Which Western Australia (WA) organisation has won over Hong Kong and China?
The Textile Clothing Footwear Resource Centre of WA Inc. (TCFWA) has been awarded the Business Excellence Award at the Hong Kong Australia Business Association – WA Chapter Business Awards 2015 (HKABA-WA).
The award aims to recognise significant plans and actions in the commercial sector to and from Hong Kong and China.
TCFWA has been active in the region since 2002, participating in international trade shows and events such as Hong Kong Fashion Week, World Boutique Hong Kong, Gifts & Premium Fair Hong Kong, Interstoff ASIA Essential Fair Hong Kong, Intertextile Home Textiles & Apparel Textile Fairs Shanghai, Global China Sourcing Fairs Hong Kong and the China International Silk Fair Hangzhou.
It has also endeavoured to build micro-economic schemes, aiming to provide networks for women starting small sewing businesses in Asia.
TCFWA CEO Carol Hanlon believes it's a triumph for trade relations between Australia and Hong Kong.
“With our very long association with Hong Kong, TCFWA are thrilled to win this special award.
“This win also has extra special personal meaning to me.
“I was a visitor at the first ever Hong Kong Fashion Week held in 1977 as a designer of my own fashion label and since then have been working hard on developing trade opportunities for the TCF industry between both countries.”
TCFWA are now set to represent WA in the National Hong Kong Business Association Awards in Sydney later this year