By Francis Chan

SINGAPORE'S only entrepreneurial award aimed at smaller firms is back - offering three firms the chance to score $360,000 worth of goodies each.

The Business Times and OCBC Bank yesterday launched Emerging Enterprise 2009 - an award for fast-growing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with annual sales of less than $10 million.

Three SMEs stand to receive $360,000 each in interest-free loans, grants, and education and consulting packages.

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