Author: Marie Jones

Champion Real Estate Investment Trust (“Champion REIT”) (Stock Code: 2778), owner of Three Garden Road and Langham Place, has triumphed numerous prestigious accolades across various categories during the year, especially in the environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) area. Among the recent honours bestowed on Champion REIT is the Grand Award, the top honour for the second consecutive time, at the HKMA Sustainability Award 2020/21. In addition to highlighting the Trust’s dedication to promoting green and healthy community, this award also demonstrates its emphasis on fostering stakeholders’ relationship through implementing various innovative initiatives to transform risks into opportunities. The Trust is…

‘Seoul Global Challenge 2021’ organized by Seoul Business Agency (SBA, CEO Kim Hyun-woo), which supports small and medium-sized businesses in Seoul strengthen their competitiveness through assistance in technological development, has reached the finish line of about a year’s journey to reduce particulate matters in the subway and improve air quality. ‘Seoul Global Challenge 2021’ is an international competition hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized by SBA that commenced with the objective to find solutions to the challenges facing the international city of Seoul from innovators from around the world. In the Technology Challenge category, Tallano Technologie from France…

DogeBonk is a two month old memecoin, revived from hibernation by a ragtag group of anonymous Defi veterans. More than just a coin, DogeBonk’s exponentially growing decentralized community of holders has recently completed one of the most ambitious stunts in crypto history. They have successfully become the first memecoin in space, beating Dogecoin by months. The project emerged from a community brainstorm on ways to show how even a scrappy underdog like DogeBonk, could show that one does not need the patronage of influencers and billionaires to achieve great things. One anonymous member suggested one-upping noted billionaire and meme enthusiast…

A group of crypto enthusiasts has announced the release of the RIDGE charity token. RIDGE is a community-driven charity token deployed on the Ethereum network (ERC-20) with the major purpose of donating to charities and developing other crypto utilities. Over time, the team has consistently delivered and helped several tokens improve their utilities. They have worked together with one aim in mind, to become a serious token with multiple use cases for a better and greater decentralized crypto community. The launch of the RIDGE token took place on November 9th, 2021. They did their first donation, followed by additional two…

Britania PCL (SET: BRI) is debuting its IPO shares in the stock market, putting forward an impressive performance between 2018 and 2020 with an average annual growth rate of 113%. Revenue during the first 9 months of this year stands at 2,808.57 million baht, growing by 52%. Further plans include 9 new low-rise housing projects next year across the Bangkok Metropolis and certain provinces, valued at 10,800 million baht. Mrs. Supalak Chanpitak, Chief Executive Officer, BRI, reports that the trading of its IPO shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand starts today (Dec. 21, 2021) under the symbol “BRI”. The…

The metaverse infrastructure development company Element.Black is delighted to announce it has established a partnership with world’s top 100 DJ and French record producer DJ Snake to interact and co-create NFT arts with fans, tapping into the potential of fan economy and building the blockchain game Pixel-Infinity into the world’s first prominent co-creation NFT Social-Fi platform. French DJ and record producer DJ Snake first gained international attention in 2013 by releasing a single “Turn Down for What” with US musician Lil Jon. The song was certified platinum in the following year. In 2021, DJ Snake ranked No.33 in the “Top…

Spritzer takes note of the flood situation affecting various locations in Peninsular Malaysia over the last 72 hours and is prepared to render assistance to affected communities. It has been reported that more than 22,000 people were evacuated throughout Peninsular Malaysia on Sunday as the country faces some of its worst flooding in years due to a multiple-day heavy downpour. In view of the emergency, the Company is making immediate arrangement for mineral water to be distributed via the Malaysia Civil Defence Force and Red Crescent to selected relief centres nationwide. More than RM50,000 worth of Spritzer Natural Mineral Water…

Society Pass Incorporated (Nasdaq: “SOPA”) (“SoPa” or “the Comapny”), the leading Southeast Asian data-driven loyalty platform, today, announced that the company has been added to the Russell 2000 Index, effective at the open of U.S. markets on December 20, 2021 and according to the preliminary list of IPO additions to the Russell indexes. Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Society Pass, Dennis Nguyen said “Building on the momentum of our successful IPO, the inclusion of Society Pass to these highly regarded and widely used indexes will increase the visibility of our stock to the wider global investment community and…

Analogue Holdings Limited (stock code: 1977) together with its subsidiaries (referred to as “ATAL Engineering Group”, “ATAL” or the “Group”), a leading electrical and mechanical (“E&M”) engineering services provider in Hong Kong, is pleased to announce its achievement of the “Grand Award – Specialist Contractor” and the “Professionalisation Award – Specialist Contractor” at CIC Outstanding Contractor Award 2021, organised for the first time by the Construction Industry Council (“CIC”). The awards are a testament to ATAL’s outstanding performances and contribution to the industry and society, through its commitment to innovation and nurturing talents to enhance professionalism of the industry. Mr…

DigitalX Limited (ASX: DCC, ‘DigitalX’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that the DigitalX Bitcoin Fund (ISIN: AU60BQC79571) has received an investment-grade research rating from well-known and respected investment research house, SQM Research. The investment-grade rating on the Company’s Bitcoin Fund represents a significant milestone in that it is the first research-rated digital asset fund in Australia. Highlights DigitalX Bitcoin Fund becomes the first digital asset fund in Australia to receive an investment-grade rating The Fund has been issued with an investment-grade rating after the review process by SQM Research, one of Australia’s most recognised and respected research houses…

