Author: Marie Jones

More than 12,000 buyers visit 2019 fair, up 8% on last year The 10th HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and co-organised by the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA), finished its three-day run (14 to 16 May) today. The fair welcomed more than 12,000 buyers from 61 countries and regions, an increase of 8% compared with last year. HKTDC helps industry open new markets Benjamin Chau, HKTDC Deputy Executive Director, said: “Although the latest round of United States tariff hike could have a negative effect…

Nurturing start-ups and promoting innovation in Hong Kong The 11th HKTDC Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The opening ceremony for the two-day event was officiated by Jason Chiu, Vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Startup Council. E-Day brings together more than 280 exhibitors, offering a one-stop platform for start-ups to get inspired, seek funding, source talents and build connections. It also offers investors an invaluable opportunity to discover innovative new products and services. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Margaret Fong, HKTDC Executive Director,…

Kerry Logistics Network Limited (‘Kerry Logistics’; Stock Code 0636.HK) announced the establishment of Kerry Coffee (Hong Kong) Limited (‘Kerry Coffee’) to extend its business into the trading of coffee and related products, as well as to further deepen its partnership with Italian coffee group illycaffe. Kerry Coffee will be the sole distributor of illycaffe’s complete product range in Hong Kong and Macau, including the iperEspresso coffee machines, capsules, coffee beans, and other coffee-making equipment and accessories. Kerry Logistics has been enjoying a partnership with illycaffe since 2017, providing total integrated logistics solutions for illycaffe and acting as the sole…

HKACE research reveals that better digital platform and mobile application contributes to higher engagement in digital services among Hong Kong customers. Yet human interaction remains crucial to providing immediate attention and resolution. Customer service staff need training and education to effectively use digital channels to meet customers’ expectations. Hong Kong customers have become more enthusiastic to use digital services because digital channels are able to meet customers’ needs for convenience. Among the various digital channels, mobile apps receive the highest satisfaction and the highest intention to use in the future More customers have used digital channels this year (increased from…

Expands Persta’s natural gas exploration and production capacity from the Voyager area Persta Resources Inc. (“Persta” or the “Company”; stock code: 3395), a specialist in the exploration, development, production and sale of oil and gas with headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Jixing Energy (Canada) Ltd. (“Jixing”) have entered into a gas handling agreement (the “Gas Handling Agreement”) that involves the Voyager gas gathering system and pipeline. The Gas Handing Agreement will lead to the delivery of natural gas and associated products produced to the Alberta Natural Gas Pipeline System. Mr. Le BO, Chairman and Executive Director of Persta Resources…

Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and co-organised by the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA), the 10th HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair (“Medical Fair”) started its three-day run (14 to 16 May) today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year’s fair features 285 exhibitors from eight countries and regions. Sophia Chong, HKTDC Acting Executive Director, said: “The medical devices and supplies market presents enormous growth potential. To help industry players capitalise on the opportunities, this year’s Medical Fair spotlights home-grown cutting-edge biotechnology applications and an array of…

Kingsoft Cloud Achieves Robust Growth Rapid Growth from Value-Added Services Continue to Fuel Growth of WPS Office Kingsoft Corporation Limited (“Kingsoft” or the “Company”; HKEx stock code: 03888), a leading Chinese software and Internet service company, has announced its unaudited quarterly results for the three months ended 31 March 2019 (“period under review”). During the period under review, the revenue of Kingsoft increased 37% year-over-year to RMB1,726.5 million. Revenue from the online games, cloud services, and office software and services and others represented 34%, 49% and 17%, respectively, of total revenue. Gross profit was RMB657.9 million. Mr. Jun LEI, Chairman…

Ho Chi Minh Securities Corporation (HSC), one of the top three securities firms and investment banks in Vietnam, has joined Global Alliance Partners (GAP) and will be officially welcomed at GAP’s Investment Conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 30 May 2019. Mr. Pham Ngoc Bich, Managing Director of HSC’s Corporate Finance, touts Vietnam as an emerging economy with a stable government, a stable currency, and low inflation. “Global manufacturers or exporters would find Vietnam as a very competitive alternative in diverting their factories from Greater China,” he said. Mr. Pham further said, “On the backdrop of Vietnam’s industrialization,…

Central Plaza Hotel PCL (SET:CENTEL) Senior Vice President of Finance, Khun Ronnachit Mahattanapreut discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: Given the challenging environment of 2018, how was CENTEL’s performance? CENTEL: Our group has two businesses, the hotel and the food business. Within the hotel business, we own 17 hotels and manage 22 hotels for a total of 39 hotels. For the Food business, we have 11 brands, 5 of which are Japanese with 956 outlets as of the end of 2018 and we plan to be above 1,000 outlets in 2019. During…

– Includes 10 leading oncology/translational medicine and drug development experts to support clinical strategy for TR009 and TRIGR’s immuno-modulatory bispecific antibody pipeline TRIGR Therapeutics, Inc. (“TRIGR”), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of multi-targeted and immunomodulatory bispecific antibodies, announced today the formation of its global Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board (CSAB) comprising of 10 key appointments. The CSAB will work closely with TRIGR’s leadership team as it prepares to advance lead product candidate TR009 (ABL001, NOV1501), a dual-angiogenesis bispecific antibody, into global phase 1b/2 clinical trials in gastric, colorectal and other solid tumors expressing VEGF and DLL4…

