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Graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, C.S. has more than 20 years of experience in the I.T. industry. He started his career as an engineer in Dataproducts Ltd., a computer printer manufacturer and held executive positions in Sun Hung Kai (China) Limited and Hewlett-Packard (Asia Pacific) Ltd. In 1991, C.S. founded Computer And Technologies International Limited successfully led C&T to be listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 1998.

C&T has successfully introduced many innovative value-added I.T. solutions to Hong Kong and the Mainland China. As early as 1992, it was commissioned by the Shanghai Stock Exchange to implement an Automatic Matching System (AMS) for securities trading. Pioneering the application of the then innovative share-memory architecture, the AMS delivered unprecedented efficiency in handling large transaction volume which was not possible in traditional architecture and design. The turnkey system was one of the most advanced auto-matching securities trading systems in the world at the time of its implementation.

The innovation and professionalism of C&T over the years have resulted into numerous recognitions by the Government of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") as well as international organizations:

-	being the first Hong Kong company awarded the "Excellent Systems Integrator" Certificate from the Gold Project's Office (a government organization focusing on national I.T. projects) of the former Ministry of Electronics Industry of PRC in 1996
-	received the title of "The Most Valuable Value Added Reseller in Asia Pacific" awarded from Data Communications Magazine in 1997
-	selected as one of the "300 Best Small Public Listed Enterprise in the world" by the Forbes Magazine in 2000
-	consecutively ranked as one of the top 20 fastest-growing Chinese enterprises in highest growth of profit and in highest growth of net asset value by YaZhou ZhouKan, the international Chinese Newsweekly, in 2000 and 2001 respectively
-	received Enterprise Award at DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2001

Under the leadership of C.S., C&T has achieved numerous breakthroughs in technology applications in recently years. One of the showcases is the Electronic Tendering System (ETS) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR Government") for which C&T has been the commercial partner for development and operations since 1999. Designed and developed in 1999, ETS was as one of the earliest electronic government tendering systems in the world at that time to process securely the tedious and demanding business processes of government procurement. ETS has also been recognized both locally and internationally for its innovation and robust technology application in various award programs:


-	Best Public Website in the Business Web Sites of the Year 2000 awarded by UUNET/HKET
-	Winner of the Hong Kong e-Award of e-Public Services - Design & Innovation Award organized by Hong Kong Productivity Council and the former Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau of the HKSAR Government in 2000
-	The only Asian finalist consecutively in 2001 and 2002 for the Stockholm Challenge Awards (Public Sector and Democracy), the international event to recognize innovative application of information technology held annually in Sweden
-	Received the Certificate of Merit - E-Commerce Category in the Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Award (APICTA) 2003 held in Bangkok.

In parallel, C&T has been ingeniously applying I.T. technology and solutions to the traditional business processes and thus delivering competitive advantages to its clients. A number of those customer projects have also won high profile recognitions both locally and internationally. Some of the examples are the Electronic Service Delivery Scheme of the HKSAR Government winning the Stockholm Challenge Awards (Public Sector and Democracy) 2002, ModernPorts.com of Modern Terminals Limited and SOCAM.com of Shui On Construction and Material Limited being awarded Certificates of Merit in the IT Excellence Awards of Hong Kong respectively in 2001 and 2002.

In 2003, C&T was appointed by the Commerce & Industrial Bureau of the HKSAR Government to provide front end government electronic trading service (GETS) to serve the 50,000+ trader community in Hong Kong. Leveraging its application of leading technology, superior user interface design, GETS service platform received the Linux Business Merit Award 2005 under Infrastructure Building and Communication Application Category.

I.T. outsourcing is one of the major initiatives planned in the Digital 21 Strategy of the HKSAR Government. C.S. aligned the focus of C&T and successfully won a number of large-scale IT outsourcing projects from the HKSAR Government collectively worth more than HK$500 million in the last few years. Those contracts include the integrated Customer Care and Billing System for the Water Supplies Department serving more than 2.5 million households in Hong Kong as well as the new generation Integration Registration Information System for the Land Registry serving the multi-trillion-dollar land and property transactions in Hong Kong.