Over the years,
there have been a number of ICT awards organized in
Hong Kong under various titles. Building on past successes
and experiences, the Hong Kong ICT Awards was established
as a collaborative effort among industry support organizations,
ICT professional bodies, academia and the Government
to build a large scale and internationally recognized
branding of ICT awards of Hong Kong. The Hong Kong ICT
Awards aims to recognize, promote and commend the excellent
achievements to which Hong Kong ICT professionals and
organizations contribute. The Awards also encourages
local practitioners to develop innovative and creative
ICT solutions, which will uplift the image of Hong Kong
ICT sectors, both locally and internationally.
Hong Kong Computer Society
("HKCS") is the organizer of the "Hong
Kong ICT Awards 2006: eLearning" (Formerly known
as the "IT Excellence Award")
with the objectives of recognizing and encouraging better
use of information and communication technology to enable
effective education and learning activities through
more personalized and automated means.
Hong Kong Computer Society
("HKCS") established the "HKCS –
IT Excellence Awards" in 1998 to recognize and
promote innovative and original design effort by outstanding
practitioners in the IT industry in Hong Kong. This
annual event has become a great tool to encourage the
use of IT, stimulate innovation and competitiveness
in the IT industry and raise public awareness of IT
application development.
Through the years, the
IT Excellence Awards has gained the recognition for
its objective professional initiative as well as its
brand of excellence in the IT products and service sectors.
Since its debut, there have been over 390 local applications
participated in this award scheme, of which, 251 came
from enterprises including government departments, 108
from SMEs and 33 from post-secondary institutions.
Since 2001, selected
winners of the Awards were nominated to participate
in the Asia Pacific Information & Communications
Technology Awards (APICTA), an annual regional event
which aims at stimulating economic and trade relations,
technology transfer and business matching opportunities
through regional co-operation. All contestants for APICTA
have to be nominated by the local government or national
computer societies. In Hong Kong the nominating organization
is the HKCS. Over the years, entries from Hong Kong
have garnered 84 awards in this regional competition
and made their marks not only in Hong Kong but also
in the international IT scene. Up to now entries from
Hong Kong have won more APICTA awards than any other
APICTA economies.
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