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HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- So Klose, a multi award-winning Hong Kong dating and matchmaking services company, is pleased to announce that So Klose has been honoured with The Hong Kong's Most Valuable Companies Awards 2014 -- The Most Reliable Dating and Matchmaking Services Company, presented by a globally recognized media consultancy, Mediazone Publishing Group, which is considered to be "The Oscars of Hong Kong's Business World". This year, to honor companies with special contributions, Mediazone specially named some of the winners, highlighting their leading positions in their respective industries. So Klose earned extra commendation for its outstanding contributions and is in particular the sole dating and matchmaking service provider to win the award.

The Hong Kong's Most Valuable Companies Awards Presentation Ceremony was successfully held on 14th November 2013 at The Tamarind. More than 300 guests attended the prize presentation ceremony. The guests included editorial judges, the CEOs, investors, managing directors, and chairmen of big foreign and local brands and representatives from the winning companies.

The central theme for this year's award is "RELIABILITY" (i.e. Hong Kong's Most Reliable Brands). The "Hong Kong's Most Valuable Companies" award has been created for over a decade, showcasing the territory's most proactive industry leaders to recognize brand reliability, market leadership and industry achievements in Hong Kong. There are quite a number of award categories, including banking and finance, property developer, IT, hotels, insurance, jewelry, automotive, public service, travel agency, dating and matchmaking services company, etc.

So Klose® went through an initial screening by the editorial panel of writers, editors and research analyst, who will shortlist leading companies for each major business sector from insurance to luxury to health to business services, and selects the most valuable brand for each category that best represents the market. The judging criteria will be primarily based on industry recognition and reputation, brand reliability, quality and efficiency of customer service, contributions to the industries in Hong Kong and mainland market, innovation, the devotion to the best business practices, corporate social responsibility, quality of management, performances in the past years, market leadership and so on.

About So Klose®

So Klose® is providing matchmaking, dating, and personal introduction services to single elites. Most of the members are well-educated, high-income earners, executives working overseas, professionals, and entrepreneurs, etc.

The majority of its members (97%) hold university degrees; most male members (73%) and about half (44%) of the female members have studied abroad. So Klose® has received first-time industry awards repeatedly, such as: the "China's Top Ten Model Brands in Matchmaking, Dating and Personal Introduction Services"; "16th Tao Heung Innovative Entrepreneur Award"; "2011 Hong Kong Emerging Service Brand"; the ISO9001:2008 QMS certification, first within the industry in Asia, and the "Intellectual Capital Management Excellence Award", etc., as well as the "national matchmaking consultant" qualification awarded by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, and the "Executive Member" and "Certified Matchmaker" qualifications awarded by the Matchmaking Institute of New York, USA.

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