Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008: Best Business (Application) Award and
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008: Best Business (Application - SME) Award

This award stream honours and promotes examples of successful and effective in-house application of IT to heighten the competitive advantages of company products or services. The judging criteria focus on functionality, productivity, competitiveness, cost performance, and societal impact and innovated use of technology. The Awards will be given to the organisations that have successfully incorporated information technology into existing business operations.


Definition of the SME of the Best Business Award

This award stream is exclusive for the SMEs in Hong Kong. Manufacturing companies with less than 100 employees or servicing companies with less than 50 employees are regarded as SMEs. (For definition of SMEs, please visit http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/aboutus/publications/smes/smes04_chapter2.html)

Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008: Best Business (Product) Award

This award is granted in recognition of outstanding achievements in technological innovations. Its judging criteria are based on functionality, innovation, marketing performance, cost performance, research & development resources, and societal impact.


Gold, silver and bronze awards will be presented in three award

streams respectively. One of the gold award winners among the three streams will be selected winner of the HKICT Award 2008: Best Business Grand Award and nominated to compete for the ultimate accolade of the "Hong Kong ICT Award of the Year".