability to adapt to changing business environment, economic landscape and regulatory policies (100 words)

Business ethics: Adhered to industry best practices and excellence in ethical business behaviour (100 words)

Leadership and management: Demonstrated strong leadership skills and employee management (100 words)

Innovation: Implemented innovative business solutions to improve productivity, services, products or business performance (100 words)

STEP 3: Submit documents By signing and submitting this nomination form, the nominee has read through the Enterprising Hong Kong Awards 2015 nomination details and consent with the stated rules and regulations. The nominee declares that the information given is correct to the best of his/her knowledge. Award results are final and cannot be appealed. Personal data provided on the nomination form will only be used for processing, assessing and consideration of nominees for the Enterprising Hong Kong Awards and subject to compliance with all relevant laws and regulations including but not limited to those in relation to personal data privacy.

Submission checklist: This submission checklist is your guide to ensure you have submitted the necessary documents for the Enterprising Hong Kong Awards. • Nomination form (completed and signed by management team with company chop) • Copy of the Business Registration Certificate

Name*

• Copy of the Profit Tax Return for the years ending 2013 and 2014

Title

• DVD/CD of supporting documents (maximum 10) (i.e. press releases, awards won, online news stories. NO videos/books)

Signature* (with company chop)

Date *Accept only name and signature from the CEO / Managing Director / Financial Controller / Director. **Nomination form must be completed and signed. Incomplete nomination form will NOT be considered.

• Nominee’s digital photo (JPEG format, colour, head shot, file size at least 1MB) (this will be used for event marketing and promotion purposes) • Corporate’s logo (Need both JPEG & AI formats) (this will be used for event marketing and promotion purposes) Mail to: South China Morning Post Events and Conferences Team (‘Enterprising Hong Kong Awards 2015’) 3rd Floor, Morning Post Centre, 22 Dai Fat Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, New Territories, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2680 8902 Email: [email protected] Deadline for nomination: 31 July 2015