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Scope International Awards 21 Technopreneurs at ICT Competition Prize Ceremony

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 DECEMBER 2007- Scope International (M) Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank awarded 21 technopreneurs at the ICT Competition Prize Ceremony today. The prize ceremony was graced by the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Kong Cho Ha.

Julian Wynter, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad said, “This competition has completely validated our position that Malaysia is a world-class base for providing leading edge outsourcing solutions for global companies like Standard Chartered. Moreover, the wealth of ICT ideas unveiled during this event augurs well for this event to become an annual and important landmark event in the Malaysian ICT calendar of events.”

Scope International organised the national competition with the following objectives, namely:
· to spur and encourage ICT development amongst university students and ICT professionals;
· to help the government increase the pool of knowledge workers; and
· to encourage more students to enrol in ICT related courses.

Arif Siddiqui, Chief Information Officer and Head of Kuala Lumpur Global Shared Services Centre (KLGSSC), Scope International said, “Scope International’s national ICT competition reinforces our long-standing belief that there is an abundance of Malaysian ICT talent that is capable of conceptualising and implementing innovative ICT solutions and services that are second to none.”

The inaugural Scope International ICT Competition attracted 350 participants who submitted 145 entries – 109 for the professional category and 36 for the student category.

The winning professional entry was from the Columbus team comprising Mun Yee Phang and Jason Lee who received RM15,000, a plaque and a Certificate of Excellence for their project idea of using GPS technology and a Bluetooth headset to develop a high-tech sensing cane for the blind. The winning student entry was from the UV-ICU team comprising Quah Kah Hin, Chen Say Hong and Hooi Ling Goh of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) who received RM12,000, a plaque and a Certificate of Excellence for their project idea of using ultraviolet light and photodiode detection technology to help the blind detect counterfeit notes.

Five teams each from the professional and student categories respectively were shortlisted for the final round of judging. Shortlisted students entries represented both public and private tertiary institutions including Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Curtin University of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) and Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR).

Scope International推出ICT競賽

Scope International Launches ICT Competition Kuala Lumpur, Friday, 21 September 2007 – The Scope International ICT Competition was officially launched today by the Minister of Human Resources, YB Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr Julian Wynter, Chief Executive Officer Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia, Mr Edwin Nevis, Head Global Shared Services Centre KL & CIO Malaysia. Scope International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank.

In his opening speech Mr Nevis said:

“The main objective of this competition is to spur and encourage ICT development amongst university students and ICT professionals, support the government’s aspiration to increase the country’s pool of knowledge workers and offer competition winners potential recruitment opportunities at Scope International.”

In his welcome remark, Mr Wynter said:

“We are delighted to be able to support the Malaysian Government’s aspiration in developing Malaysia into a global ICT hub supported by world-class Malaysian knowledge workers.

“We believe this competition will serve as a platform to foster and showcase local ICT creativity as well as innovative business ideas and models. More importantly, we believe this competition will raise awareness of the country’s much needed ICT skills and talent and efforts by all parties in nurturing and developing them into global teams capable of managing cross-border IT-related roles.”

The competition will run for three months and will close in December. Entries will be judged by an independent panel of industry experts and academicians.

As part of its talent management and development in ICT, Scope International also work closely with local and regional universities and colleges such as the Multimedia University (MMU), Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) and Universiti Sains Malaysia in providing structured training for their undergraduate students.

About the ICT Competition 2007
The Scope International ICT Competition is a nationwide competition inviting University Students and ICT Professionals to submit their proposed business/ICT related innovative ideas. Participants could focus their ideas towards creating innovative consumer or trade solutions for banking, telecommunications, government, lifestyle, entertainment, or/and other any general business sector. Entries must be in the form of a written business proposal (not exceeding 1,500 words) in Microsoft word format.

This competition is open to all Malaysians, foreigners and permanent residents of Malaysia aged 18 and above. Foreigners should be working professionals locally employed or/and students in tertiary institutions. Each team must have a minimum of one Malaysian participant.

University students and ICT professionals can compete in teams comprising of two to five persons in each team. The pre-requisite for team participation is a minimum of one Malaysian per team.

The competition will be judged by a panel of judges comprising industry experts and academicians.