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Call Centre Association
E-newsletter - Mar, 2004
 
Index
New Executive Committee Members
Upcoming Events (Year 2004)
Special Events
Events Review
Special News
   
New Executive Committee for year 2004 has been selected in the AGM on 16 Jan 04
 
Position Name Working Company / Title / Email
Chairman Mr. Sidney Yuen HK Benchmarking Clearinghouse
Chairman & CEO
sidyuen@hkbc.org.hk
Vice-Chairman Mr. John Chiu AT Group Ltd
Managing Director
johnchiu@atgroup.com.hk
Secretary Mr. Peter Leung BT Hong Kong Ltd
Business Development Director
North East Asia
peter.leung@bt.com
Treasurer Mr. Ambrose Linn TNT Express Worldwide (HK) Ltd
Deputy Country General Manager
ambrose.linn@tnt.com
Marketing & PR Mr. Michael Cowell Teledirect Hong Kong Ltd
Managing Director
michael.cowell@teledirect.com.hk
Liaison Mr. Bennie Ho bennieho@yahoo.com
Work Process Improvement Mr. Chapman Lam Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Ltd
Manager, Service Operations
chapmanlam@gsbhk.com
Work Process Improvement Ms. Sally Fong Saggio (Hong Kong) Company Ltd
Customer Service Manager
sally.fong@saggio.com.hk
Technology Mr. Albert Chan Jardine OneSolution
Consultant Manager Telephony Application
awhchan@jos.com.hk
Professional Development & Training Mr. Rayland Chan 1823 Citizen;s Easy Link (Efficiency Unit, HKSAR Government)
Executive Manager
raylandchan@1823.gov.hk
Programs & Activities Mr. Ignatius Wong PCCW Contact Center Business
Assistant Vice President Regional Business
Ignatius.ys.wong@pccw.com
Call Centre Awards Ms. Claudia Schlesinger claudiaschlesingerhk@hotmail.com
 
   
Upcoming Events (Year 2004)
The activity calendar in Year 2004 is listed as below. Welcome your participation.
 
March Evening Seminar - Enhance the customer loyalty through better utilization of IVRS
March PRC Call Centre Site Visit - China Unicom Shenzhen Call Center
March HK Call Centre Site Visit - 1823 Citizen's Easy Link
(Efficiency Unit, HKSAR Government)
April Call Centre Industry Research Launch
April Evening Seminar - How to re-energize the workforce, increase loyalty and reduce staff turnover
May Call Centre Visit
May Evening Seminar - Incentives for Telemarketers
Jun CCA Award 2004 Launch & Briefing
Jun Evening Seminar - Call Centre Technologies
July Briefing of CCA Award 2004
July Evening Seminar - CS Professional Selection
August Networking Event
September Call Centre Industry Research Result Announcement
October CCA Award Presentation Ceremony
November CCA Award Winners Sharing Symposium
December Network Event + User Case Sharing
 
 
 
Events Review
   
1. Call Centre Visit to HK and Shenzhen
 
The Call Centre Association will organize regular site visits to leading call centres in Hong Kong and PRC. The visits are organized exclusively for CCA Members and provide opportunities for mutual learning and networking.

 
The exact time and place of gathering will be notified once the arrangements have been confirmed with the host organization. The visit group is limited to 20 persons, seats are reserved on a first-come-first-served based, act now to secure a place.
 
The visits schedule is as following:
(exactly date to be confirm) Time Site Visits
March 2004 To be confirm China Unicom Shenzhen Call Center
March 2004 To be confirm 1823 Citizen's Easy Link
(Efficiency Unit, HKSAR Government)
 
The visits are free. Please click here for seat reservation.
 
2. Evening Seminar in March & April
 
Evening Seminar - Enhance the customer loyalty through better utilization of IVRS (March 2004)
Evening Seminar - How to re-energize the workforce, increase loyalty and reduce staff turnover (April 2004)

 
Please click here for seat reservation.
 
 
 
Special Event
AGM
 
Our 5th Annual General Meeting plus Forum on Call Centre Industry Research was held on 16 Jan 04. Besides the AGM hosted by our Chairman, Mr Sidney Yuen, Treasurer, Mr John Chiu and the Secretariat. We invited Mr. Michael Cowell, our Marketing & PR presented the Call Centre Industry Research 2003. Also the speaker from EPRO Telecom Services Ltd, Mr Terry Leung, Software Manager shared us the topic " Double Your manpower, Half the Price"
 
The New Executive Committee of Call Centre Association (Year 2004-2006)
Mr. John Chiu, Mr. Ignatius Wong, Mr. Albert Chan, Mr. Michael Cowell, Mr. Sidney Yuen, Mr. Peter Leung, Mr. Bennie Ho, Mr. Chapman Lam, Mr. Rayland Chan, Ms. Sally Fong and Ms. Cindy Lui
Mr. Terry Leung, Software Manager of EPRO Telecom Services Ltd
Mr. Michael Cowell, Managing Director of Teledirect Hong Kong Limited
Call Centre Site Visit
Series of Call Centre Visits have been organised from Dec., 03 to Feb., 04
9 December 2003 Guangzhou Call Centre Site Visit
Guangzhou Channelbeyond Customer Care Co., Ltd
16 December 2003 Call Centre Site Visit
TNT Express Worldwide (HK) Ltd
6 January 2004 Call Centre Site Visit
PCCW Limited
12 February 2004 Call Centre Site Visit
INVESCO Asia Limited
 
Guangzhou Call Centre Site Visit
- Guangzhou Channelbeyond Customer Care Co., Ltd - 9 December 03
Ms. Michelle M. Yuan and Mr. Chapman Lam
Call Centre Site Visit - TNT Express Worldwide (HK) Ltd - 16 December 2003
Mr. Albert Chan and Mr. Ambrose Linn
Call Centre Site Visit - PCCW Limited - 6 January 2004
Mr. Albert Chan and Mr. Herbert Chee
Call Centre Site Visit - INVESCO Asia Limited - 12 February 2004
Ms. Hazel Cheng and Ms. Kerry Ching
Evening Seminar
A evening seminar on " The Best Service is no Service - The Amazon.com case study" was organized on 12 Jan 04 with the HK Direct Marketing Association. We invited Mr Bill Price, Founder and President of Driva Solutions to present his valuable experience on the Amazon contact analysis and techniques.
Interested members please click here to read the photos for the above-mentioned events.
 
Evening Seminar - "The Best Service in no Service
- The Amazon.com case study" - 12 January 2004
Mr. Bill Price, Founder and President of Driva Solutions
Evening Seminar - "The Best Service in no Service - The Amazon.com case study" - 12 January 2004
 
 
   
 
More News
 
Special News
 
Click-to-Chat web chat demonstration - CosmoCall Universe (CCU) IP based call centre solution was installed in our web-site. It aims at enhancing the website functionality with interactive chat feature for live service. With this enhanced feature, our association could provide online visitors with live, real-time, personalized customer service over the Internet by the state-of-the-art technology.
Please visit our website www.hkcca.com
More News from the Call Centre Sector
1. Customer Contact World - CRM & Contact Centres
31 March - 2 April 2004, Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.customercontactworld.com/2004/ccwa_MY
 
2. The 2nd Year China CRM Forum 2004
 
30-31 March 2004, Shanghai Hilton Hotel
http://www.greaterchinacrm.org/eng/forum2004/index.htm
http://www.greaterchinacrm.org/gb/forum2004/index.htm

 
 
 
   
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