2-Day Event Fosters Innovation and Collaboration Amongst Employees Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report (R2R) software solutions for the office of finance, today announced its 3rd annual Code Games occurring May 13th – 15th at Trintech’s headquarters. Code Games is a 48-hour coding competition where Trintech employees, from across the organization, are challenged to code, develop and present an idea that enhances or innovates one of Trintech’s existing Record to Report solutions – all in just 48 hours. “From starting this event at a former company and now at Trintech, I have seen first-hand the incredible…

On May 9 2019, Gravitylink officially launched a new app – ML models market, called Model Play at 2019 Google I/O. This app not only provides a platform for global developers to share and communicate with ML models, but also can be used with the Google Coral Dev Board with Edge TPU to accelerate ML inference. With Model Play app, users could preview the real-time performance through a monitor or mobile phone when running the model. It inspires and helps developers bring AI into more applications from prototype to product. ML Models Market For Global Developers As a global AI…

Alliance Mineral Assets Limited (ASX: A40; SGX: 40F) (the Company or Alliance) is pleased to advise that the recently commenced exploration drilling has demonstrated further evidence of an extensive mineralised pegmatite body at its Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine in Western Australia (Bald Hill Mine). As anticipated, drill hole LRCD0842 intercepted 20m of coarse grained spodumene-bearing pegmatite from 189m down hole (assays pending). Refer Table 2 on page 5 for further details. The intercept is located between hole LRC0707 (21m @ 1.50% Li2O) to the north and a number of significant intercepts to the south. This area has been…

Net Profit Attributable to the Owners Increased by 252.2% to HK$13.1 Million Zhonghua Gas Holdings Limited (the “Company”; Stock Code: 8246) together with its subsidiaries (collective namely the “Group”) today announces that the first quarter results for the three months ended 31 March 2019 (“the Current Period”). Revenue of the Group for the Current Period amounted to approximately HK$134.8 million, representing an increase of approximately 98.7% year-on-year. Net profit and total comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the Company also recorded over 252.2% increase to approximately HK$13.1 million. The increase of revenue and net profit attributable to the owners…

Internationally renowned contemporary Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn has unveiled his monumental Building Bridges sculpture in Venice. One of the most popular sculptors of our times, Quinn’s public art has been seen around the world depicting themes of love and human connection through his expressive recreation of figurative forms and human hands. Building Bridges, the pinnacle of Quinn’s artistic expression to date, is installed in the basin of the Arsenale in the Castello District of Venice. Composed of six pairs of monumental hands, 15 metres high and 20 metres wide, the spectacular sculpture speaks to humanity’s commonality, with an emphasis of…

Captiva Verde Land Corp. (CSE: PWR) (the “Company”), is pleased to announce that Captiva Verde has acquired Solargram Farms Corporation (“Solargram”), a Canadian controlled private corporation, having corporate offices in Moncton, NB. With this acquisition, Captiva Verde has taken 100% ownership interest into a world class team of experienced operators and growers, dedicated to full spectrum, hand crafted, outdoor organic cannabis and oil extracts, providing high valued finished health and wellness products using natural farm inputs. The Solargram team has over 40 years of combined industry specific, non-stop operating, growing and processing experience in a specific regional market that, taken…

Global Alliance Partners (GAP) gears for its Investment Conference in Bangkok, Thailand this coming 30-31 May 2019, strengthened by the last one held in Barcelona, Spain as hosted by GVC Gaesco, which also most fittingly rolled out an impressive 10th year anniversary celebration for GAP. All Partner Firms were present as Ms. Ma Angels Vallve Ribera, Chairperson of GVC Gaesco, seized the occasion to showcase their expertise and their newly launched funds. “We believe in people,” Mr. Bernard Pouliot said. “We bring together owner-driven investment banks, securities brokers, research houses, financial advisors and wealth and fund managers, who wish to…

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (“NetDragon” or “the Company”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce on 7 May, its educational subsidiary Elernity has signed a framework agreement for strategic cooperation with Encyclopaedia Britannica at the Digital Maritime Silk Road Sub-forum of the 2nd Digital China Summit. Both parties will fully integrate their respective advantages in areas including education resources, Internet technologies, solutions and branding, as well as expand efforts in the field of “Internet + Education” to promote digital learning development worldwide. Nenad Popovic, Minister without Portfolio of Serbia in charge…

Dyadic International, Inc. (“Dyadic”) (NASDAQ: DYAI), a global biotechnology company focused on further improving and applying its proprietary C1 gene expression platform to speed up the development, lower production costs and improve the performance of biologic vaccines, drugs and other biologic products, at flexible commercial scales, is pleased to announce a research and commercialization collaboration with Serum Institute of India Pvt., Ltd (“Serum”), one of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers, to develop and manufacture up to twelve antibodies and vaccines using Dyadic’s C1 gene expression platform. This important collaboration is focused on making biologic vaccines & drugs accessible and more…

At present, there’s a wide range of payment platforms in Hong Kong’s financial technology market. However, how to provide customers with flexible, fast and safe financial services is an issue that needs attention from all payment platforms. As a financial services expert, Ebury has quickly entered and rooted in Hong Kong with its competitive advantage of products and has been committed to providing customers with flexible financial services solutions. Ebury attaches great importance to its business development in the Hong Kong market, hoping to vigorously expand the Asian market through Hong Kong’s well-known position in international trade and its own…