FOCUS: AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2000 - MEDIA's Agency of the Year Awards 2000: Winners at a Glance

<p>AGENCY OF THE YEAR </p><p>Saatchi & Saatchi </p><p>Finalists: Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, Leo Burnett </p><p>Previous winners: Ogilvy & Mather (1998 and 1999), Dentsu Young & </p><p>Rubicam (1997), Bates (1996), Leo Burnett (1995), JWT (1994 and 1993), </p><p>Bates (1992) </p><p>MEDIA AGENCY OF THE YEAR </p><p>CIA Medianetwork </p><p>Finalists: Zenith, MindShare, Optimum Media Direction, Starcom </p><p>Previous winner: Optimum Media Direction (1999), Zenith (1998) </p><p>ADVERTISER OF THE YEAR </p><p>Bayer Philippines </p><p>Certificate of Excellence: Nokia Mobile Phones Singapore; Asia-Pacific </p><p>Breweries/Heineken Singapore. </p><p>Previous winners: M1 Mobile Telephones, Singapore (1999); Nokia Asia </p><p>(1998); Speedpost - Hongkong Post (1997); Nokia Asia (1996), Petroleum </p><p>Authority of Thailand - PTT (1995); Mass Transit Railway, Hong Kong </p><p>(1994) </p><p>BEST USE OF MEDIA </p><p>Optimum Media Direction for Sunday/Saltimbanco MTR Journey </p><p>Certificates of Excellence: McCann-Erickson for Cathay Pacific; Starcom </p><p>Thailand for Bank of Asia </p><p>Previous winners: Zenith for Nokia MTV I-Pop (1999); MindShare </p><p>Beijing/Kit Kat, Nestle China (1998); Chaitra Leo Burnett </p><p>(India)/Procter & Gamble (1997); JWT Taiwan/BRS Nike Taiwan (1996); JWT </p><p>Taiwan/Ford Li-Ho Festiva (1995); Leo Burnett Thailand/American </p><p>International Assurance (1994) </p><p>MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR </p><p>Ms Sharon Soh, CIA Medianetwork Singapore </p><p>Certificate of Excellence: Ms Nguyen Thi To Uyen, Leo Burnett/M&T </p><p>Vietnam </p><p>Previous winners: Ms Ruth Stubbs, Euro RSCG Partnership Hong Kong </p><p>(1999) </p><p>AGENCY PERSON OF THE YEAR </p><p>Joint winners: </p><p>Mr Jeffrey Yu, president Bates Asia and chairman HK4As, and Mr Barry </p><p>Owen, executive creative director, Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific </p><p>Previous winners: Mr Chris Jaques, chairman, BBDO Asia (1999); Mr Ian </p><p>Batey, chairman, Batey Ads (1997); Joint Award - Allen Chichester (Leo </p><p>Burnett), chairman of the Hong Kong 4As, and Rodney Tam (Triangle </p><p>Pacific), inaugural chairman of the Hong Kong Independent Advertising </p><p>Agencies Association (1996); Dato Jaffar Mohd Ali, Malaysian Advertisers </p><p>Association (1995) </p><p>SUIT OF THE YEAR </p><p>Mr Jeff Ho, Leo Burnett Hong Kong </p><p>Previous winners: Mr Billboard Kwok, Ogilvy & Mather Beijing (1999); Ms </p><p>Mirchelle Leung, Euro RSCG Hong Kong (1998), Ms Sarah Hale, Ogilvy & </p><p>Mather Hong Kong (1997), Ms Chris Leong, Bates Singapore (1996), Mr </p><p>Andrew Christy, Leo Burnett Hong Kong (1995), Ms Charlotte Kwok, Saatchi </p><p>& Saatchi Hong Kong (1994) </p><p>ASIAN CREATIVE AD OF THE YEAR </p><p>The Sunday campaigns </p><p>Client: Sunday Telecommunications </p><p>Agency: BBDO </p><p>Previous winners: Singapore Navy, Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore (1999); </p><p>United Wine & Distillery Co "Black Cat", Results Thailand; Hongkong Bank </p><p>"Fisherman", Bates Hong Kong (1996); Telecom Asia "Daddy", Leo Burnett </p><p>Thailand (1995); MTV Asia "Ear Cleaner", Mahesh Murthy/Shashanka Ghosh </p><p>(1994) </p><p>CHINA AD CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR </p><p>Unicef, Saatchi & Saatchi China </p><p>Certificate of Excellence: NetEase, Saatchi & Saatchi China </p><p>Previous winners: Beijing Sanyuan Foods, Ogilvy & Mather Beijing (1999), </p><p>Ericsson China/Batey Ads Hong Kong (1997); no "Best" winner in 1996, </p><p>Procter & Gamble "Rejoice Shampoo"/Leo Burnett (1995); Xian-Janssen </p><p>"Daktarin"/Saatchi & Saatchi (1994) </p><p><BR><BR> </p>