Hong Kong’s NextGen Logistician Awards 2025 discussion event held to acknowledge impressive young logistics skill (with images)
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The discussion event of Hong Kong’s NextGen Logistician Awards 2025 was held today (November 18) throughout the Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference 2025, identifying young skill in the logistics market who have actually made considerable accomplishments and revealed impressive capacity in ingenious, high-end, clever and green logistics.
The Awards is a yearly occasion for the logistics market promoted by the Transport and Logistics Bureau in the Action Plan on Modern Logistics Development, and is co-organised by different sectors of Hong Kong’s logistics trade with the assistance of the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council (LOGSCOUNCIL). It intends to applaud exceptional young logisticians and, through the success stories of the award winners, present brand-new advancement instructions of modern-day logistics to the general public with a view to drawing in more youths to sign up with the market to move its continuous development. Following the success of its inauguration in 2024, the Awards returned in its 2nd edition this year.
Speaking at the event, the Under Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Liu Chun-san, stated that he was grateful to see the recipients this year representing a large range of sectors, consisting of e-commerce fulfilment, engineering, technological development, container terminal operation and freight handling. That shows the multidisciplinary and cross-sector nature of Hong Kong’s logistics-hub status. He stressed that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue supporting logistics skill through different skill advancement efforts, consisting of sponsoring promo activities, supplying job-shadowing and internship positionings, and arranging school talks and check outs to logistics business for main and secondary school trainees, with a view to exciting the more youthful generation’s interest in modern-day logistics and motivating them to think about signing up with the sector in future.
Mr Liu likewise stated that the active involvement of market stakeholders and legal councilors is important to the advancement of Hong Kong’s logistics market. He motivated all citizens to cast votes on the ballot day of the Legislative Council General Election on December 7 to choose agents who are capable of and committed to contributing to a much better future for Hong Kong.
This year’s Awards included 2 classifications. An evaluating panel making up agents from the Government, LOGSCOUNCIL and logistics leaders chose the following 5 winners (in no specific order) through a two-stage adjudication procedure according to 5 significant requirements, specifically expert achievements, private contributions and dedication to the logistics market, constant knowing and self-development, management and pioneering endeavours/being a market first-mover:
Young Professional Award:
- Mr Cheung Horace Esmond (Aerovision Technology Limited)
- Mr Sin Ka-yin, Sky (Hongkong International Terminals)
- Mr Leung Pak-hong, Jeffrey (Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited)
Young Executive Award:
- Mr Chan Chi-yuen, Adrian (Hong Kong YunExpress Logistics Limited)
- Ms Lai Tsz-man, Karen (Ove Arup & & Partners HK Limited)
Ahead of the event, a trainee sharing session was held to link the recipients with trainee individuals, using insights into recipients’ profession journeys and experiences in conquering difficulties, therefore motivating the next generation to check out chances in logistics.
For more details about the Hong Kong’s NextGen Logistician Awards 2025, please see www.nextgenawards.org.hk/en/