[Above: The team from Hokkaido Sushi Restaurant accepting the award for Top Japanese Restautant]

Singapore's leading internet portal, AsiaOne, this evening announced the winners of its inaugural People's Choice Awards, which recognises outstanding achievements and successful branding of products across industries in Asia.

The awards were presented to the winners at a ceremony held at Singapore Press Holdings.

The results of the Awards were based entirely on popularity votes across 11 categories decided by a panel from SPH.

Voting commenced in Dec 2008 and over 11,000 votes were cast within two months.

Said AsiaOne editor, Adrian Tay, "The winners can truly be proud of their achievements as receiving the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards means that their products and services are highly regarded by a high-calibre audience who visits the AsiaOne portal."

The Top People's Choice included the Honda Jazz 1.3 (Kah Motors) for budgets cars, the POSBeveryday Card for credit cards and Prada for fashion Looks.

The other Top People's Choice winners: The Moecca superyacht for luxury living; iPhone3G and Apple for gadgets; Wii Fit (Maxsoft) for games;

California Fitness for fitness centres, Tung Lok Signatures for Chinese restaurants; Hokkaido Sushi Restaurant for Japanese restaurants; Changi Airport for Asian Airports and Singapore Institute of Management for private schools.

The winners of the Top Three People's Choice are as follows:

Top Three People's Choice (not arranged in any order)

Budget Cars - AsiaOne Motoring

These three cars have been voted as the most cost-efficient vehicles on the roads, giving drivers the most bang for buck.

- Honda Jazz 1.3

- Chevrolet Spark 0.8

- Suzuki Swift 1.3

Credit Cards - AsiaOne Business

Practicality and extensive programmes are one of the things our readers look out for when it comes to choosing the most popular credit card.

- POSB Everyday Card

- UOB Ladies' Card

- AMEX/SIA PPS Club Platinum Credit Card

Fashion Looks - Diva

When it comes to looks, the past year saw a lace craze from Prada, plaid passion from Dolce & Gabbana and Helmut Lang's slouchy suit.

- Helmut Lang

- Prada

- Dolce & Gabbana

Luxury Living - Plush

It's all about super yachts, fast cars and designer sound systems when it comes to Plush's most memorable and ultimate luxuries.

- The Moecca

- Formula One/Johnnie Walker

- Bang & Olufsen

Gadgets - AsiaOne Digital

2008 saw a great line-up of new gadgets and it's no surprise that Apple would top the list with their fancy innovations.

- Apple Macbook

- iPhone 3G

- Nokia E71

Games - AsiaOne Digital

These three games have left a lasting impression on AsiaOne readers and it is no wonder why they were chosen as the Top three Games of 2008.

- Final Fantasy IV

- Wii Fit

- Grand Theft Auto IV

Fitness Outlets - AsiaOne Health (The No.1 health site in Singapore)

AsiaOne readers have chosen these top three fitness outlets which have helped spark the Asia fitness revolution with their spacious and well-equipped gyms.

- Fitness First

- True Yoga

- California Fitness

Chinese Restaurants - SoShiok.com (The No.1 food site in Singapore)

- Crystal Jade Golden Palace

- Tung Lok Signatures

- Imperial Treasure

Japanese Restaurants - SoShiok.com (The No.1 food site in Singapore)

- Hokkaido Sushi Restaurant

- Tatsuya

- Nadaman

Asia Airports - AsiaOne Travel

Handling over millions of passenger movements each day, these three airports were the hot favourites in a category, which included nominees from all over Asia.

- Changi Airport

- Hong Kong International Airport

- Narita International Airport

Private Schools - AsiaOne Education

Industry-relevance and quality delivery are essential and these three institutes have made it the top three private schools in the region.

- PSB Academy

- James Cook University

- Singapore Institute of Management

With this event, AsiaOne hopes to work hand-in-hand with trade partners across the region to further encourage brand recognition. It also lauds its industry partners for their achievements and online marketing efforts.

For further information regarding the Awards Ceremony, please visit: http://www.asiaone.com/specials/2008_top10/index.html.