News from GITPA (June 2020)

Greetings from the new GITPA Ex-Co

At the beginning of the new term, we wish to take this opportunity to thank members and friends of GITPA for your continual support and participation. Members are more than welcome to contact any of us to express your views and convey your ideas on matters relating to the Analyst/Programmer Grade.

As always, we are on the way to prepare a variety of recreational activities for you. Further updates will be announced in upcoming GITPA news, the GITPA Blog on Knowledge & Information Collaborative Platform (KICP) and our website: gitpa.org.hk. Stay tuned!

GITPA 40^TH ANNIVERSARY Souvenirs

In celebration of the 40^th anniversary, we have prepared two unique souvenirs:  Foldable Hand Fan and Multifunction Ball Pen with QR Code, which have been distributed to members by site representatives. We hope our members would enjoy these delightful and practical souvenirs for this memorable event. If you have not received the souvenirs yet, please email us and we will make arrangements as soon as possible.

 

 

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (May 2020)

2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2020 GITPA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 13 May 2020 (Wednesday) at the Conference Room 1509 (15/F, Wanchai Tower).  In the meeting, the ExCo gave an account of GITPA’s work as well as the financial position in the past year.  The new ExCo 2020-21 was also duly elected.  We would like to thank all the members for their help and support to make this AGM successful amidst the pandemic.

Please meet our new ExCo for year 2020-21.

Left to Right:

(back) Ida LEE, Phyllis LEUNG, PC WAI, James FOK, Holman TAI, Andrew HO, Alpha WONG, Albert CHAN, Ken WONG, Angus TAM, Andrew FUNG, Richard WONG, Charles CHENG

(front) Winston LEUNG, Janice TANG, Julian YUEN, Oscar U

(not in photo) Hebe LAU

For detail list of GITPA ExCo 2020-21 committee and supporting members, please visit: https://gitpa.org.hk/gitpa-executive-committee-2020-21/

 

 

GITPA Ex-Co 2020-21

News from GITPA (April 2020)

Postponement of「GITPA今宵昨日40載晚宴」

The COVID-19 pandemic remains severe around the globe.   To minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the community, the 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner originally scheduled on 13 May 2020 (Wednesday), has been postponed until further notice.

For members and friends who have ordered the souvenirs, we will contact you about the pickup arrangement after receiving the goods.

2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The 2020 GITPA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 13 May 2020 (Wednesday) at the Conference Room 1509 (15/F, Wanchai Tower).  We will share our work in the year 2019-20.  New GITPA ExCo for year 2020-21 will be also elected.  All GITPA members are cordially invited to attend the AGM as your participation is instrumental to the success of GITPA.

In order to work together to prevent the spread of COVID-19, , we will implement precautionary measures for the AGM to ensure the health and well-being of all members.  These measures include body temperature check at the entrance, mandatory wearing of own surgical mask to join the meeting, maintaining appropriate distance between seats, etc.  If you cannot attend the meeting, please send us your proxy form.

It is a difficult time for all of us.  We hope you are all in good health, and the Coronavirus pandemic will soon be over.  Keep fighting!

 

 

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20

News from GITPA (February 2020)

Postponement of event

In response to the recent development of new coronavirus disease, the hiking activity「GITPA – 鼠年新春行大運」which was originally scheduled for 8 February 2020, will be postponed until further notice.

In the face of the epidemic, please pay attention to personal hygiene and take good care of your health.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GRADE MANAGEMENT

Recently, some of the colleagues were taking part in the special task force to assist in fighting the epidemic.  Some colleagues had reflected their concerns on the working arrangement and GITPA thus issued an email to OGCIO Grade Management Team, making recommendations on some areas of improvement on 20 February 2020.  We hope that the suggestions will allay colleagues’ worries and allow them to perform this meaningful work with greater peace of mind and better confidence.  

We will win this anti-epidemic war when we all commit the best we are!

 

 

 

 

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20

News from GITPA (January 2020)

News from GITPA (January 2020)

Coming activities

Happy New Year of 2020!  We wish you good health, happiness, and success in the coming year and always!

