The Outstanding Membership Award gives tribute to the associations/ chapters for outstanding membership increase. Here are the winners of 2019: Grand Prize Winners Asia & Australasia Champion The Japan Hong Kong Society – Kochi Total Members: 64 Absolute Member Increase: 16.80 Absolute Percentage Increase: 84.00% 1st Runner-up Thai-Hong Kong Trade Association Total Members: 127 Absolute Member Increase: 16.65 Absolute Percentage Increase: 22.71% Europe Champion German Hong Kong Association Total Members: 95 Absolute Member Increase: 2.00 Absolute Percentage Increase: 3.32% North America Champion The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association – Winnipeg Section Total Members: 93 Absolute Member Increase: 28.71 Absolute Percentage Increase: 163.68% 1st Runner-up The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association – Ottawa Section Total Members: 38 Absolute Member Increase: 4.51 Absolute Percentage Increase: 41.11% Percentage Increase Achievers: Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China – Shenyang The Japan Hong Kong Society – Kochi Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc. Thai-Hong Kong Trade Association Hong Kong Association of Atlanta The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association – Ottawa Section The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association – Winnipeg Section * Measured by the Membership Award Standard, a mechanism to address regional difference