From The Brunei Times:
Public nominations for the selection of the Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) Wish Campaign grand prize winner of $1,000,000 opens today and they can be made through SMS and on its website.
The public can nominate by typing ‘BIBDWISH (codenumber of nominees)’ and send to 8885555 for those using DST service provider and 38388 for B-Mobile users. Only one SMS nomination per number will be counted and all proceeds from the SMSes will be donated to charitable organisations to be announced on a later date.
Nominations can also be made through the website www.bibdwish.com, where the names and code numbers of the nominees along with their full "wishes" can be found.
The public nomination accounts for 30 per cent of the overall results with the remaining 70 per cent to be decided by a fresh panel of judges.
Previously, the BIBD management had selected seven judges from various professions including finance, academic, literature and shariah experts to assess the shortlisted stories in order to determine the 12 nominees.
"For the Grand Award, a set of eight new judges have been introduced to ensure continuous impartiality and the panel are experts from the fields of business, academia, shariah and media and information," Hjh Nurul Akmar Hj Jaafar, BIBD’s head of sales and distribution channel told The Brunei Times.
Nominees will be judged on their current financial situation, transformational role of savings in their life, the sustainability of their wish and the inclusiveness of the wish — how it will affect their loved ones or others.
