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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 December 2021 – Empty office buildings, hotel rooms and shopping malls – these are the facts of life in the post-pandemic new normal. They are also the results of social distancing measures as well as government-imposed lockdowns implemented around the world to lessen the spread of COVID-19, the effects of which have rippled across real estate markets in Asia. It is with […]

By Matein Khalid Every time I noticed a Garuda flight in Jakarta airport, visited the ancient Thai capital of Ayodhya or saw the Ramayana frescos in the royal palace complex in Bangkok or bantered with the Sikh ladies in Singapore’s Changi airport, I was reminded about India’s ancient civilizational links with Southeast Asia. In fact, Vietnamese slang still calls Indians “Klinga”, after the ancient Kalinga kingdom in […]

By James M Dorsey Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration. If successful, the initiative would help stabilise the region, cement regional efforts to reduce tensions, and potentially prevent war-wracked Yemen from emerging as an Afghanistan on the southern border of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf of Aden and at the […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 26 November 2021 – Business of Design Week (BODW) 2021, Asia’s premier annual event on design, innovation and brands since 2002 organised by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), presents an exciting line-up of key panel sessions drawing on the theme ‘Global Design Reset’, signifying the need for fresh thinking, decisive leadership and collaborative creativity across disciplines as we continue to navigate in a […]

By James M Dorsey It has been a good week for United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. Headline-grabbing, fast-paced moves reinforce the UAE’s position as a regional power. They highlight the UAE’s willingness to chart a course that increasingly competes with Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s regional behemoth; is at times at odds with US policy; and scoffs at assertions of human rights abuse by activists […]

Arabian Post Staff The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and Dubai Industrial City (DI) have signed a deal designed to further enhance the UAE’s industrial sector while facilitating decarbonisation efforts. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on the first day of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit at Expo 2020 Dubai. It focused on three core elements, including enabling the UAE’s Industry 4.0 program, attracting […]

Enjoy Amazon Singapore’s Black Friday deals from November 26 to 29, where shoppers can gain incredible savings and discounts across every category, including toys, baby, beauty, home, pc & electronics, groceries, and more. For the first time ever, Amazon Singapore is giving shoppers the opportunity to snag 26 pairs of flight tickets to Seattle – the city where it all began for Amazon! Customers can get a […]

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By James M Dorsey, When seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton wore a helmet this weekend featuring the colours of the LGBTI Pride Progress Flag during the debut Qatar Grand Prix, he was challenging more than the Gulf state’s failure to recognise rights. So will the Danish Football Union (DBU), Denmark’s governing soccer body, that announced that its commercial sponsors had agreed to surrender space on training kits […]

In Xiaomi’s first quick-commerce partnership in Asia, hundreds of Xiaomi electronic products will be available for on-demand deliveries on foodpanda shops in Singapore and Thailand The foodpanda app is pre-loaded in new Xiaomi devices across 10 markets in Asia foodpanda saw 18x growth in orders for computer and mobile device accessories compared to in 2020, and expects demand for consumer electronics will continue to grow as more […]

Trend Micro study reveals urgent need for new way to discuss business risk HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 November 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced new research* revealing that 90% of IT decision makers claim their business would be willing to compromise on cybersecurity in favor of digital transformation, productivity, or other goals. Additionally, 82% have felt pressured to […]

James M Dorsey The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic intolerance becomes the norm. Western as well as non-Western societies have helped paved the road towards the abyss: the West by abandoning the post-World War Two principle of ‘Never Again’ and the non-Western world by never embracing it and failing to adopt the principle of ‘forgive but […]

By James M Dorsey Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki AlFaisal Al Saud must have gotten his tenses mixed up when he asserted in a recently published memoir that no one should underestimate the political importance of Muslims’ commitment to helping other Muslims. Prince Turki’s memoir is focused on Afghanistan, a major preoccupation during his tenure as head of the General Intelligence Department (GID), the kingdom’s foreign intelligence […]

