Following the achievement of Business Superbrands awarded by the Superbrands Council in 2006, Newtech Technology recently was recognized as Caring Company by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, in recognition of our commitment to corporate citizenship.

The Caring Company Scheme, launched in 2002, aims to promote the betterment of social welfare service development in Hong Kong, facilitates cross-sectoral partnerships, advocates equality, justice, social integration and a caring. Our award of the Caring Company Logo is strictly based on company's involvements in providing a family-friendly environment for employees, employing vulnerable groups, and donations to the community.

Moreover, we also enrolled in the "Heart to Heart Company" program organized by the Federation's Youth Volunteer Network. This program linking schools with corporate bodies in which schools are asked to pledge volunteer service hours and companies sponsor the schools' volunteer service projects.

The Superbrands Council awarded the Business Superbrands status to Newtech and we are the First industry player to be presented the status.

The Council, is independent authority on branding, present in across 50 countries worldwide, was established more than a decade ago in the United Kingdom. "Business Superbrands" operates successfully in a number of international markets and is firstly being introduced to Hong Kong in 2006. It identifies and gives recognition to the leading business brands operating in Hong Kong. Only those brands that have passed a detailed evaluation process will be qualified as a Business Superbrands – brands of stature, longevity, quality and excellence.

By crowning Newtech as "Business Superbrands (2006)", the Council has acknowledged the customers are dealing with an outstanding business partner. "We are extremely honoured to receive the Business Superbrands award in Hong Kong and absolutely serves as a morale booster to all of us" said Charles Lee, the Managing Director of Newtech.

Newtech Technology (South Asia) Pte Ltd has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Certification, an international quality management standard recognizing the company's commitment to the implementation of quality management principles in its delivery of critical mission environments.

ISO 9001:2000 is a series of requisites designed by International Organization of Standardization (ISO) that defines the Quality Management System (QMS) Standard. After passing a stringent QMS audit, Newtech obtained the certification issued by United Registrar Systems under the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), the sole renowned national accreditation body recognized by the UK government.

This certification is a fitting recognition of Newtech's long standing pursuit for excellence, ensuring customers of the highest level of service quality backed by strong quality management standards.

Newtech was awarded the Quality Certificate by the Shanghai Municipal Construction and Management Commission. It is recognition of our meeting the stringent quality standards of the construction enterprises. This Class 2 Quality Certificate recognized Newtech as a qualified contractor under the categories of Electrical Appliances Engineering, Intelligent Building Engineering and Electronics Engineering Contractor.

"Giving back to the community" is our belief in the way we do business. Since 2003, Newtech supported "Job Enrichment Programme", organized by the Small Group Home of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. The objectives of the programme are to provide exposure of working environment and practices to high school students during their summer vacation. In recognition to our corporate social responsibility and continuous support, a certificate is presented to the Company by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

Newtech is the gold sponsor of the international industry event – The DatacenterDynamics Conference in 2006. This leading event held in 14 cities worldwide and Hong Kong is the flagship event in the Asia Pacific. The conference was held on November 16, 2006 in Hong Kong, involved in the design, construction and management of 24/7 mission critical IT facilities. It is the leading source for information and largest gathering of professionals. Mark Chun, Associate Director – Head of Engineering of Newtech, delivered a solution seminar "How to build Data Centres successfully in China – A commercial & technical case study: Hogan Colocation Data Centre in Shanghai: together with the guest speaker, Mr Tom Wong, COO from Hogan Communications. Newtech shared the successful experience on how to build the 50,000 sqft data centre in Shanghai. Our session seminar received overwhelming response and recorded full house of delegates.

Attended by data centre professional, facility managers and experts from corporates, government bodies in Hong Kong, Newtech sponsored "Managing Corporate Datacentre Facilities" seminar organized by Facility Media on September 13, 2006. Alex Li, Associate Director – Engineering Services was one of the panelists contributed to the forum discussion on "Physical Limitations of a Datacentre". It was an excellent platform to share experience, network and learn from one another.

The CommunicAsia 2006 held in Singapore in June 2006 showcased the most up-to-date Communications & IT technologies and attracted trade professionals under one roof. Newtech has not missed the wave of this industry event in the region. As a major market player, Newtech displayed the data centre turnkey solution during the four-day exhibition and attracted a great deal of interest from the visitors.

Invited by the International Facilities Management Association Hong Kong Chapter, Mr Alvin Tsang, Project Manager of Newtech Technology presented a breakfast talk on May 26, 2005. Alvin outlined the differences between a traditional computer room and an internet data centre and highlighted the problems typically experienced in the management of a data centre environment. Based on his extensive experience, Alvin also provided suggestions on how facility managers can resolve these problems.