Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2007 extends online voting due to public demand

For immediate press release SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2007 EXTENDS ONLINE VOTING DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND. Vote for your favourite entrepreneurs, online voting extended to August 15, 2007. The press release is issued on behalf of the Spirit of Enterprise by The Pacific West Communications.

Singapore August 1, 2007 – Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), the non-profit body that promotes and advances entrepreneurial spirit in Singapore, is pleased to announce that it is extending the online voting by the general public for its Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2007 due to popular public support for the awards.

An online voting system has been made available to the public since June this year for them to cast their votes from a list of 156 nominees. Voters can vote for a minimum of five nominees and a maximum of 42 nominees. To date, 22,180 votes have been received, and these votes will help the SOE Board of Governors decide on the 42 finalists who will be honoured at the awards ceremony on September 24. The 42 finalists will be announced on August 31.

Details of the 156 nominees and their success stories, which were developed by a team of students from local university, polytechnic, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and junior colleges, have been posted online via the SOE Web site to enable voters decide who they should be voting for. Through these success stories, the Spirit of Enterprise hopes to inspire and instil a sense of entrepreneurial spirit in the voters.

To start voting Please visit the SOE Website www.soe.org.sg

About Spirit of Enterprise
Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) promotes and advances entrepreneurial spirit in Singapore by honouring local self-reliant entrepreneurs operating small and medium-sized businesses, and serves to inspire Singaporeans, especially the young, to become entrepreneurs by facilitating interaction, communication and knowledge dissemination between students, the entrepreneurs and the general public. Its key programmes include Spirit of Enterprise Awards, Start-Up TV Series, Student-Entrepreneur Programme and SOE Books on Entrepreneurship.

SOE is funded by the private sector and its board of governors which consists of established entrepreneurs, corporate senior management, students, public service and political leaders.