Good News for SME Employees on  Skills Training and Further Education

We take pleasure to announce a "special promotion scheme"   following the Government's SME Funding Scheme (Training Fund).

Who are eligible (extract from SME Web):

• Employees of eligible SMEs (employees < 50, or < 100 for manufacturers)
• Nominated by Employers
• Scope: job related training or educational courses

Reimbursement:

• Up to $15,000 ($5000 for employers, $10,000 for employees)
• Up to 50 % of course fee

What we offer that might suit you:

• Specialized In-house Training on IT Productivity Skills
• Specialized In-house Training on Business Skills
• Public Courses on Technical IT Skills
• Public Courses on IT and Management Degrees and Diplomas

Further Information?

http://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/eng/eng_main.html

Disclaimer: The approval is subject to relevant government body decision and fund availability / course eligibility may be subject to variation. Information is extracted from government source and accuracy may be subject to change.

SME Training Fund 

Max Grant Up to HK$ 15,000

Quotas are limited! First-Come-First-Served!

(extract from HKSAR SME Funding Web Site):

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Hong Kong's economy, and the driving force of our economic development.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) attaches great importance to supporting Hong Kong's SMEs. To support the SMEs to cope with the economic developments, the Chief Executive, in his Policy Address in October 2001, accepted the Report on Support Measures for SMEs submitted to him by the SME Committee in June of the same year, and set aside $1.9 billion to establish four funding schemes with a total commitment of $7.5 billion to help SMEs to secure loans to acquire business installations and equipment, open up markets, boost training and enhance their competitiveness.

SME Funding Scheme

For each successful application, the grant will cover 50% of the training expenses directly incurred or the balance of the maximum cumulative amount of grant that the Applicant may receive under the relevant category (i.e. "Employers' Training" or "Employees' Training"), whichever is less.

The maximum amount of grant, on a cumulative basis, that each SME may obtain for "Employers' Training" is $5,000, and that for "Employees' Training" is $10,000. Businesses with different Business Registration numbers (based on the first 8 digits) will each be regarded as an individual and separate business.

Scope

The training must be relevant to the Applicant's business operation in order to be eligible for the STF. These include:

1. training courses provided by professional local or overseas training organisations (including distant learning and online learning); and
2. training courses commissioned by the Applicants to suit their particular needs and conducted by experienced and professional local or overseas training organisations or instructors.

ABRS Professional Learning Services   

Established in 1990, ABRS is committed to provide quality IT and Management Training Courses. Up to now, We have trained up over 20,000 people for large corporations and SMEs.

In the coming months, we are going to offer the following customized  training for SMEs:

IT Skills Group Accelerated Training: ????????

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-          MS Office 2000 Basic/ Intermediate/Advanced Level :

-          MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Frontpage

-          Mastering Web Page / Internet Skills

Business Accelerated Skills: ????????

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-          Effective Telephone Selling

-          Customer Service Excellence

-          High Performance Team Development Workshop

-          China Business Law for SME

-          Advanced Diploma for SME Owners/Managers

IT Specialist Training for SMEs: ???????????

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-          CISSP Security Professional Certification (March 18, June)

-          PMI Project Management Professional (April 12,2002)

-          Sun Java Certification (March,2002)

-          MCSD Certification (June,2002)

-          Linux Certification (June,2002)

Enroll our A3xxx,A7xxx public courses, you only need to pay 50%  tuition fee. Residual payment will be subsidized by SME Training Fund!!!! 

For the overseas degree programs, HK$10,000 tuition fee deduction can be granted ! (Subject to the no of staff to be sponsored by your company)

Application Procedures

Please note the followings when completing the Application Form for Grant (Application Form):

1. an Applicant needs to fill in an Application Form for each category of application (i.e. "Employers' Training" or "Employees' Training"), and/or each training course;
2. application must be submitted before the commencement of the training course, and the training course shall commence no later than 3 months from the date of application; and
3. if more than one trainee will attend the same training course, the Applicant needs to complete Section C of the Application Form for each of them using the Appendix of the Application Form. Please sign and staple all additional pages together with the Application Form when returning the application.

The following supporting documents shall be submitted together with the Application Form:

1. a photocopy of the valid Business Registration Certificate of the Applicant;
2. a photocopy of the valid Hong Kong Identity Card of each trainee; and
3. a copy of the brochure or outline of the content of the training course to be attended by the trainee(s).

Applications shall be submitted to the Trade and Industry Department (TID) in any of the following ways:

Details of ABRS training programs and SME Training Fund,

Please contact Ms. Chloe Ng on 25984811

  Email: marketing@abrs.com.hk