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Value Partners Group, Aldiracita Sekuritas and STAR Asset Management Announce Strategic Partnership to Foster Cross-Border Collaboration and Growth of Asia’s Asset & Wealth Management Industry

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 27 July 2023 – Value Partners Group (together with its subsidiaries, “Value Partners”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 806.HK) and Aldiracita Group (Aldiracita Sekuritas together with its subsidiaries, “STAR Asset Management”), a prominent capital markets player in Indonesia, are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic partnership to foster stronger cross-border collaboration to capitalize on and address the fast-growing wealth […]

Correcting and Replacing: Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land celebrate 50 years of Jardine House

Hong Kong’s first skyscraper continues to innovate and attract world-class tenants Building at the forefront of the development of modern Central. Hongkong Land invests up to US$100 million annually in updating and modernising all its buildings, ensuring Jardine House remains contemporary and digitally enhanced. Jardine House continues to benefit from the ongoing flight to quality. HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 July 2023 – Jardine […]

Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land celebrate 50 years of Jardine House: Hong Kong’s first skyscraper continues to innovate and attract world-class tenants

Building at the forefront of the development of modern Central. Hongkong Land invests up to US$100 million annually in updating and modernising all its buildings, ensuring Jardine House remains contemporary and digitally enhanced. Jardine House continues to benefit from the ongoing flight to quality. HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 July 2023 – Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Jardine […]

DHL Global Forwarding expands its green footprint with the deployment of four electric vehicles in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach – 17 May 2023 – DHL Global Forwarding, the freight specialist arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has expanded its electric vehicles fleet with two new electric trucks and two electric tractors at its facility in Shanghai. The four vehicles will operate for a total monthly mileage of more than 20,000 km, which is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than […]

Johnson Electric reports results for the year ended 31 March 2023

Highlights of FY2022/23 Results For the financial year ended 31 March 2023, total sales were US$3,646 million – an increase of 6% compared to the prior year. Excluding the effects of foreign currency movements and acquisitions, underlying sales increased by 11% Gross profit totalled US$716 million – an increase of 2% EBITA, adjusted to exclude non-cash foreign exchange rate movements and restructuring charges, decreased by 10% to […]

Decoding Rabindranath Tagore’s World View On His 162nd Birth Anniversary

By Nitya Chakraborty May 9 this year is the occasion for the observance of the 162nd birth anniversary of the globally admired poet and visionary Rabindranath Tagore. Born in Calcutta in 1861, Tagore lived an active life of 80 years till he died in 1941 on August 7 in the midst of the devastations caused […]

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89 Local Companies Recognised as “Consumer Caring Companies” by GS1 Hong Kong

Retail & Food Companies Attract New Consumers with Consumer-first Strategies as HK Returns to Normalcy HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 April 2023 – With the full resumption of economic activities and return of visitors, Hong Kong’s retail sales surged for 2 consecutive months, beaming hope for a steady recovery. Celebrating companies’ tenacity to customer care, the 12th GS1 Hong Kong’s “Consumer Caring Scheme” has […]

CUHK Business School Celebrates Its 60-year Legacy of Forging the City’s Largest Business School Alumni Network

CUHK Business School celebrates 60 years of founding as the first business school in Asia HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 March 2023 – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School held a reception event on Thursday 9 March 2023, kicking off its 60th anniversary campaign to celebrate the impact it created in business education, forging the largest network of business school alumni […]

Metro Finance 22nd Anniversary Gala Dinner Cum Award Presentation Ceremony for 《Hong Kong Leaders ‘Choice 2023》

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 February 2023 – While it is never easy to become leader of a successful enterprise, it is more difficult to have brands recognized by business leaders. Noting that there is no brand award steered by business leaders, CEO and senior management to recognize and applaud distinguished brands with high quality and leading position in the market, Metro Finance thus […]

Expanding Dubai’s Asia Pacific Presence – Dubai Chambers inaugurates new office in Hong Kong to Drive Mutual Economic and Business Growth

The establishment of the new office was announced on the sidelines of the UAE-Hong Kong Business Forum in the presence of Honourable John Lee, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, with attendance of a high-level delegation. At the forum, Dubai Chambers and HKTDC signed an MoU to enhance collaboration for the support and advancement of mutual goals including fostering a positive economic environment and developing trade relationships and business […]

StanChart: Has UAE given up a great opportunity?

