The Ministry of Health has issued a Decision approving the production and distribution of hemp, or cannabis sativa L, for medicinal use in Laos.
7-Eleven launches limited-edition collectible Sanrio characters “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs”
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, these exquisite yet durable double wall glass mugs adorned with romantic pastel designs will truly make you feel that “Sweetness Is All Around”!
HONG KONG & MACAU – Media OutReach – 31 January 2023 – This February, love is in the air at 7-Eleven with the launch of a sweet series of limited-edition items to really make you feel that “Sweetness Is All Around”! 7-Eleven has teamed up with four beloved Sanrio characters – Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi and Little Twin Stars – to bring you a super sweet, limited-edition collection of “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs” specially created for Valentine’s Day this year. These durable yet charming double wall glass mugs feature exquisitely detailed and romantic pastel designs. High quality yet very affordable, they’ll be the perfect heart-warming but also useful gift for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day. The limited-edition “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs” are available at 7-Eleven stores starting from 1 February at 7am! Don’t miss out and find your perfect match at 7-Eleven!

Have a sweet Valentine’s Day with a Sanrio characters limited-edition “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug”
This super sweet series of four “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs” each feature a different Sanrio character – Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi or Little Twin Stars – printed on the front, back and lid of the mug. With their cute patterns and adorable characters, it will be love at first sight! There are four designs available: the red design features Hello Kitty and her good friend Tiny Chum together with flowers and bows; the baby pink glass mug is decorated with My Melody, strawberries and daisies; the lavender purple design features mischievous Kuromi playing tricks with her sidekick Baku; whilst the romantic Little Twin Stars’ predominantly pastel pink mug is adorned with shooting stars.
The four “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs” are made from double wall borosilicate glass, which is crystal clear as well as being cold and heat resistant. The double layer design also means the glass mugs are cool to the touch so you won’t burn your fingers and can use them without worry! The mugs have a wide-mouth design and come with a lid. They hold approximately 350ml and are ideal for a wide variety of different drinks, soups and even desserts! The “Love² Double Wall Glass Mugs” are made of food-grade materials, microwave-safe and meet US FDA requirements. Quantities are limited so head down to 7-Eleven and get yours today! Enjoy a sweet hot chocolate in your very own “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” and have happy moments with your loved ones this Valentine’s Day!
Limited Edition “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” product details:
Size: Approx. 11 cm (height) x 9 cm (width). Approx. capacity 350ml
This super cute red “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” features Hello Kitty and her friend Tiny Chum with bows and flowers! |
The lovely pastel pink My Melody “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” is decorated with strawberries and daisies. |
The lavender purple “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” design features the mischievous Kuromi playing tricks with her sidekick Baku. A cheeky design for a cheeky character! |
The romantic Little Twin Stars’ predominantly pastel pink “Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” is adorned with shooting stars and will surely get you in the mood for love! |
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“Love² Double Wall Glass Mug” Collectible Programme details: Stamp distribution details: From now until 7 March 2023, customers will receive one stamp upon a $20# purchase and one more stamp for every additional $10 purchase at 7-Eleven stores*. Redemption details: Exclusive yuu Member Offer: |
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Workato Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for iPaaS
Workato was recognized for its Customer Experience with 4.9/5 ratings in Gartner Peer Insights and Market Responsiveness delivering 450 releases in the past 12 months.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 31 January 2023 – Workato, the leading enterprise automation and integration platform, announced today that it has again been recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service. Workato has been named a Leader all five years it has participated in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for iPaaS. The report evaluated 16 total software vendors and placed Workato in the Leaders quadrant for its ability to execute, and completeness of vision. For us, Workato’s position within the Leaders quadrant signals one of the best positionings of a modern iPaaS to date.
The Workato platform enables enterprises to automate their business processes across the entire organization by integrating their applications, data, and experiences. Designed with best-in-class security and governance, scalability, performance, and availability, Workato’s low-code, no-code platform makes it easy for IT and business teams to integrate their applications and automate their processes, drawing from thousands of automation “recipes” built by the Workato community. With Workato’s democratized approach to automation and integration, business technologists are empowered to fuel their organization’s digital transformation.
“We founded Workato with the mission to rethink integration. This year’s Magic Quadrant for iPaaS highlights a significant change in the market’s future and we are honored to be recognized as a Leader,” said Vijay Tella, Co-founder, and CEO of Workato. “Automation and integration is one of the top priorities for C-Suite, with a growing backlog of these projects across the enterprise. Workato’s breadth of features paired with strong security and governance capabilities enable organizations of any size to democratize complex projects enabling both IT and business technologist teams to drive business outcomes at scale across their enterprise. It’s exciting to see Workato with the highest customer experience ratings on Gartner Peer Review citing Workato’s ease of use and high quality of support. We are proud that Workato’s mission and execution have pushed us to the forefront over the last 12 months.”
