Kuala Lumpur, 2 December 2005 - During an impressive Awards Ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur this evening, a prestigious jury named Y Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lim Kok Wing of Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology as Malaysia's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2005, chosen from a selection of 15 outstanding entrepreneurs, each and everyone of them, leading captains of industry in their own right.

Y Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lim Kok Wing received his Award from YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia at a glitzy Awards Gala Night. In addition to receiving the Country Award, Y Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lim was also named the recipient of the Master Entrepreneur Of The Year® award.

Three other awards were presented this evening.

Mr Chan Moon Kien of Moon FX Sdn Bhd was named the Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year. Recognisably one of Malaysia's key figures in advertising, filmmaking, animation and special effects, Mr Chan has been involved in the industry for nearly 20 years. His wide ranging experience, spanning across the continents coupled with an impressive list of international accolades to his name, led him to become an influential figure in Malaysia's development of post production over the past decade. Since Mr Chan formed Moon FX - a cutting edge design and animation studio, which offers an impressive range of services through state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure in late 2001, he and the studio have created an indelible impact towards the Malaysian post production industry. In four years MFX has won 51 international awards including New York Festival 2005, Australia Effects & Animation Festival(AFAF) 2002 - 2004, Citra Pariwara Awards Indonesia 2003 and Asia Pacific Advertising Festival 2004. Besides being an advisor to the Faculty of Creative Multimedia at The Multimedia University, Mr Chan is also the founder of the Malaysian Video Awards Festival, a festival dedicated to the development and growth of the various crafts of filmmaking which is in its tenth year.

Mr Goh Peng Ooi of Silverlake System Sdn Bhd was named the Technology Entrepreneur Of The Year. With a keen interest in Science and Mathematics, Mr Goh Peng Ooi was offered a Mombusho scholarship to study nuclear physics in Japan. He graduated in 1980 from the prestigious University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electronics. Upon his graduation, Mr Goh started his career with IBM. He was a sterling performer, receiving numerous recognitions from IBM for his many outstanding accomplishments. In June 1989, Mr Goh decided to venture out to set up his own software development company, Silverlake System. With an excellent advanced state of the art banking solution offering and with Mr Goh's persistence and determination, Silverlake quickly secured several local banking clients. Soon, Silverlake clinched contracts with large regional banks in Singapore and Indonesia. Today, Silverlake provides banks in many countries with a seamless customer centric branch automation and internet banking solution that has the ability to deliver complete banking functionality across all channels in real time. Additionally, Silverlake provides a complete suite of solutions to meet the requirements of Islamic banking. Silverlake is, undoubtedly, one of the largest banking system developer and integration provider in ASEAN serving customers spanning from South East Asia to China, Europe and The USA.

Mdm Yeo Kim Luang of Ecofuture Berhad was named the Woman Entrepreneur Of The Year. A chemist by training, Madam Yeo has been in the oleo industry for over 30 years. Fuelled by her passion to research and develop, she acquired a palm oil mill in Johor in 1992, and soon, with the availability of ample supply of empty fruit bunches (EFB), Madam Yeo diversified Ecofuture Group into the biomass industry. Through creativity, innovation and sheer doggedness, Madam Yeo developed a machine in 1996 to produce refined fibre from EFB. This fibre is used to manufacture downstream products such as ECOMAT, a flexible and light mulching mat, now widely used in Malaysian plantations for soil conditioning and for prevention of soil erosion on hill slopes in Malaysia, the Middle East and China. After successful trials, Ecofuture has been awarded contracts to implement desert and sandstorm control projects in China. A new biodegradable disposable packaging product, ECOPAK, is already attracting orders from Europe, Japan and Korea. Ever innovative, another of her focus is to produce pulp and paper using biomass technology from EFB and its pulp making plant is expected to begin production in 2006. Fourteen years on, Madam Yeo listed the Group on the MESDAQ in 2005, the first agrotech company promoting biomass technology.

As the Malaysian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005, Y Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lim Kok Wing, will now carry the flag and represent the country at the world award event at Monte Carlo in June 2006. This world award event, the stage where more than 35 of the best entrepreneurs from around the globe will compete for the 6th Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award has now become the global benchmark of entrepreneurial excellence.

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