Author: Marie Jones

TVS Motor Company, a reputed two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer globally, today announced a partnership with EGO Movement as a majority shareholder, in an all-cash deal through its Singapore Subsidiary TVS Motor (Singapore) Pte Ltd. The partnership is in line with TVS Motor Company’s commitment to building an aspirational product portfolio while nurturing sustainable and scalable brands. It also reiterates the company’s strategy to expand its global presence in developed markets, commencing with Europe, which serves as the heart of the e-bike mobility landscape. Led by the co-founders Daniel Meyer and Marie So, EGO Movement is a Swiss technology company providing…

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SinoMab BioScience Limited (HKG:3681, SinoMab) announced with Suzhou Sinovent Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (Sinovent) today that they have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Everest Medicines (HKG:1952.HK, Everest) to out-license the right to develop and commercialize SN1011 (referred as XNW1011 by Sinovent), a covalent reversible Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, to Everest globally for the treatment of renal diseases. Under the terms of the agreement, SinoMab and Sinovent will receive USD $12 million in initial upfront payments from Everest and up to $549 million as future development, regulatory, and commercial milestone payments, as well as high single-digit to low double-digit…

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Ni Hsin EV Tech Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Main Market-listed Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad) (Ni Hsin), today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Dongguan Tailing Motor Vehicle Co., Ltd. (TAILG) with the intention to collaborate and explore opportunities in the study, research, development, assembly and distribution of customised Electric Vehicles (EV) for commercial purposes in Malaysia and the ASEAN region (the Proposal). Established in 2004, TAILG is one of the top three manufacturers of electric two-wheelers in China with a presence in over 75 countries and a research and development…

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FULONGMA (SHA: 603686; the Company) successfully held its EV sanitation ex-factory ceremony, to commemorate the completion of the Longyan Gaobei Factory’s first Thailand bound order. Comprised of EV garbage compactor trucks, EV washing and sweeping trucks and EV water trucks, the order is a major milestone for FULONGMA in tapping the Southeast Asian market and a testament to the Company’s further expansion in the region. Thailand remains an important economic hub within Southeast Asia, boasting a mature and burgeoning tourism industry. However, in recent years, Thailand has been plagued by worsening air pollution caused by crop burning, industrial pollution and excessive…

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Beneficial opportunities for URQA tokenholders and loyal members of the UREEQA community UREEQA (www.ureeqa.com), a blockchain platform for protecting, managing and monetizing creative work, today announced several exciting new programs that are designed to generate considerable returns and benefits for the budding platform’s community members, as well as a substantial bump in the URQA token. UREEQA has launched a new Community Qards campaign that will lead this fall to tremendous new opportunities for those who are most loyal and active within the platform’s orbit. Community Qardholders will gain access to a VIP Staking Pool with a 155% Annual Percentage Yield…

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According to industry sources, Huisen Household International (HKG:2127) has formed a strategic partnership with Xiaomi Group (HKG:1810) to jointly develop smart home business in various application scenarios, including office, hotel, apartment, elderly care institutions, educational institutions, and households, etc. According to the sources, Huisen will develop a smart furniture plan to combine with Xiaomi’s IoT platform in terms of product development and marketing, and both parties will jointly carry out a business partnership of smart pre-renovation (providing smart home solutions before the actual renovation) and smart renovation. Meanwhile, Huisen’s smart furniture products will be showcased in Xiaomi Smart Life Experience…

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New Design Dynamic, New Industry Opportunities – RCEP Qingdao Design Festival runs Sept 17 – 21 RCEP Qingdao Design Festival will formally launch at the Qingdao Industrial Design Innovation Center (QIDC) on Friday, Sept 17. The Festival will take “New Design Dynamic” as its theme, and will hold the Opening Ceremony, Design Exhibition, Design Forum, Design Workshop, Design Innovation Journey, Design Night and other activities running through Sept 21, aiming to gather international forces, explore the innovation of industrial design, and create a cultural feast with the international communication value of industrial design at its core. RCEP Qingdao Design Festival…

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The Data Encryption solution will help companies from the fintech, banking, and gaming industries meet their data security and protection needs in minutes, without ANY CODING AppSealing, a leading mobile application security solution provider and a service of INKA ENTWORKS, announced the launch of its data encryption solution for Android applications. With this solution, companies can protect a slew of sensitive data like authentication tokens, unique identifiers, and passwords from unauthorized access and modification. The premium addition of this solution to its mobile application protection suite further reiterates AppSealing’s commitment to enabling companies to fend off cyber attackers and prevent…

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Strategic Partnership Agreement with Bursa-Listed Nestcon Berhad for Solar Energy Initiative Proposed Share Placement to Prominent Investors to Accelerate the Group’s New Growth Initiatives Hatten Land Limited (SGX:PH0) announced today a partnership to operate Hatten Land’s energy-efficient ‘green’ cryptocurrency mining in Melaka that will soon be enabled by solar panels installed on rooftops of retail malls it owns or manages, as it pivots towards an environmental-friendly digital economy. SGX-Catalist Hatten Land’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Hatten Technology (S) Pte. Ltd. (Hatten Tech) has signed an MOU with SGX Mainboard-listed Singapore Myanmar Investco Limited (SMI) to jointly explore business opportunities in cryptocurrency mining…

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Researchers at Jilin University, China, reviewed recent progress in the study of Salvinia leaves and their artificial replicas. Several plants and animals have evolved surfaces with long-term (i.e., days to months) air-retainability to prevent wetting and submersion. One example is Salvinia, a plant floating on water. The secret how do they maintain an air-mattress has been unraveled by researchers. Researchers at Jilin University reviewed recent progress in the study of Salvinia leaves and their artificial replicas. “Salvinia has complex multicellular hairs on the upper side of its leaves, and each group of four hairs is connected at the terminal ends,…

