HONG KONG, Nov. 25--Xinhua-PRNewswire/InfoQuest The Largest Showcase of Winning Designs from the Asia Pacific Region Winners of 32 Design Categories Announced Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of the prestigious regional design competition HKDA Awards 05 were announced in Hong Kong on 20 Nov 2005. The winners from the 32 design categories were selected from over 2,700 entries from 40 Asia-Pacific cities. "This year is an important milestone for HKDA Awards 05, as we celebrate our 30th anniversary in recognizing design excellence in Asia, marking a clear path of the rise of Asian design in terms of quality, sensibility and talents. The winning entries announced tonight (on 20 November) will be a definitive benchmark for the design profession both in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region," remarked Mr. Charles Ng, Chairman of HKDA. 14 Gold Awards were presented to over 700 winning entries. Among them, "Charlie Chan & The Secret Book Craft Print Yearbook 2003" by Equus Design Consultants Pte Ltd. in the Annual Report category, "Calendiary" by CoDesign Limited in the Assorted Promotional Item category, "The Blooming and Wonderful Days of The Xian Feng Ming" by Les Suen in the Book category, "Corroder" by Rice 5 in the Other New Media Graphic category, "Big Shot Professional Hairdryer with Ceramic Attachments HD552" by Kenford Industrial Company Limited in the Electronic & Electrical Consumer Product category, and "Decode Clock" by CHILLICHILLY (Arthur Yung, Clement Cheung) in the Time Pieces, Gift & Premium category were the pick of individual judges as well in the "Judges' Choice" awards. Most of the Gold Awards winners from Hong Kong are young designers whose exuberant talent in creativity has certainly impressed the international panel of judges. The standard of the entries, remarked by the judges, has up to the international level in competition alike. For more details on the HKDA Awards 05, please visit the official website of Hong Kong Designers Association: http://www.hongkongda.com/awards05 . Full winner list & other references on HKDA Awards 05: http://www.bbluesky.com/download/hkda/awardinfo.zip To download photos of HKDA Awards 05 winning designs: http://www.bbluesky.com/download/hkda/winningdesigns05.zip For media enquiries, please contact: Bbluesky Limited Edith Wong Tel: +852-2234-6424 / +852-6290-3801 Fax: +852-2234-5410 Email: [email protected] Evon Yap Tel: +852-2234-6424 / +852-9257-4534 Fax: +852-2234-5410 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Hong Kong Designers Association --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--