Congratulations to all candidates for their efforts in recruiting new members to their associations. The winners are filtered from the 28 associations/chapters/sections initially to 13, and finally down to 1 for each region. All 13 finalists (as listed below) are awarded a trophy for their marvelous endurance throughout the year, and the 3 winners are praised with an extra HKD $20,000 each for their very outstanding membership increases.

List of competing candidates for Outstanding Membership Award 2005:

Asia and Australasia (7)

Grand winner: The Japan Hong Kong Society- Kansai Chapter (Increase: 170.7%; Total no. of members: 222)

Finalists:
Hong Kong-Australia Business Association- South Australia Chapter
Hong Kong-Australia Business Association- Victoria Chapter
Hong Kong-Australia Business Association- Western Australia Chapter
Hong Kong-Singapore Business Association
The Japan Hong Kong Society- Chukyo Chapter
The Japan Hong Kong Society- Kansai Chapter
The Japan Hong Kong Society- Tokyo Headquarters

Europe (2)

Grand winner: Italy-Hong Kong Association (Increase: 37.5%; Total no. of members: 110)

Finalists:
Italy-Hong Kong Association
Norway-Hong Kong Trade Association

North America (4)

Grand winner: The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association- Winnipeg Section (Increase: 161.2%; Total no. of members: 128)

Finalists:
The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association- Winnipeg Section
The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association- Ottawa Section
Hong Kong Association of Southern California
Hong Kong Association of Northern California