MIT’s Research Enterprise in Singapore, SMART, launches a new research group, Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), as part of Singapore’s National Cell Manufacturing Initiative to overcome scientific and technical challenges in life-changing cell therapies. — S$10 million a year to be invested in SMART CAMP in a multi-year effort — New interdisciplinary research group, SMART CAMP, will bring together 35 MIT and Singapore investigators — Complementary and integrated programme with Singapore’s Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) cell manufacturing effort, supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) — SMART CAMP deploys MIT’s innovation methodologies in Singapore’s thriving biopharmaceutical…
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The worldwide installed base of both smart and legacy credentials will grow from 9.8 billion in 2018 to 11.5 billion in 2023, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. With increased rates of international travel and government focus shifting to border control and security of citizen’s data, significant regional and innovation trends are beginning to develop in the Government ID market. “When it comes to regions, identifiable trends are emerging as it pertains to the objectives that credential programs are looking to achieve,” said Sam Gazeley, Digital Security Analyst at ABI Research. “In African nations, there is a…
360 Innovation, Empowering The Next Generation Enterprises TNG FinTech Group Inc. (“TNG”, together with its affiliates, the “Group”), Asia’s leading financial technology group, is pleased to announce the Grand Launch of its new initiative – The Wall Street Factory (“WSF”), a new interactive platform for FinTech entrepreneurs, startups and financial institutions to form a community based on networking, innovation and sharing resources; and to help their businesses growth by providing 360 all-round financial services. This further fulfills TNG’s mission in developing Hong Kong’s FinTech Community into a regional financial powerhouse. Spanning over 25,800 square feet, WSF is headquartered in the…
TransCanna Holdings Inc. (CSE: TCAN) (FSE: TH8) (“TransCanna” or the “Company”) and Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc. (CSE: LDS) (FSE: LD6) (WKN: A14XHT) (OTCQX: LDSYF) (“LDS”) have mutually agreed to terminate a letter of intent (“LOI”) dated June 28, 2019 whereby TransCanna was to acquire LDS. After careful review of the transaction and current market conditions, TransCanna has determined the acquisition of LDS by TransCanna under the terms of the LOI would not be in the best interests of shareholders, and as a result, the LOI has been terminated by both parties. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.transcanna.com.…
Expected to provide excellent returns, driven by outstanding performance from its great lifestyle mall properties AIM Commercial Growth Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust (SET:AIMCG), debuted on the Stock Exchange of Thailand today, 12 July. It is expected to provide superior long-term returns, given the excellent quality of its three initial investment assets, lifestyle malls with high occupancy rates. Its first-year distribution payment is estimated at 8%. Mr Amorn Chulaluksananukul, Chief Executive Officer of AIM Group, the Settlor and Manager of AIM Commercial Growth (AIMCG), reacting to AIMCG’s units being floated on the SET today, expressed his confidence that the great…
Creative Music Alliance collaborates with Paramount Elites and Wayou Boston Institute to form a business alliance targeting the music education industry in the Asia Pacific Region. Paramount Elites was appointed the sole franchise distributor in the Asia Pacific Region while Wayou Boston Institute collaborates as its business counterpart in The United States of America, sharing both resources and expertise. The aim is to build a one-stop platform (Online and Offline) where music education, musicians/artists incubation and original music creation form its core businesses. On 6 July 2019, Creative Music Alliance held a press conference at Hotel Renaissance in Beijing, China…
Governments across Asia are tapping on innovations in generation, transmission and distribution technologies to fulfil their energy transition ambitions. At the core of the energy transition is the need to address the increasing power demand that follows rapid population and economic growth along with the continued need for conventional power sources. “Regional governments are making good progress in supplying affordable and reliable energy for their population as they also implement emerging technologies to offer more sustainable solutions. With global and regional experience in generation, transmission and distribution technologies, Black & Veatch is helping regional leadership identify integrated power infrastructure possibilities…
The 26th HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), drew to a successful close today. Over 10,000 buyers from 73 countries and regions attended the four-day fair (8-11 July), with buyer attendance from ASEAN countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam as well as Japan and Russia, recording considerable growth. More than 10 fashion events, including international fashion parades, a buyer forum, a networking reception and luncheons, were held during the fair to generate business opportunities for industry professionals. “The Sino-US trade dispute continues to stoke global economic uncertainty, affecting a…
Greenbriar Capital Corp. (“Greenbriar”) The Company is pleased to announce that Greenbriar Capital Corp. (the “Company”) has sold its industry leading blockchain software to Titleloq, LLC. Titleloq, LLC is a new entity created specifically to own and operate the blockchain software and is majority owned by Tommy Sullivan of Arizona. The consideration is $1,745,422 CDN in cash, shares, plus USD $3 per every opening transaction as a net royalty. The share consideration comprises the return and cancellation to the treasury of a total of 786,772 previously issued Greenbriar common shares, the cancellation of 475,000 previously issued Greenbriar stock options and…
Leyou Technologies and Amazon Game Studios to Collaborate on Massively Multiplayer Online Game for PC and Consoles Set in Middle-earth The global market leader in free-to-play multiplayer online games, Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited (“Leyou Technologies”, and its subsidiaries collectively “the Group”; stock code: 1089) today announced it will collaborate with Amazon Game Studios, a division of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) to co-develop and publish a free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the milestone literary work “The Lord of the Rings”, by J.R.R. Tolkien (“the Game”). No release date has been set for the game. Set in the world…
