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Bilingual search matches home hunters with property

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BEST CORPORATE/SME/FINANCIAL SERVICES SITES That a company promoting the property market received the Best Corporate site award should not come as a surprise in Hong Kong.

Centanet Company's bilingual Web site www.centanet.com provides free, daily updated information on the local property market as well as detailed descriptions of buildings, price trends, comparison charts and recent transaction records.

A well-designed search function matches potential buyers with property. For example, native English-speaking teachers can find listings of residential properties to lease under district or secondary school name.

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An online 'Lifestyle Magazine' called Property Fans, including regular updates of interesting property and lifestyle-related articles, will be launched shortly.

The Chinese-language Web site of The Commercial Press (HK) www.commercialpress.com.hk - providing information on culture, education, books and art - received an honourable mention.
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The finalists were Turner International A/P & Time Inc Asia, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines and IBM China/Hong Kong.

Selecting the Best SME site from among nearly 50 entries was tough, said James Liu, chairman of the judging panel and chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corp.

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