On the 20
January 2017 at the Honda Malaysia National Dealers Convention, Ban Hoe Seng
was presented the 2016 CEO Award for Elite Dealer by Mr Akhbar Daniel, Honda
Malaysia Vice President of Marketing and Dealer Development to Ban Hoe Seng Sdn
Bhd Managing Director Mr Ignatius Chew Eng Lin.
The award
presentation was an acknowledgement of Ban Hoe Seng’s performance for the year
2016.
Ban Hoe
Seng’s awards presented by Honda goes way back to 1973 when it received an Award
“ for recognition of outstanding achievements in selling and
servicing Honda products”.
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| Ban Hoe Seng's Award in 1973. |
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| Honda founder and President Soichiro Honda (centre) during his visit with Ban Hoe Seng's Managing Director, Chew Choon Kok (right) and General Manager Yeoh Onn Kok (left) |
The
presentation of the award coincided with the visit of Honda’s founder and
President Soichiro Honda to Malaysia the same year.
This
tradition of excellence has been maintained ever since Ban Hoe Seng received the
“1st Honda Dealer of the Year award” in the year 1990 for both the Car and
Motorcycle category.
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| Ban Hoe Seng was Honda's "1st Dealer of the Year 1990" car category. Datuk Robert Wong (1st from left) Kah Motor Co, Ignatius Chew (4th from left) and M'Ani (last, Honda Japan) |
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| The motorcycle category was presented by Boon Siew - Honda |
The award
for the Car category was given by Kah Motor Co Sdn Bhd and for the motorcycle
category was presented by Boon Siew - Honda Sdn Bhd.
In 2009 it
again won the Car Dealer of the Year award and under the motorcycle category the
No 1 Dealer Sales Campaign.
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| 'Dealer of the Year Award 2009' |
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| 'Regional Dealer Award 2009' |
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| "Tech Challenge Award 2009' |
It repeated
its performance again in 2015 when it won the auspicious CEO Award.
The CEO
Award which came with a cash prize of RM 100,000.00 consists of several
categories. These are :-
- the Elite Dealer award
- Dealer Development Award. This award covers
5S cleanliness, Customer Satisfaction, Workshop, Servicing and Parts and
Insurance new sales new and renewable sales.
- the
Customer Satisfaction Award (won the first time). Ban Hoe Seng topped the list
and won under the Gold category which carried a cash prize of RM15,000.
- Dealer
Quality System (DQS) award, was another first for Ban Hoe Seng and this too
carried a cash reward of RM30,000.
For the CEO
Award that year Roslan Abdullah, the President and COO of Honda Malaysia came
personally to Ipoh to present the award to the Ban Hoe Seng Team.
The CEO
Award is now in its 5th year and was introduced to all Honda dealers as a form
of support and motivation from Honda Malaysia.
Since 1990
it has been receiving awards each year whether for the company and for
individual performances.
In 1991 it
received the Main Dealer Appreciation award from Boon Siew Honda.
In 2012, the
year it gave up the motorcycle main dealership it received an Award of Recognition for being “Honda Main Dealership for 54 years (1958 – 2012)” from
Boon Siew Honda
.
In 1984 there
was no award given for its achievement of a record breaking 92 cars sold in one
month but it received a congratulatory Certificate of Appreciation by Kah Motor
Co Sdn Bhd.
Ban Hoe Seng
for all its awards received over the years is truly a Tradition of Excellence.
