Gamers Score Prizes in VirtualMalaysia.Com’s ‘Mega Sale Mania: Tag the Bag’ Online Contest

Kuala Lumpur, 19 August 2008: VirtualMalaysia.com, the official e-tourism portal for the Ministry of Tourism recently presented prizes to gamers who came up tops in the online ‘Shopping Mania: Tag the Bag’ contest organised in conjunction with the Malaysian Mega Sale Carnival 2008. The contest, which runs from 16 June to 31 August 2008, is part of VirtualMalaysia.com’s 11-week campaign to promote shopping throughout Malaysia.

A winner will be announced each week and the top scorer will get a variety of fantastic prizes, which will differ from week to week. There are two ways of scoring points – the first is by ‘tagging’ the bags as required in the game, and the second is by referring friends to the contest. Within the first week, friends Soo Jenn Yehh and Pua Su Leng scored 703 points and 590 points respectively after numerous attempts. They played the game together and both won on the same week. To date, gamer Siti Samsiah Sulaiman tagged the most bags and scored an astounding 1071 points within 20 seconds. Another participant, Florina Daumin scored a total of 2305 points by referring 406 friends to the contest on week nine. Participants earn five points for every valid email.

The weekly winners each won RM100 worth of shopping vouchers sponsored by retail outlets all over Malaysia. Zon Hotel sponsored a 2D/1N stay including two dining voucher for the second week winners. After eight weeks of running the contest, participants had won a total of RM5000 worth of prizes.

Encik Rohizam Md Yusoff, CEO of VirtualMalaysia.Com, urges everyone to participate in this simple online game. “The contest runs till end August and there are still plenty of prizes to be won.”

The contest is sponsored by Citibank, MasterCard, Gap, Suria KLCC, The Mall, Zon Johor, Gurney Plaza, Kiara Holidays, Dragon-I, Swiss Garden Hotel KL and many others. Prizes include shopping vouchers, holiday packages, and a whole gamut of shopping goodies that both local and international ‘shopaholics’ should not miss.

Tag the Bag is a simple online game which requires the contestant to collect points by catching as many shopping bags as possible within 20 seconds, or by referring the contest to as many people as possible.

To participate, simply log-on to www.virtualmalaysia.com and click on ‘Mega Sale Mania: Tag the Bag’ to start the game.

参赛者在VirtualMalaysia.Com的‘Mega Sale Mania: Tag the Bag’网上有奖竞赛赢取丰富奖品

吉隆坡，2008年8月19日: 旅游部官方电子旅游网站VirtualMalaysia.com最近颁发奖品给‘Shopping Mania: Tag the Bag’网上有奖竞赛的优胜者。这项从2008年6月16日到8月31日止的竞赛是配合2008年大马购物嘉年华而举办，也是VirtualMalaysia.com为期11星期的全国购物的部分宣传活动。

主办当局将在每星期宣布优胜者名单，获得最高分数者将赢取各种丰富奖品。每周将由不同的赞助商赞助不同的奖品。参赛者可通过两个方式获取分数—第一种是在游戏中‘点击’购物袋；第二种则是介绍朋友参加这项竞赛。结为好友的Soo Jenn Yehh及Pua Su Leng 在首个星期做出多次尝试后分别获得703及590分。至今，Siti Samsiah Sulaiman点击最多的购物袋，在短短20秒内获得1071分，遥遥领先。另一名参加者Florina Daumin在第九个星期则介绍406名朋友参加竞赛，共获得2305分。参加者可凭每封有效电邮获得5分。

每周优胜者可赢取由国内零售商店赞助价值100令吉的购物礼券。其中，Zon酒店赞助2天1夜酒店住宿，包括两张餐饮礼券给第二星期的优胜者。参赛者在这项竞赛举行了8个星期后，共赢走了总值5000令吉的奖品。

VirtualMalaysia.Com首席执行员Rohizam Md Yusoff先生呼吁所有人参加这项简单的网上游戏。“这项竞赛将在8月底截止，因此还有许多奖品待赢取。”

这项有奖竞赛由Citibank、MasterCard、Gap、Suria KLCC、The Mall、Zon Johor、Gurney Plaza、Kiara Holidays、Dragon-I、Swiss Garden Hotel KL及其他商家赞助。送出的奖品包括购物礼券、旅游配套以及本地及国际‘购物迷’所不容错过的一系列购物礼品。

点击购物袋（Tag the Bag）是一项简单的游戏，参赛者需要在20秒内尽量点击最多的购物袋，或者把这项竞赛尽量介绍给所有人，以累计分数。

有兴趣参加者只需要登入 www.virtualmalaysia.com 及点击‘Mega Sale Mania: Tag the Bag’，即可开始这项游戏。