Author: Marie Jones

Brawijaya University has developed an Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on the Geographic Information System (GIS) to mitigate disasters in Pronojiwo district, an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru. “The data generated by IoT can be crucial information in dealing with disaster-affected areas,” a lecturer of urban planning at the university’s Faculty of Engineering, Adipandang Yudono, Ph.D., said here on Thursday. After the Semeru eruption some time ago, the IoT technology was used to enter a number of data regarding the number of refugees, logistics, the distribution of survivors, the location of the post, medicines, and food,…

HG Semiconductor Limited (“HG Semiconductor”, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”; Stock Code: 6908.HK) is pleased to announce that the Group has officially entered into subscription agreement (“Subscription Agreement”) with Mr. Zhu Gongshan (“Mr. Zhu”), the Founder, Chairman and Executive Director of GCL Technology Holdings Limited (“GCL”, Stock Code: 3800.HK) regarding the Investment Agreement (“Investment Agreement”) on 4 August 2022. Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, the Group has agreed to issue, and Mr. Zhu has agreed to subscribe for 60 million subscription shares (“Shares Subscription”) and 60 million warrants (“Warrants Subscription”). In view that the due diligence examinations have been…

 World Blockchain Summit (WBS), the largest global series of blockchain, crypto and web3 events, is coming back to Dubai on October 17-18 at the Atlantis the Palm. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Juma Ahmed Juma Al Maktoum, member of the ruling family of Dubai, WBS Dubai is hosting the most influential thought leaders on blockchain, Crypto, NFT, Web 3.0, and the metaverse to explore the market’s effects on commerce, banking, gaming, culture, and community development. Dubai is known for its welcoming stance on crypto and blockchain technology. This is evident in its ease of regulations for crypto and…

Baguio Green Group Limited (“Baguio” or the “Company”, Stock Code: 01397.HK) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two 3-year service contracts, worth approximately HK$482 million in total, by the Food and Environment Hygiene Department (“FEHD”) of the HKSAR Government for street cleansing services in Mong Kok district and pest control services in Wong Tai Sin district commencing 1 October 2022. The new contracts drive Baguio’s total Contracts on Hand to a historical high level of approximately HK$3.8 billion (as of 30 Sep 2022). Winning this new FEHD street cleansing contract highlights Baguio’s position as a leading player…

Club Med, the pioneer of Premium All-Inclusive holidays, is ready to welcome travellers back to Japan, following the further relaxation of travel restrictions for overseas travellers into the country. This much-anticipated move by the Japanese government is the final lid to allowing overseas travellers easier access into the country after more than two years following the COVID-19 pandemic. “Japan has been on the wish-list of many of our guests and travellers alike, listing the country as the top place to visit amongst Asian travellers post-pandemic, according to a survey by the Development Bank of Japan and Japan Travel Bureau Foundation and is…

Mainboard-listed Q&M Dental Group (Singapore) Limited [SGX: QC7] announced on 29 September 2022 the award of 2,014,245 shares to 7 promising next-generation dentists as part of the Q&M Performance Share Plan (PSP) 2018, as well as the proposed placement of an additional 4,985,755 treasury shares, totalling S$1.75 million, through placement to the same dentists. These 7 Key Dentists are the recipients of awards under the PSP 2018 by Q&M in its announcement dated 29 September 2022. These Key Dentists have also expressed their interest to subscribe for further shares as an expression of their confidence in and their commitment to…

The inaugural Dubai Metaverse Assembly first announced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and organised by the Dubai Future Foundation, took place on September 28 and 29. The Crypto Oasis, the fastest growing blockchain and Web3 ecosystem in the world, hosted the three sessions at the event that brought together regional and international experts in Dubai to shape the future of the metaverse. The first session featured Meta Decrypt discussing “Design Thinking – Digital Economy in the Metaverse”. This was an enriching and engaging talk about creating a more participatory economy and also discussed a broad range…

Velas Network, a leading blockchain protocol and ecosystem of related software products, has today revealed details of a major new partnership with Bahamas-based digital asset investment firm GEM Group (“GEM”). The $135M financial commitment is set to help Velas Network consolidate its position as the global leader in new blockchain technologies. This will support the business to deliver on its ambition to improve everyone’s lives by making advanced and disruptive technologies more accessible. Since its launch in 2019, Velas has rapidly established itself at the forefront of blockchain products and services. Thanks to its industry-leading transaction speeds, unparalleled security, and…

The Brand-New Building is Located in Downtown Miami on US-1, Across From Miami Heat FTX Arena and Biscayne Bay Due to the Unique and Strategic Location of the Building, the SKYX Roof Signs are Expected to be Seen by Tens of Millions, Including on TV Shows and Skyline Miami Imagery, Creating Significant SKYX Brand Awareness SKYX Platforms Corp. (NASDAQ:SKYX) (d/b/a Sky Technologies) (SKYX, we or “the Company), a highly disruptive platform technology company with over 60 issued and pending patents globally for simplifying and enhancing safety and automation in homes and buildings, today announced that it secured a 10-year roof…

My Platform, the MedTech venture in which Black Spade Capital Limited (Black Spade Capital) invested, has just announced that its PRC joint venture My Platform Information Technology (Guangzhou) Limited (My Platform MedTech) was awarded the Winner’s Prize in the 2022 Hong Kong-Macau-Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition organised by the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. The competition brings together 226 participants from a wide variety of industries to honour the key players from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for their achievement in the innovative and technology areas. My Platform MedTech ranked top 16 among the companies who received the award.…

