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                            | Application 
                              Award - Certificate of Merit |   
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                                  |  | Tendering 
                                    Application Service (e-TAS) for Shui On Construction 
                                    and Materials Submitted 
                                    by Shui On Construction & Materials Ltd 
                                    and Global e-Business Services Ltd
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                            | e-TAS 
                                is an Internet-based highly secured electronic 
                                tendering application service developed and operated 
                                by GO-Business for Shui On Construction & 
                                Materials Ltd. e-TAS leverages on GO-Business' 
                                experience in developing and operating the world's 
                                first Government-to-Business Internet-based electronic 
                                tendering system, ETS for the Hong Kong SAR Government 
                                with specific adaptation to the special requirements 
                                in the Construction industry.
 
 
  e-TAS 
                                transforms the conventional manual and paper-based 
                                tendering process in the construction industry 
                                to a user-friendly and highly secured electronic 
                                process that reduces significant operation cost 
                                for construction companies like Shui On Construction 
                                and Materials. In this service, GO-Business not 
                                only acts as a technology partner for Shui On, 
                                but also provides consultancy services to streamline 
                                internal procurement and tendering processes through 
                                a full range of business support services including 
                                supplier/subcontractor administration, training 
                                and hotline support, etc. 
 
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                                  | "A full range 
                                    of tools currently adopted by 5,000 of the 
                                    company's 8,000 agencies. Further promotion 
                                    of this full range of tools will help to widen 
                                    the already favourable societal impact." |  
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