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2 Jul 2009 FORTY-FOUR ORGANISATIONS ACE LEADING HR PRACTICES AT SINGAPORE HR AWARDS 2009 Two New Categories Underpin Importance of Sustainability
1. Come Friday 3 July 2009, Singapore will be celebrating the achievements of organisations whose leading HR practices have distinct them as the employers of choice at the Singapore HR Awards 2009. Organised and hosted by Singapore Human Resources Institute, the event recognises continuous breakthroughs in the HR Community.
2. This year saw a 19 percent increase in the number of submissions from 169 to 201 with newcomers such as Chevron, Standard Chartered Bank, Starbucks and Singapore Prison Service sharing their best HR practices for others to emulate.
3. Year 2009 also marks the inaugural launch of two new categories - Corporate HR Champion Award and HR Advocate Award. The Awards are conferred to organisations who have demonstrated continuous, effective, creative and proactive HR & People Management practices in the many aspects of HR.
4. Eleven companies bag the HR Advocate Award. Having conferred the Corporate HR Award for 3 years in a row, MacDonald’s Restaurants Singapore Pte Ltd will be honoured with the prestigious Corporate HR Champion Award.
5. Under the category of the Corporate HR Awards, the recipients include Chevron Singapore Group of Companies, IBM Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Power, SingTel, Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore, MacDonald’s Restaurants Singapore Pte Ltd, and Republic Polytechnic. 6. Mdm Ho Geok Choo, President of SHRI highlights the importance of practicing effective people management practices, “With intense globalization taking place, the importance of human capital management is critical especially during this difficult time. HR is set to play an even more significant role in Singapore’s future. We need to advocate HR excellence in businesses and employers. If we run companies well and distinctively, we will attract quality people and quality organizations which will certainly bolster our economy.”
7. Policies and HR schemes aside, drivers of HR practices will also be recognised for their hard work, relentless efforts and contributions to ensure that the workforce is geared to head on new challenges. CEOs will be honoured for championing and supporting HR practices in the organisation to address critical employee and organisational needs. HR Leaders will be appreciated for spearheading the HR team and driving human capital and organisational excellence. Both the CEOs and HR practitioners hold strategic roles in helping their companies to perform successfully in businesses through nurturing and developing a resilient, efficient and agile workforce.
8. Mr David Ang, Executive Director of SHRI highlights the importance of having good HR practitioners. He said, “It is important that the HR fraternity here makes progressive efforts to transform and evolve with time. They have to become change agents and better manage human resources. Times are bad and companies are tightening their belts. HR plays a pivotal role in helping to save cost, prevent job losses and be a strategic business partner within the organisation.”
9. The Singapore HR Awards 2009 will see some forty-four companies from various sectors ranging from SMEs, MNCs to Public sectors receiving the prestigious HR awards from Singapore Minister of State for Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Ms Yu-Foo Yee Shoon.
10. Singapore Press Holdings, Citibank and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital are amongst the 44 award recipients that will bag 2 and more awards. About 600 industry champions, HR chiefs and practitioners will be present to celebrate the achievements of organisations and individuals at the presentation gala. 11. We would like to invite your reporter and camera crew for the prestigious HR event. The programme for the day and a list of winning companies are attached in the Annexes. For more information, please call Ms Zuraida Junied (Asst. Manager, Marcoms) at 6438 0012 or email to zuraida@shri.org.sg Date: Friday, 3 July 2009 Time: 6.00pm - 10.00pm Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre, Padang/Collyer Ballroom
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