In addition to being named a Leader in the report, Workato has the highest overall rating, 4.9 out of 5, on Gartner Peer InsightsTM and the most 5-star reviews, 234 out of 264, as of January 25, 2023. Customers that have shared their experience of using Workato in the past year include:
- “Before you start your digital transformation, make sure you have your iPaaS in first,” said a CIO from the Healthcare and Biotech industry
- “Forget the rest, cutting edge and browser based – couldn’t rave anymore,” said an IT & Project Director from the Retail industry
- “Best of breed iPaaS solution with excellent support and community,” said an Automation Team Lead from the Finance (non Banking) industry
- “My secret weapon for Security Automation and Orchestration (SOAR) and IT Ops Automation,” said a CISO from the Software industry
- “The only tool to be used for Automation and Integration,” said a DevOps engineer from the Government industry
- “Scalable and flexible platform that democratizes integrations for the common user,” said an Integration Solutions Engineer from the Construction industry
- “Great platform to build automations across all business functions,” said a Business Systems Lead from the Banking industry
“With Workato, we are able to seamlessly integrate the data in our HCM system with other applications to accelerate and improve the hiring and onboarding process and help ensure our new hires are successful in their roles,” said Arlen Thurber, Senior Business & Systems Engineer at DataStax. “We’ve automated 6,500 emails for a time savings of 99.9%. Workato made it easy to integrate our people data so we could automate a time-consuming and distracting process without compromising our high standards for management and security.”
Gartner Magic Quadrant™ research methodology provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers. According to the 2023 report for iPaaS, Workato is recognized in the Leader quadrant, which is classified as having executed well against its current vision of today and being well positioned for tomorrow.
This announcement follows a year of milestones for the company which includes being recognized as a CNBC Disruptor, launching the first Automate World Tour, and releasing two industry reports, The Work Automation Index and the vendor-neutral State of Business Technology Report. In addition to being named in Gartner, Workato also secured placement on this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the Forbes Cloud 100 rankings.
Access a complimentary copy of the Gartner report and learn more about Workato at https://www.workato.com.
*Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide, Keith Guttridge, Andrew Comes, Saikat Ray, et al., January 24, 2023.
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Workato
As a leader in Enterprise Automation, Workato enables IT and business teams to drive business outcomes at scale by automating their processes and integrating their data, apps, and user experience across their entire organization with best-in-class security and governance. Further, Workato can also be embedded by SaaS providers to address their product integration needs. Over 17,000 of the world’s top brands, like Payless, Broadcom, Helen of Troy, Logitech, Atlassian, Autodesk, Hubspot, and Toast, choose Workato to accelerate their business transformation initiatives. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit workato.com or connect with us on social media:
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WRISE Group Holdings launches WRISE Wealth Management in Hong Kong to power next-generation UHNWIs and family offices
With the number of family offices increasing across the Asia-Pacific, and the market pivoting towards performance and transparency, client’s expectations for wealth management are much higher than before. Keeping assets safe is a prerequisite. Demand for growth and risk diversification across asset classes and sustainability are high on the agenda.
WRISE WM uniquely amalgamates the use of technology with depth of insight on a single, customised platform solution, holistically designed to help cut wealth management complexity and cost burdens for its UHNWI clients.
“There are today, more UHNWIs in the Greater China region than ever before, so it is critical we have a physical presence in these markets to better address our clients’ wealth management needs. Hong Kong, being the gateway to Greater China, is a natural choice for setting up this office, which is the second to launch following the establishment of our Singapore office in July last year. We are pleased to have Marcus Wong, a financial veteran who has won numerous awards, join WRISE WM Hong Kong as our Vice Chairman” said Derrick Tan, Chairman and CEO, WRISE Group.
“We are excited to bring our approach to wealth management to the UHNWIs in Hong Kong and mainland China. We believe we can provide them with the flexibility to customise their total wealth, anytime and anywhere, and complement that with contextualised insights to help them make timely and informed decisions,” said Marcus Wong, Vice Chairman, WRISE Hong Kong.
Bringing the WRISE approach to Hong Kong’s wealthy
A WRISE wealth management solution is developed on a 2-prong approach that comprises digital and an advisory components and is tailored uniquely to the needs of individual clients:
- The digital component is powered by TREX, a WRISE core wealth system that can consolidate data from entities across the client’s investment portfolio to give a comprehensive, consolidated view of his total wealth. Besides centralised, real-time, macro and granular visibility across his total wealth (including both bankable and non-bankable assets), the platform also hosts automation, productivity and management tools to make wealth management simpler and more efficient for everyone.
- A strong and experienced team with proven track record of performance to provide specialised expertise and contextualised insights dedicated to the client’s investment and wealth needs, such as wealth planning, trust, and corporate services.
By adopting a 2-prong approach for more digital capabilities, better visibility and contextualised insights, WRISE WM is primed to make wealth management easier for Hong Kong’s UHNWIs from a single, easy-to-use platform.
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WRISE
WRISE is a wealth enterprise that provides innovative client-centred solutions to make it easy for ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) to grow their wealth and live their dreams. Its proprietary and cutting-edge digital platform gives clients complete control and transparency over their total wealth. From intelligent portfolio management, wealth planning and expert, unbiased advice, to trust and corporate services, all the integral tools are available in one place for easy access, anytime and anywhere. Clients are assured of a frictionless route to unbiased, trusted investment advice and market insights across a broad spectrum of asset classes. Because WRISE is an independent firm, its clients’ interests are its top priority, and will answer only to its clients.