We all long for a new activity for us to gather again.  GITPA will hold the hiking event after Lunar New Year, as a good chance for all of our members and friends to enjoy nature together.  This year, the「GITPA — 鼠年新春行大運」will be held on 8 February 2020 (Saturday).  The route we planned is the famous “Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail”.  The trail used to be a key route for villagers to communicate and do trade with the outside world in the old days.  Now it is a trail to connect urban people and nature.  The country trail enjoys a 180-degree panorama of Tsing Yi, Rambler Channel, Ting Kau Bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge, and Lantau Island.  Come join us and you will be amused by the stunning countryside view of Hong Kong!

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GITPA 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner

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The long-awaited GITPA 40^th Anniversary Gala Dinner is coming!  The theme of the dinner is

“今宵昨日40載”.  It is not only an event to celebrate and throwback the good old days, but also the best occasion to connect our future and the past, the junior and the senior. 

Details will be given later and hope to see you in the dinner!

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL EXERCISE 2020

You may notice that our annual membership renewal exercise has been kick-started.  Our GITPA representative of your site will soon contact you for the renewal arrangement.  The annual membership renewal fee is HK$25, while the one-off membership fee for life membership is HK$600.  For colleagues who join GITPA the first time, there is an entrance fee of HK$20.  Members of the year 2020 will receive the 40^th Anniversary souvenir later!

Please continue to join and support GITPA as only we unite, the stronger the power we will have!

 

 

 

 

 

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20

News from GITPA (December 2019)

News from GITPA (December 2019)

GITPA – 40周年標誌設計比賽投票結果

Thank you so much for your active voting!  After an exciting round of voting, the result finally came!

The choice No. 7 received the highest number of votes (112 votes!) and became the winner of the logo competition.  Congratulations to the winner, Miss LEE Wing Tung, Eva (APII/EEA2, EMSD)!

She will be awarded the $500 supermarket coupons and the certificate of appreciation.

The design will be printed on the celebration souvenirs and publications for all the members to keep forever.  It will also be committed to the history of GITPA!

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We are planning to hold another event to collect the memorial moments from our members along the journey of being a professional Analyst/Programmer!  Take a look at your favourite photo album, could you find some interesting and precious photos taken during our activities or any working environment?  We encourage you to share them with us. 

Details will be given later and hope you will support us as always!

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20

News from GITPA (November 2019)

News from GITPA (November 2019)

GITPA – 40周年標誌設計比賽投票

We think you should vote for your choice among the eight fabulous designs we have received from our colleagues in KICP!  Thanks so much to the participants for their creativity and time.  Indeed it is difficult to choose the best one.  It would be good if we could use all the logos for different products.  Anyway, the highest voted design will be printed on the souvenir, which we target to give it to our members as a memorial gift.

Another big event will be the GITPA 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner.  We would invite all the AP Grade colleagues and friends to gather together on this beautiful night.  More details will be shared in due course.

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So which one is the winner?  You will know the result in our next issue.  Stay tuned as always!

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20

News from GITPA (October 2019)

News from GITPA (October 2019)

Meeting with OGCIO grade management

The meeting between GITPA and OGCIO Grade Management had be held on 21 August 2019.  We discussed several topics which our members most concerned about.  For example, we noticed some colleagues had resigned recently which we worried about if the cases were related to the increase of workload.  According to information collected by grade management, there were various reasons for them to decide to quit the job.  We suggested to arrange more stress management training and Grade Management affirmed that the OGCIO Training Section had been organizing training courses on stress management and more classes could be arranged if needed. Another topic we would like to highlight was the annual staff deployment planning exercise.  We found that not many colleagues were well informed before their deployment plans were submitted. Grade Management agreed that line management should discuss and agree with their staff for the release plans.  They will provide a clearer reminder in the next exercise to line management.

The full minutes had been uploaded to the OGCIO portal (link to download) and we encourage you to provide any feedback and suggestion to us for the next meeting scheduled on January 2020.

GITPA – 40周年標誌設計比賽

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We have issued the logo design competition invitation and already received the creative designs from colleagues!  The KICP voting system for all colleagues to vote for the best design will be open soon.  The award-winning designer will be rewarded with a $500 supermarket coupon and the logo will be printed on the GITPA 40th Anniversary souvenir collections!  Please stay tuned for our updates in the next issue!

GITPA Ex-Co 2019-20