President of SIM Technology Simon Wong Wins Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong 2007
Hong Kong, 5 December 2007
Simon Wong, the president of a leading mobile handset and wireless communication module developer in China SIM Technology Group Limited (“SIM Technology” or the “Group”; SEHK stock code: 2000), has won the “Young Industrialist Awards of Hongkong 2007” (“the Awards”) organized by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (“the Federation”).
Organized annually by the Federation starting in 1988, the Awards aims to honor outstanding young industrialists for their achievements and commitment to manufacturing industry and encourage them to contribute their expertise to economic development. Nominees to the Awards have to go through a strict selection process conducted by a judging panel comprising senior government officials and experienced industrialists. The panel would interview nominees and assess their achievements and contribution to the industrial sector as well as the society before selecting the winners.
Mr. Wong introduced western management philosophy to SIM Technology when he founded the Group. He optimized the integral parts of the supply chain to improve the Group’s overall productivity. Led by Mr. Wong, SIM Technology has grown from strength to strength since inception and its engineering team is now 900-strong starting from 30 at the beginning. He also used only three years to turn the Group into the largest independent mobile handset design company in China and saw SIM Technology listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2005. Mr. Wong also makes sure the Group lives up to its corporate social responsibility. He encourages staff to volunteer to help the underprivileged in the society.
Mr. Simon Wong, President of SIM Technology, said, “I am very honoured to be receiving the Young Industrialist Awards of Hongkong 2007. I would like to thank all staff of SIM Technology, especially those who have been with the company since its inception in 2002. Without their trust and hard work, SIM Technology could not have grown so rapidly in the past few years. I look forward to continuing to work with them in building the Group into a top enterprise by world standard.”
■ About SIM Technology Group Limited
Listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, SIM Technology Group Limited (stock code: 2000) is a leading independent mobile handset and wireless communication module solutions developer operating in China. Its business is principally engaged in the design and development of mobile handset solutions, as well as corresponding Turnkey Solutions. The Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) offers a full range of competitive mobile handset solutions ranging from ultra low cost handsets, mid-range feature handsets, and PDA and EDGE handsets, to EDGE/WiFi combo handsets, Pocket PC handsets, China 3G – TD-SCDMA handsets all the way up to 3.5G WCDMA/HSDPA wireless solutions. Currently, the Group provides high quality engineering solutions to customers around the world. For more information, please visit www.sim.com.
■ About Mr. Simon Wong, President of SIM Technology
Mr. Wong Hei, Simon, is the president and the founder of SIM Technology, and a director of Shanghai Sunrise, SEIL, Simcom International Holdings Limited, Suncom International Holdings Limited and Max Vision Limited. After he graduated from the Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, he joined an international corporation in Silicon Valley. In 2002, after much deliberation and with US$1 million as capital, he founded the SIM Technology Group. To facilitate business development, apart from investing considerable resources into research and development (R&D), he has also applied management philosophy and operational models from the West in running his business and is dedicated to product innovation. These endeavours have enabled the Group to move into high-tech production and diversify its product mix, and put out a number of advanced and fashionable mobile handsets that appeal to many major mobile handset brands in mainland China and internationally. Under his leadership, the Group became the largest independent mobile handset design company in China in three short years and was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (stock code: 2000) in 2005. Furthermore, SIM Technology made it into the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China” list between 2005 and 2007, and was also included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Hong Kong Small Cap Index soon after its listing. Apart from operating an effective business, Mr. Wong makes sure the Group fulfils its corporate social responsibility.
