Official Launch of eGENTING Programming Competition 2006

The eGENTING Programming Competition 2006 was officially launched on 11 August 2006 at Wisma Genting, Kuala Lumpur. A Press conference on the strategic direction of the ICT industry co-hosted by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and eGENTING was held in conjunction with the official launch of the event. The 2006 competition is the fifth annual competition organised by eGENTING. It is supported by MDeC as a significant initiative in the development of local programming talent.

According to Mr Jonathan Searcy, Senior Vice President of eGENTING Research & Development (Systems), the idea of coming up with a programming competition came about five years ago when the company became aware of the inability of graduates that came for interviews to solve easy real-world ICT problems even though they were straight-A achievers.

eGENTING has, through its annual programming competition over the past four years, demonstrated to undergraduates and graduates the standards they must meet in order to succeed in the software development industry. In pursuit of the highest standards in the ICT industry, MDeC encourages more industrial organisations to be involved in this kind of initiative.

At the official launch, University of Malaya has been selected to host a series of workshops that will be held in September and October 2006 to prepare undergraduates and graduates for the programming competition. En. Badlisham Ghazali, Chief Executive Officer of MDeC, was invited to randomly select an institution of higher learning (IHL) from several IHLs that had earlier expressed their interest to host the workshops.

This year, the competition will be held on Saturday, 11 November 2006 in Genting Highlands Resort. Interested contestants can start registering online now at www.genting.com.my/rnd. More details of the competition, including sample questions and solutions, and lecture notes are also available on the website.