Matein Khalid If banks were people, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) would be a plain Jane spinster, always a bridesmaid but never a bride, jilted at the altar by her suitors and now at the nikah by First Abu Dhabi Bank. I had a near heart attack when I saw the shares rise 20% in London as the grapevine said a major Abu Dhabi bank was going to bid for […]

BJP organises X’mas celebrations in outreach to Christians

MIPIM Asia explores emerging investment opportunities amidst changing macro landscape in APAC property market

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 30 November 2022 – Top property leaders across Asia will explore investment trends and outlook at MIPIM Asia Summit 2022 on 6 and 7 December 2022 at the Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong, where the prestigious MIPIM Asia Awards Ceremony will also be presented. Characterized by worldwide recovery from the global pandemic and turbulent macroeconomic environment, 2022 is a year of […]

Tia Lee’s Animation Series Takes a New Turn Fourth Episode Welcomes the Handsome Prince

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 November 2022 – Tia Lee Yu Fen, Asian fashion icon, C-POP singer, film and television actress, released the fourth part of her “GOODBYE PRINCESS” animation series on 22 November. With many twists and turns in the story, the latest episode is the most dramatic and romantic one in the series. The viewership figures of the “GOODBYE PRINCESS” animation and […]

Arlo Announces All-New Pro 5S 2K Camera, Supported By Its Most Comprehensive App Experience Ever

Tri-Band and SecureLink™ Advancements Pair with Arlo Secure App For Maximum Protection SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 November 2022 – Arlo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ARLO), a leading smart home security brand, today announced its most innovative and advanced offering to date, the all-new Pro 5S 2K Security Camera. The latest addition to the award-winning Pro series, Pro 5S boasts tri-band connectivity – operating off dual-band Wi-Fi […]

Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2022 Commences CIN 5th Anniversary with Facilitated Total Investment over HK$1.7 billion

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 October 2022 – The Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF), Cyberport’s premier annual venture capital event, commenced at Cyberport. This year’s event lasts two days and runs in a hybrid format. With the theme of “Thriving in the Dynamic: Refocusing for Growth“, CVCF 2022 gathered over 100 global venture experts and entrepreneurial leaders to discuss the latest situation of the […]

Hong Kong Design Centre Welcomes Chief Executive’s 2022 Policy Address and New Measures to Foster the Development of the Cultural and Creative Industries

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 October 2022 – Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) strongly supports the policies proposed in Chief Executive John Lee’s first Policy Address, in particular the government’s initiatives to foster the development of Hong Kong into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, in accordance with the 14th Five-Year Plan. In fulfilling this role, HKDC believes it would also be important […]

Angela Lansbury Was A Brilliant Actor And A Committed Socialist

Sing Tao News Corporation “Leader of the Year 2021” Awards Presentation Ceremony

A Salute to Outstanding Contributions and Extraordinary Precedents HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 October 2022 – Sing Tao News Corporation Limited’s “Leader of the Year 2021” Awards Presentation Ceremony and Gala Dinner, was held today at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong to pay tribute to the distinguished individuals. The annual event is organised by Sing Tao Daily, Headline Daily and The Standard of Sing […]

The Enabling Festival 2022 (賦智生活节) opens for the fifth year, aims to support a dementia-friendly Singapore through The Power of Touch

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 23 September 2022 – The Enabling Festival 2022 opens on 23 September 2022 at National Gallery Singapore, with the key programme focus on the theme of Touch. COVID-19 has created a world of isolation and disrupted a fixed routine that many persons living with dementia live by. The lack of social and physical interaction has inevitably increased the burden and stress of […]

DFM most rate-sensitive among EM exchanges

Matein Khalid “Our currency, your problem”. John Connally, Treasury Secretary in the Nixon White House uttered these words to the world’s elite when he torpedoed the Bretton Woods regime’s gold link to the US dollar in 1971. Fifty one years later, the world is still paying a terrible price for the US dollar’s role as the dominant reserve currency. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is up 20% […]

LEONINE Studios and Wiedemann & Berg Film reveal first look on Milli Vanilli biopic GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE

Lead actors are Tijan Njie as Robert Pilatus and Elan Ben Ali as Fabrice Morvan Matthias Schweighöfer stars as Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian Writer and director is multi award-winning filmmaker Simon Verhoeven Produced by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, producers of the Academy Award® winning feature film THE LIVES OF OTHERS, the two-time Academy Award® nominated NEVER LOOK AWAY, and the groundbreaking Netflix Original Series DARK […]

Supreme Court Has Acted In Haste In Upholding Gujarat High Court’ Clean Chit To Modi

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