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JNBY Group Just Naturally Be Yourself is the Group’s universal brand philosophy, the most influential designer brand and fashion group in China, released its FY21 annual results on August 31. It maintained its leading position in China’s fashion industry with a strong financial performance. Revenue increased 33.1% on year to RMB4.13 billion, while net profit jumped 86.7% to nearly RMB647.2 million. JNBY’s remarkable recovery from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic saw its performance surge past pre-pandemic levels. Three main business strategies that strengthen the brand’s unique positioning in the rapidly changing market underscore its continued success. Dual Driving Factors…

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Gradiant demonstrated strong growth during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic Gradiant won 26 new projects in 2021 YTD across the Asia Pacific region Contract wins are in cleantech water treatment solutions with new clients, applications, markets, and geographies, including long-term DBOOM concession agreements Since the onset of the pandemic, Gradiant has secured 56 new projects with a total contract value of over US$514 million  Gradiant’s team has grown to 350 people, with almost all new headcount growth in the Asia Pacific region Gradiant, an end-to-end cleantech water treatment solutions provider, announced that it has secured 26 new projects in 2021 year-to-date…

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Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. today announced that its quarterly business achieved a significant milestone as the number of account openings represented by Generation Z (18-24 yr) saw an increase of over 90 per cent compared to the same period last year. For Singapore Generation Z investors, the purchase of stocks, futures and options have increased by at least 9-fold as compared to the same time last year, with a notable surge in the preference for stocks and options by around 14 times in terms of volume. The Singapore business was one of the largest contributors to…

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Zhonghua Gas Holdings Limited (the Company; HKG:246) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the Group) announced its wholly-owned subsidiary Tiancheng Jiuran (Shanghai) New Energy Co., Ltd. signs a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Plate Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. (Shagang Group), to synergize resource advantages in two major areas: liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling stations and pipeline gas supply to broaden the sales network of the Group. The Board of Directors believes that this move will enhance the Group’s LNG refueling station business and the gas pipeline business as well as…

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Edvantage Group Holdings Limited (Edvantage Group or the Group, HKG:382), the largest private higher education group in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (the Greater Bay Area), is pleased to announce that GBA Business School (the School) under the Group has been officially founded, with a grand opening and MOU signing ceremony in Conrad Hong Kong on 14 September. The officiating guests included, Dr. Jonathan Choi Koon-shum, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC and the Chairman of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Union; Professor Ambrose King Yeo-chi, the former vice-chancellor of The Chinese University of…

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On September 13, 2021, Hua Medicine (Shanghai) Ltd. (the Hua Medicine, HKG: 2552) has signed a supply chain strategic cooperation agreement with Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. (the Sinopharm, HKG:1099). Under the agreement, both companies will cooperate more closely in logistics warehousing, supply chain management and channel data analysis, and will jointly promote the commercialization of Hua Medicine’s global first-in-class glucokinase activator (GKA), dorzagliatin, for its market launch in China. Dr. Li Chen, Founder and CEO of Hua Medicine, Ms. Wenjie Xu, Vice President of Commercial Strategy and Marketing, Mr. Yong Liu, President of Sinopharm, and Mr. Xudong Zhou, Vice President…

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With Southeast Asia becoming the global hotbed for Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure, along with the region witnessing the emergence of the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025, over 1000 datacentre and cloud professionals from 200+ leading public and private enterprises across the ASEAN region will join the virtual edition of Datacentre and Cloud Summit (DCCI) 2021: ASEAN, organized by Tradepass on 28-29 September, 2021. In an interview leading up to the summit, Jeremy Deutsch, President of Asia-Pacific, Equinix said, “With ASEAN leading the charge in data center and digital infrastructure growth, the virtual DCCI Summit ASEAN 2021 is the perfect platform for…

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Prospective Outlook is Expected with a Series of Acquisitions Earlier TIME Interconnect Technology Limited (the Company, HKG:1729, with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the Group) is pleased to announce details of the increase in the shareholding in the Company by controlling shareholder, Mr. Lo Chung Wai Paul, a non-executive director of the Company and the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company. On 10 September 2021, Mr. Paul Lo acquired the entire issued share capital of Datatech Investment Inc. (a substantial shareholder holding 204,930,000 shares (the Shares) of the Company) through Lacosta Harness Limited ( a company…

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Harsch Khandelwal moves to Executive Chairman as UREEQA accelerates efforts to protect Creators’ work, rights and revenue through its blockchain platform UREEQA, a blockchain platform for protecting, managing and monetizing creative work, today announced that the company is bolstering its executive core as technology marketing leader Kirk Fergusson becomes the new CEO. Former CEO Harsch Khandelwal rounds out the executive team as Executive Chairman. In barely a year, UREEQA has evolved from a compelling concept to a crypto project with a loyal, growing base of believers and Tokenholders as well as a healthy pipeline of clients excited to utilize the…

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Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA) today announced the winners of the 7th Investor Relations Awards 2021 (the IR Awards or the Awards). Now in its seventh consecutive year, the Awards has been recognizing and honoring investor relations (IR) excellence and best practices among Hong Kong-listed companies and IR professionals. As the COVID-19 pandemic gradually eases, physical events have started to resume. This year’s IR Awards Conference and Awards Presentation Ceremony was held in a hybrid mode for the first time, where IR experts and professionals were invited to conduct discussions with regard to strategies, latest trends, effective processes and…

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