Asia Graphics Awards setting new standards
<p>A brand new industry awards show - the Asia Graphics Awards - is being </p><p>organised by media to honour the works of the region's top graphic </p><p>designers. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Submissions have already started to come in following a call for entries </p><p>last month. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>These new awards are being created because the graphic design sector of </p><p>the communications industry has reached a high level of excellence, </p><p>especially in Japan and Hong Kong, according to Alan Chan of Alan Chan </p><p>Design. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"Over the past 10 years, Hong Kong's graphic design industry has </p><p>accelerated to become one of the most respectable design centres in </p><p>Asia, excluding Japan, which is home to the region's best designers. </p><p>Other Asian countries have made similar advances. So this is the right </p><p>time for the awards," said Chan, who is also a judge on the Asia </p><p>Graphics Awards. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>