Singapore, 28 January 2016- Readers can cast their votes in the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards 2016 to decide which brands will take the top prize in each of 30 categories, including Best Shopping Centre, Best DSLR Camera and Best Brunch Spot.

Voters stand a chance to win over $4,000 worth of prizes in the weekly lucky draws, including shopping vouchers and gadgets such as the Apple Watch, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Dyson Pure Cool Purifier.

This year, five new categories - Best Fashion Retailer, Best Online Travel Service, Best Mobile Banking Service, Best Android Phone and Best Home & Electronics Retailer - were introduced to reflect changing consumer trends in Singapore.

Into its eighth year, AsiaOne People's Choice Awards gives its website readers the opportunity to proclaim their favourite products and services as the best in its category for the year.

Karen Lim, Acting Editor for AsiaOne said: 'Consumers are increasingly becoming more tech savvy and the new award categories in this year's AsiaOne People's Choice Awards reflect just that.

'Brands and services are innovating quickly in the digital world, and we want to showcase the growing number of online services that businesses are offering to local consumers.'

Public voting for the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards has been extended to February 14. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in April.

Reader can cast their votes at http://www.asiaone.com/pca.

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SPH's regional joint venture online classified business has a number of leading online classified sites in the region.

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