The East India Company announces the 2022 Una & the Lion limited-edition gold and silver coin collection, the latest release in its celebrated annual series. A Modern Retelling of a Legendary Story Una, the beautiful princess on a quest to rescue her parents from a dragon. The Lion, her faithful companion, protecting her from harm. Discover how their ancient legend has been retold with a modern twist, for today’s coin collector. Each year, The East India Company’s celebrated Una & the Lion series invites the world’s great coin designers to reimagine the ancient legend with a fresh, contemporary twist. Explore…

Titano, a DeFi 2.0 protocol developer, is launching a revolutionary type of staking token with amazing fixed APY. Decentralized finance or DeFi is causing a revolution in the finance industry. Crypto holders can lock or stake their tokens on a DeFi website and receive interest rates that most thought impossible. The tool that DeFi companies use to create these high returns are financial algo-rithms and token staking strategies called protocols. Defi 1.0 introduced different versions of these protocols that now attract billions in capital, and have built many of crypto’s top performers. DeFi 2.0 protocols promise token holders greater levels…

The NFT gaming project EMETH just announced its solution to solve gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain. The first launch of their NFT collection is significantly impacted by prohibitive gas fees. The EMETH team decided to tackle what has been plaguing the NFT community for the past few months and launch their second mint (December 21) with a solution to solve high gas fees. EMETH’s solution to gas fees is not a fancy technical discovery but down-to-earth and business savvy. It consists in refunding the buyers’ gas fees up to 100%, depending on the total number of NFTs minted. By…

Sirnaomics Ltd. (“Sirnaomics” or “Company”, stock code: 2257.HK), the RNA therapeutics biopharmaceutical company withs strong presence in both China and the U.S., today announces the proposed listing of its shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”). Sirnaomics plans to offer an aggregate of 7,540,000 Offer Shares under the Global Offering (subject to the Over-allotment Option), consisting of 6,786,000 International Offer Shares (subject to reallocation and the Over-allotment Option) and 754,000 Hong Kong Offer Shares (subject to reallocation), at a price range between HK$65.90 and HK$72.70 per share. The Company will start its public…

On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, India hosted the most comprehensive virtual conference on AI and associated future technologies. Hosted by Trescon, World AI & RPA show connected dots in AI research and real-world applications. With the recent AI boom, there is a greater understanding of these fields and the challenges to meet them. In this 32nd edition of the show, the theme of Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was highlighted in the context of current business challenges and opportunities in India. The show was Supported by MeitY; Powered by — IBM; Lead Sponsors — Dataiku and Tatvic; Bronze…

2021 the 11th Hong Kong International Finance Forum & China Securities Golden Bauhinia Awards Ceremony, themed “The 14th Five-Year, a New Journey”, was held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center dated December 17, 2021. Around 200 financial officials and senior officers in securities firms, venture capital institutions, and listed companies from Mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as abroad, attended the event. Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Jiang Zaizhong, member of the national committee of CPPCC & President of Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, Song Zhiping, Chairman of China…

OKLink, the world-leading blockchain big-data company, has launched support for 9 new languages including Russian, French, German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Vietnamese on its official website to spread its reach across boundaries. The new language options will provide more opportunities for OKLink’s international expansion, which is progressing steadily, while the company serving more than 50 million blockchain participants around the world over time. OKLink is one of the leading blockchain companies from China. Ranging from product research and development, blockchain adoption, blockchain crime crackdown to police education and training, lab research and investigation, OKLink has been acting as…

Demonstrating organizational agility, leadership transformation and a high level of employee engagement, DBS and Hilti have been named as 2021 Best Employers in Hong Kong, according to Kincentric’s premium assessment that identifies organisations who demonstrate outstanding people practices and workplace excellence. Employee Engagement, Organisational Agility, Engaging Leadership and Talent Focus were the key attributes assessed. Kincentric identifies Best Employers that are in the Top Quartile and research shows that excelling across these four areas leads to better business results. According to Kincentric’s insights, the Hong Kong’s Best Employers are 24%* stronger on Employee Engagement, 26%* better on Organisational Agility, 19%*…

Spritzer Malaysia (“Spritzer” or the “Company”) is delighted to announce the raising of its first-ever Sustainable Christmas Tree in Taiping, Perak as the central attraction of the Spritzer EcoPark Christmas 2021 Event. Families and friends can take memorable photos of themselves with this 10-feet high tree built from Spritzer Sparkling bottles with lights draped around it for a feel of the holiday season while enjoying a number of events lined up from 17 December 2021 to 02 January 2022 at the Spritzer EcoPark, Taiping. Visitors can admire the Recycle Art Tunnel made from thousands of Spritzer Natural Mineral Water bottles…

Global renewable energy developer, service provider and distributor, BayWa r.e., was named 2021 Solar Company of the Year in the ‘Distributor’ category at the Philippines Solar Week Leadership Awards 2021. Winners of the awards were assessed by a panel of judges via a transparent, research-backed approach, with BayWa r.e. attaining the award by registering consistent, robust, performance of their solar distribution business in the Philippines despite considerable market challenges. Leonides Lechoncito, Sales Manager for BayWa r.e. Philippines, said “This recognition from the industry was made possible due to the support and trust that our customer base has placed in BayWa r.e.,…