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ACS's EH880 SECURE SMART CARD TERMINAL is awarded Hong Kong
Awards for Industries
HONG KONG, 25 Jan 2010- Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly
owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210),
Asia Pacific's number one supplier of PC-linked smart card readers,
today announces that its eH880 eHealth Smart Card Terminal has
been awarded the "2009 Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Machinery and
Machine Tools Design Certificate of Merit".
The Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI), championed by the Hong
Kong Government, evaluates and rewards annually the outstanding
achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in their technology advancement
and value-added endeavors. ACS joined the competition for the
Machinery and Machine Tools Design division, and was honored by the
Certificate of Merit for its eH880 terminal which was designed for
use in electronic health card systems.
To select the winner, the Judging Panel, comprised of
professionals and experts in relevant areas of the industry,
evaluated the entries based on the following criteria:
*Innovation
*Application of technology
*Functionality
*Ergonomics
*Cost-performance
*Marketing Safety
*Environmental impact
The eH880 was considered outstanding by the Judging Panel in all
the above mentioned criteria. In addition, the Panel made a
noteworthy mention of the eH880 being a secure smart card terminal
dedicated to the eHealth market. The device is capable of
facilitating secure mutual authentication, displaying detailed and
multiple-layered information, and facilitates transactions through
both private and public network infrastructures. Moreover, the
product is ergonomically designed and capable of supporting
additional features such as WiFi access and biometric fingerprint
sensor.
The HKAI Award Presentation Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Center on January 18, 2009. Mr. Denny Wong,
Chairman & CEO of ACS (picture on the left) was present to receive the
award on behalf of the company. "This distinguishing certificate
recognizes our achievement in our endeavors to make eH880 an
excellent and reliable eHealth smart card terminal. I am thankful to
the Hong Kong Government for conferring such awards to encourage Hong
Kong enterprises to strive for excellence in products and services.
I also highly appreciate the efforts of our engineering team for
designing such a marvelous device," expressed Denny. "This award
marks a good beginning of ACS in 2010. I hope that with the eH880,
ACS can make a contribution to the world in its increasing trend to
digitize health information in order to provide better care to
patients and at lower costs!"
ABOUT ACS
Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of
Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is
Asia Pacific's number one supplier of PC-linked smart card readers and
winner of Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from
Frost & Sullivan. One of a select group of global companies at the
forefront of the smart card revolution, ACS develops a wide range of
high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and
related products and distributes them to over 100 countries
worldwide. Visit ACS at at http://www.acs.com.hk/.
ABOUT HONG KONG AWARDS FOR INDUSTRIES
The Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI) was officially launched
in 2005, upon the merging between the former Hong Kong Awards for
Industry and the Hong Kong Awards for Services, established in 1989
and 1997, respectively, to rationalize and update the scope of the
awards. Covering seven categories, the HKAI continues to recognize
outstanding achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in their move
towards higher technology and higher value-added activities. Learn
more about HKAI at at http://www.hkindustryaward.org/.
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