A total of 120 small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) won this year's Golden Bull Award, a recognition of their success and achievements.
This year, the organisers, Nanyang Press Holdings Bhd together with Expomal International also introduced two new categories -- the Golden Bull Award Hall of Fame 2008 and the Celcom Golden Bull Excellence Award.
The Top 10 Most Outstanding Bull Award 2008 winners among the 120 SMEs were Home Upholstery Industries Sdn Bhd, Pecca Leather Sdn Bhd, Artmantrix Technology Sdn Bhd, Pathology & Clinical Laboratory (M) Sdn Bhd, Muar Ban Lee Engineering Sdn Bhd, Intotest Sdn Bhd, Target Fashion Sdn Bhd, Digital Furniture Sdn Bhd, Lee Soon Seng Plastic Industries Sdn Bhd and Betamek Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd.
Among the SMEs who won the Celcom Golden Bull Excellence Award were Cheh Hup Sdn Bhd, General System Engineering Sdn Bhd, Teladan Setia Sdn Bhd, Transmarco Concepts Sdn Bhd and Wingkoh Specialty Metals Sdn Bhd.
The award presentation ceremony was graced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
"As the backbone of the nation's economy, SMEs which account for 99.2 percent of total business establishments in the country play a pivotal role in creating more than 65.1 percent of employment opportunities while contributing 47.3 percent to the country's gross domestic product," said Nanyang Press Holdings executive chairman Datuk Paul Leong Khee Seong.
He said the SMEs formed the key sector that the government needed to continuously assist and support with financial assistance through grants and funds.
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