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Issued by the Promotion
and Publicity Committee of BICTA 2006
Tuesday, 7th Novmeber 2006 - The
Brunei Darussalam delegation to Asia Pacific ICT
Awards (APICTA) 2006 competition held in Macau
S.A.R, China from 2nd – 5th November 2006
arrived back to Brunei Darussalam today.
The APICTA 2006 competition had
earlier concluded with the awards presentation
to the winners, merit achievers and
‘recognitions’ during the APICTA 2006 Gala Night
on Sunday, 5th November 2006. Brunei Darussalam
was among the 14 Asia Pacific countries that
competed in the 4 (four) day event.
Brunei Darussalam competing in 5
categories came out with a ‘Recognition Award’
in the Start-Up Company Category. Westegrets
Technology & Services Sdn. Bhd of Brunei
Darussalam won the ‘Recognition Award’ with its
project “Mobile Payment System, Point Payment
System, Community SMS”. In the Brunei ICT Award
(BICTA) 2006 held in September this year,
Westegrets Technology & Services Sdn. Bhd was
the winner of the Start-up Company category and
also won the newly introduced Patron Award as
the best of the best among the winners.
A total of 178 nominations were
judged during APICTA 2006 where the quality
level of the products had generally improved and
the competition amongst the entries was much
stiffer than the previous years.
The Brunei Darussalam APICTA team
that competed in APICTA 2006 in Macau S.A.R,
China comprises the following:
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No |
Company |
Product |
Category |
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1 |
WestEgrets
Technology & Services Sdn Bhd |
Pink Point
Payment Card, Mobile Payment System,
Community SMS |
Start-Up
Companies |
|
2 |
CfBT Education
Services (B) Sdn Bhd |
Key Skills
Comprehension & Summary Writing |
Education and
Training |
|
3 |
eSuria Mentari
Systems Sdn Bhd |
eSuria Rapid
e-Business Application Development |
Research &
Development |
|
4 |
The Rumbian
Nation |
OneBrunei.com
Mobile Directory J2ME |
Research &
Development |
|
5 |
Dalplus
Technologies |
Fusion |
Industry
Applications |
|
6 |
St George’s
School |
“Ultra-Ease” -
School Management System |
Secondary Student
Project |
The Nominee
Experience Sharing sessions that include
business networking and discussions were also
held in conjunction with the APICTA 2006
competition. Participants had the opportunity to
have ‘business matching’ and experience sharing
sessions amongst their regional counterparts
during the four day event.
The APICTA
Executive Meeting was also held during the event
and amongst others, the committee members agreed
on action plan for the future strategic
direction of APICTA as a stronger alliance
organising more activities to enhance ICT
industry development collaboration in the
region.
The Asia
Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) is an international
Awards Program aimed to increase ICT awareness
in the community and assist in bridging the
Digital Divide in the region. Participants of
the Awards Program are members of the APICTA
Network comprising of 14 member-economies
including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Hong
Kong China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The next APICTA
for the year 2007 will be held in Singapore in
the fourth quarter of the year, tentatively in
November 2007.
For more information on BICTA and
APICTA, please visit www.bicta.gov.bn and
www.apicta.com.
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