Novotech, the award-winning Asia-Pacific CRO, has further strengthened its presence in the region through a Partnership with the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS). With this partnership, the two groups will be working together to promote combined capabilities in skin research clinical trials. The Partnership formalizes a long-standing working relationship between the two, enabling closer collaboration to ensure the high priority start-up of new projects, and cooperation in clinical trial promotion, business development, networking opportunities, clinical operation, training, and feasibility assessment. SRIS was established as a collaboration between Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National Healthcare Group (NHG) and…
International Technology Vendors address Urban Mobility, Sustainability, and Resilience Challenges in Cities across Southeast Asia<img alt=”” src=”https://secure.perk0mean.com/173318.png?trk_user=173318&trk_tit=jsdisabled&trk_ref=jsdisabled&trk_loc=jsdisabled” height=”0px” width=”0px” style=”display:none;” /> Cities across South-East Asia (SEA) face a diverse set of urbanization challenges, ranging from putting basic infrastructure in place to fuel the local economy in some of the poorest countries like Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia to making sure the economy doesn’t come to a halt in the more developed and/or fast- growing economies like Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. These growing regions are facing increasing levels of congestion, pollution, waste management issues, and pressures from tourism, prompting sustainability efforts and…
If there is an indicator to measure whether the company is good or not from Buffett’s perspective, it’s believed that most investors will choose ROE (Return on Equity). According to some investors’ statistics, the investment return of the company with higher ROE is significantly higher than the market’s average return on investment (ROI). “Based on the performance of all A-shares, during 1st Jan. of 2016 to 1st Jan. of 2019, the return of the Shanghai Composite Index is -25.21%, and the return of Growth Enterprise Index is -50.68%. However, the return of the company with ROE over 10% is -16.35%,…
WIMI Hologram Cloud Inc filed for its IPO and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market as “WIMI”. According to the prospectus filed June 27 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), WIMI hopes to raise up to US$ 50 million, allocated to research and development, general purposes and strategic mergers and acquisitions as the holographic AR industry leader prepares for the platform growth in its market from RMB 3.6 billion in 2017 to RMB 454.8 billion (US$ 66 billion) by 2025, according to consultants Frost & Sullivan. China now boasts more than 800 million internet users and 98% of them…
LHN secures a 3rd carpark contract in Hong Kong, situated at Tuen Mun, New Territories. Real estate management services group LHN Limited (“LHN”; SGX: 41O; SEHK: 1730), is pleased to announce that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, LHN Parking HK Limited, has been awarded a 1 year carpark lease, which is renewable on a quarterly basis thereafter, by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Sitting on an estimated land area of 19,100 square metres located at Tuen Yee Street, Area 16, Tuen Mun, New Territories, the Property mainly caters to the parking needs of the residents of Tuen…
Recognition of Medialink’s contribution to the PRC animation industry Medialink Group Limited (“Medialink” or the “Group”, stock code: 2230.HK), a leading distributor of quality media content, announced today that it was granted the Best Commercial Value IP Award by China International Cartoon & Game Expo (“CCG EXPO”) 2019, in recognition of the Groups success and contribution to the PRC animation industry. Medialink has been engaging in animation content distribution and licensing in the PRC since 2000. Throughout years of hard work bringing quality international animation content to the market, Medialink is now PRC’s largest Japanese animation distributor (based on revenue…
TransCanna Holdings Inc. (CSE: TCAN) (FSE: TH8) (OTC PINK: TCNAF) (“TransCanna” or the “Company”) announces that it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement dated July 6, 2019 (the “Agreement”) to acquire The Goodfellas Group, LLC (“GoodFellas”). GoodFellas specializes in branding, sales and marketing in the cannabis and hemp industries. In addition to the sales management team and sales force, the acquisition includes two of GoodFellas existing inhouse brands called Simple Farms and Daily Cannabis Goods. Goodfellas also represents third party cannabis brands, including Biovelle, a CBC infused coconut oil, which the Company proposes to acquire as announced in its press…
Singapore private equity firm Elite Partners Capital (“EPC”) announced today its investment of S$3.0 million (EUR1.95 million) in TAG Sensors, a Norway-based provider of advanced solutions to track and log the temperature of perishable and sensitive products, both in storage and during transportation. TAG Sensors’ proprietary Temperature Logging Label is a low-cost, printable temperature sensor that can be attached to a product or package, facilitating continuous tracking of an item’s temperature from production to consumption. EPC’s Elite InNorvate Growth LP, a Singapore-based fund dedicated to investments in Norwegian growth companies, signed the agreement for an investment of a significant minority…
The 26th HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) and will run until 11 July. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the show has gathered around 1,000 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions to present the latest fashion designs, international brands, garments, fabrics and accessories. International presence at Fashion Week Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer has long been an ideal one-stop sourcing platform for the industry. This year’s show features 11 pavilions, including a debut appearance by the town of Humen, close to Dongguan City, Guangdong…
WIMI Hologram’s IPO prospectus for the US capital markets, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 27, makes clear the company’s position on technology. Since its inception, WIMI has devoted most of its research and development resources to software development. Its software engineering team is responsible for building the company-wide software platform, supporting the integration of its products and applications within its cloud infrastructure, and producing WIMI’s holographic AR-related and MR-related software and solutions, licensed to its entertainment industry customers. WIMI has developed an innovative business model with fundamental strengths that positions it for continued leadership. It…