Today, leading Philippine industry players including, Globe, GMA Network, Inc., Cignal TV, Inc, KROMA Entertainment and Smart Communications, Inc, joined hands with the Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) to announce the formation of the Video Coalition of the Philippines (VCP). The VCP aims to push for stronger intellectual property protection in the Philippines that will protect both original content and users, as well as promote the Philippines creative and media industries, not only in the Philippines but around the world. VCP convenors will build on the momentum of the presentation of the proposed Revised Intellectual Property…

BayWa r.e., the global energy developer, service provider, and distributor, is looking to expand its offering on Standalone Power Systems (SPS) to more regions in the State of Western Australia, and in the future, nationally, to different market sectors that require remote or standalone power. This follows the company’s success in providing SPS to farming, mining, business communities and homeowners in parts of rural Western Australia at the beginning of 2018, who have greatly benefited from this innovative and cost-effective power source. According to Western Power, the state owned corporation responsible for providing electricity in Western Australia, Western Australia has…

Think Equity, LLC (Think Equity) initiates coverage on Society Pass Inc. (Nasdaq: SOPA) (SoPa). Click Here (on Society Pass website) to view the full Think Equity research report. https://thesocietypass.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ThinkEquity_SocietyPass_Initiation_ResearchReport_26Sep2022.pdf Summary Points: ECommerce Holding Company. Society Pass is an acquisition-focused eCommerce holding company operating six interconnected verticals in loyalty, lifestyle, food and beverage, telecoms, digital media, and travel, connecting millions of registered consumers and thousands of registered merchants in Southeast Asia. The company has on-boarded more than 3.3 million registered consumers and over 200K registered merchants and brands. The company generated $520K of sales in 2021, with a revenue forecast of $9.5…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the Federal Government Agency responsible for the development of the Information Technology sector in Nigeria. Written by Iklima Musa, Lagos, Nigeria 28/09/2022. Nothing offers a more reliable picture of a country’s economic performance better than a periodic assessment of sectoral contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It’s no less so in Nigeria where a report by the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that Nigeria’s Information and Communications sector contributed 18.44 percent to the GDP in the second quarter of 2022. The figure was an improvement from the 15 percent performance recorded in the…

When first stumbling into the world of high frequency trading, the complicated jargon and unintuitive platforms are oftentimes a barrier for non-technical users to understand their workings. Luckily, with the increase in interest in blockchain technology around the world coupled with human nature to innovate, development teams around the world are creating platforms for novice and experienced users alike to trade cryptocurrencies in a simple manner. A web search for “best trading platform” yields nearly 383 million results. Yet, after diving into some of these results, one stumbles across a conglomerate of difficult-to-comprehend terminology, tools, and trading techniques incomprehensible for…

Transcenta Holding Limited (HKG:6628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announced that interim safety and efficacy data of dose expansion cohort from the phase I/II study of TST001 (Osemitamab), a humanized ADCC-enhanced anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody, in combination with Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin (CAPOX) as a first line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer was presented in a poster at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022. In first line treatment of advanced or metastatic G/GEJ cancer, early interim data of the first…

After successfully testing and showcasing the new PerfectSwell(R) surf pool at Boa Vista Village, which is now being claimed by the surf industry as “the best wave pool in the world”, AWM announces that they are once again partnering with JHSF to deliver world class surf to their newest project, Sao Paulo Surf Club. Like Boa Vista Village, SPSC will offer the same PerfectSwell high performance waves. Located near the Estaiada Bridge and part of the exclusive Real Park development, it will be the first surf club in the city of Sao Paulo. The development will also include luxury residential…

Avance Clinical, the leading Australian-based biotech CRO with US operations has won the South Australian Premier’s Export Awards – International Health category. The award recognises excellence in clinical services exports. The Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas, and Minister for Trade and Investment Nick Champion, presented the Premier’s Export Awards to Avance Clinical CEO Yvonne Lungershausen at the awards industry event today. This follows Avance Clinical’s selection as finalist for the Informa Pharma Intelligence Awards 2022 Best Contract Research Organization in APAC. Avance Clinical, which is backed by global private equity firm The Riverside Company, recently acquired a leading CRO…

Olympus Corporation (Olympus), a global medtech company committed to making people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling, today announced the release of the THUNDERBEAT(TM) Open Fine Jaw Type X surgical energy devices for open surgery. With a new thermal shield, the THUNDERBEAT Open Fine Jaw Type X surgical energy device is designed to support safer procedures.[i] The device is available commercially in Japan. The commercial launch of the product in Europe, the U.S., and South Korea is expected in October 2022, with continued launches in other countries and regions following. This device is part of Olympus’ THUNDERBEAT portfolio of hybrid…

Join Corinium’s Data and Analytics in Healthcare ASEAN on October 18 and learn how healthcare can use data and analytics to revolutionise patient experience. Attracting everyone from hospitals to government, insurers to community health, you will hear how the leading minds in healthcare are making actionable insights from their huge data sets. Through a range of cutting-edge case studies and presentations, issues tackled will include data governance, data-driven decision-making, predictive analytics, data integration and automation, patient turnaround improvement, digital transformation implementation in healthcare, and data-centric culture embedding. Join this sensational line up of healthcare data experts as we explore the…