On 26th March 2004 TQM Consultants Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Society for Quality and SGS Hong Kong Ltd. have co-organized a seminar to introduce this specification. During the seminar, Dr. Aaron TONG from TQM, Mr. Vincent CHUNG from SGS and Mr. Karson CHUI from Hong Kong Society for Quality (Shared the case of Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Ltd.) have shared their practical experience in the perspective of business consultant, auditor and executor respectively. With Dr. TONG’s vivid and invaluable experience sharing, the participants have not only gained thorough understanding to the goal of TS16949, but also induced new insights of how to implement the system effectively.

Being conscious about the academic development of Quality Management, TQM has also sponsored the 2002/03 Student Project Competition, which aims at enhancing the interests of undergraduates in Quality Management. The award ceremony had been held after the seminar. The prizewinners of this year are Ms. Murphy LAM and Ms. CHAN Lai Man from HKU and Mr. MO Yiu Wing from HKUST. The champion is Ms. Murphy Lam, who has demonstrated outstanding performance in her project "A Study of Establishment of Performance Measurement System for Local Logistics Industry"