Kuala Lumpur: Sabah Publishing House Sdn Bhd (SPH) Managing Director, Datuk Clement Yeh, was among 15 captains of industries as well as enterprises from Sabah that were awarded at the 13th Asia Pacific International Honesty Enterprise-Keris Award 2014 at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel, here, Monday.Clement, who is also Kota Kinabalu Hokkien Association Chairman and Kian Kok Middle School Board Chairman, received the Honesty Entrepreneur Award from Federal Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin.Also present was Dr Doan Thanh No, the advisor to Vietnam's Prime Minister.
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The other three winners from Sabah who received the Honesty Entrepreneur Award were Remajaya Sdn Bhd's Group Managing Director, Datuk Chua Soon Ping, Sino Land Sdn Bhd Managing Director, Teo Chee Ming and Wong Nyet Swee, the owner of Mrs Nancy Lim School of Cooking & Baking.The Honesty Product Award category winners from Sabah were Kinsabayu Sdn Bhd for its La Vintage Restaurant which was received by its Chief Operating Officer, Gerald Goh and Sino Land Sdn Bhd which was represented by its Managing Director, Teo Chee Ming.
The Honesty Enterprise Award was given to 44 companies, included nine from Sabah.The winners from Sabah for this category are Airworld Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd, Borneo Tropical Holidays Sdn Bhd which was represented by Managing Director, Daniel Chong, Grand Merdeka Development Sdn Bhd by its Director, Chew Sang Hai, and Mrs Nancy Lim School of Cooking & Baking which was received by owner Wong Nyet Swee.
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Others include Innovatory Furniture Sdn Bhd which was represented by Chew Ah Kam, Juiceapac Sdn Bhd by Liew Chiew Kiong, Remajaya Sdn Bhd, Skyland Adventure (Borneo) Sdn Bhd by Lam Ming Piaw and SM Health Care Sdn Bhd by General Manager Helga Smith.Organising chairman Prof Dr Albert Tan said honesty is related to both words and actions and great companies and entrepreneurs should deliver what they had promised to the customers not only in good times but also in challenging times.
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"Honesty relates to the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."Profit is undoubtedly the ultimate goal of all businesses but it pays to be honest, unless you are in business to make a one-off profit and then plan to take the money and run."Honesty is always the best policy, and will continue to stay so for all time to come," said Dr Albert. He said the Asia Pacific Top Excellence Brand Committee constantly organised the Asia Pacific International Honesty Enterprise-Keris Award since 2002 to encourage honest and ethical business practices among entrepreneurs and companies.Since then, he said the award has grown by leaps and bounds, becoming one of the largest recognised international business awards in the Asia Pacific region, all thanks to the support of Asia Pacific Municipal Governments, business associations, professional organisations and media corporations.The award was organised by international organisations from 10 countries and nominees from more than 13 countries in the region and hailed by the China Central Television (CCTV) as the international business Oscar Award, he said."Over the past 13 years, we have awarded more than 500 outstanding companies, that have put honesty, ethics and integrity above all else in their business and corporations," said Dr Albert.This year, there was an additional 60 companies in the list of recipients from more than 800 nominations from 13 countries.
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The names of the winners will be published in the 'The Asia Pacific International Honesty Enterprise-Keris Award-Book of Records' and will be distributed throughout Asia by June 2015."The book provides an avenue to showcase successful companies with honesty and integrity, which have achieved excellence and is a perfect tool for companies to penetrate overseas markets," Dr Albert said.
