The two final winners were the ones who had achieved the highest score in the weekly competitions. Each winner was presented with a laptop by Dubai eGovernment.
A total number of 1,400 participants took part in the two competitions, 60 per cent of them were men and 40 per cent female. UAE nationals made up the majority with 40 per cent, followed by 25 per cent from Saudi Arabia, 5 per cent from Kuwait and the remaining 30 per cent from other nationalities. Around 70 per cent of the participants were under 18 years old, while the remaining were adults above 18 years of age.
eChamp, which targeted youngsters aged between 7 and18, tested the participants' skills in Word, Excel and Internet browsing. Dubai eGovernment ran testing centres at Modhesh Fun City where participants sat for an exam. Each week, the participant with the highest grade was selected. At the end of DSS the ten top contestants vied for the title of eChamp. eStar followed a similar format but targeted older participants above the age of 18.
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Dubai eGovernment announces IT competitions' winners as DSS draws to a close
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, August 29 - 2004 at 09:15
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Dubai eGovernment brought the curtain down on its activities at Dubai Summer Surprises 2004 by announcing the winners of its two major IT-based competitions, eChamp and eStar, which had generated a tremendous response at Modhesh Fun City.
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Dubai eGovernment is a pioneering initiative in the region to provide online services across the spectrum of corporate and community life in the emirate. It also has a vision to integrate individually automated government departments under the single umbrella of the eGovernment initiative, thus empowering employees across lines of businesses and levels of government, besides facilitating the lives of citizens and customers of the government. Dubai has taken a lead in the region in deploying eGovernment applications and is among the first few governments in the world to provide such integrated services to its citizens. The eGovernment portal (www.dubai.ae) is a single contact point masking the complexity of the bureaucratic procedures, and guiding access to all services in the easiest possible way. In addition, the eGovernment initiative seeks to improve and enhance procedures by maximizing the benefit from technology, so that users from all walks of life will be able to utilize the portal for their specific needs with considerable ease.For further information, please contact:
Orient Planet, PR & Marketing Communications
P.O.Box 23345, Dubai UAE
Tel: 00 971 4 3988901,Fax: 00 971 4 3988941
Website: www.orientplanet.com
Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorSunday, August 29 - 2004 at 09:15 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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