New K-Mile Asia flight will add over 200 tons of capacity weekly between Hong Kong and Bangkok Air Hong Kong will offer over 1,200 tons of weekly total gross payload for both flights: Hong Kong-Beijing and Hong Kong-Cebu-Manila AeroLogic will add 610 tons of capacity with its six-times-a-week service from Hong Kong to Cincinnati SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 November 2021 – DHL Express, the world’s leading international […]

Frankfurt Airport branch demonstrably meets the highest service and quality standards in the transport of life science and healthcare products KEMPTEN/FRANKFURT, GERMANY – Media OutReach – 5 November 2021 – Dachser‘s Frankfurt air and sea freight branch has once again received certification from IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma), demonstrating its capabilities in logistics services for the life science and healthcare […]

James M Doresy Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day. Barely three months after the Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the second most populous Muslim-majority state, is moving to join Kabul in becoming an outpost of religious intolerance and Muslim supremacy. In doing so, Pakistan, alongside Afghanistan, has come down on the side of countries like Turkey and Iran that advocate various forms of political […]

Exploring global dining experiences while staying local with about 300 selected restaurants with up to 30% off discount HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 October 2021 – Even your travel plan is still grounded, there is no way to stop you from exploring the world through your palate! From 1st to 30th of November, Travel by Palate, a citywide restaurants fanfare programme of the 2021 Hong Kong Wine & […]

HONG KONG / SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Belkin, a global consumer electronics leader, today announces a collaboration with a famous Singer-songwriter, Victor Wong「Pin Guan」. With his classically trained background in music and more than 25 years of being in the music and acting industry, Victor Wong「Pin Guan」 is meticulous and highly discerning about sound quality and having sound true to life.  […]

Arabian Post Staff DP World Limited handled 58.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 9M2021, with gross container volumes increasing by 11.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and up 11.4% on a like-for-like basis, the company said. On a 3Q2021 basis, DP World handled 19.8 million TEU, up 8.1% year-on-year and up 7.9% on a like-for-like basis. 3Q2021 gross volume […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 25 October 2021 – Where the best of the best in real estate competes to win in Asia’s leading regional property awards, the MIPIM Asia Awards 2021 is proud to reveal and congratulate the chosen projects for overcoming the hurdles brought by COVID-19 and for upholding industry standards to the highest level.   This year, 33 property developments have been recognized by the […]

By James M. Dorsey The times they are a changin’. Iranian leaders may not be Bob Dylan fans, but his words are likely to resonate as they contemplate their next steps in Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lebanon, and Azerbaijan. The same is true for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president’s shine as a fierce defender of Muslim causes, except for when there is an economic price tag […]

In this new digital-first F&B format in Asia, foodpanda will roll out Rebel Foods’ flagship brands and new jointly-created offerings in more than 2,000 outlets within Asia through an initial five-year partnership, starting in six markets Rebel Foods will extend its culinary expertise, efficient SOPs and food tech innovations to F&B outlets in Asia through foodpanda, Asia’s largest food delivery platform outside of China With a Brands-as-a-Service […]

Epicor is the data management engine at the heart of the Formula 1 team’s ability to streamline production, correlate components with telemetry data, and maximize vehicle performance   Epicor logo to debut on Scuderia AlphaTauri cars at the Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas   AUSTIN, TX – Media OutReach – 21 October 2021 – Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote […]

SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach – 21 October 2021 – Small Luxury Hotels of the World continues its expansion as the brand welcomes 4 member hotels including 3 new openers to its China portfolio. SLH now has 20 hotels in Greater China (including 15 hotels in mainland China), making it the largest collection of members in the Asia-Pacific. Mark Wong, Senior Vice-President Asia-Pacific of SLH said: “At SLH we champion […]

By James M. Dorsey “It’s the economy, stupid.” That is the message of a just-published survey of Iranian public opinion. However, the substance of the message differs for newly elected hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Biden administration as Mr. Raisi toughens his negotiating position and the United States grapples with alternative ways of curbing the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme should the parties fail to agree on terms […]

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