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Laos Covid Taskforce Reopens Primary School Classes Under New Measures

Face-to-face classes at preschools and primary schools have been reopened in Laos.
Face-to-face classes at preschools and primary schools have been reopened in Laos.

The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has reversed an unpopular decision by the Ministry of Education and Sports that had seen some face-to-face preschool and primary school classes closed.

Prudential Laos Fully Launches PRU Business to Empower Businesses in Vientiane and Luang Prabang

“Providing financial security with flexible coverage to suit different company’s needs”

Hao Quoc Tien to be appointed as Toyota’s Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region, succeeding Yoichi Miyazaki

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 April 2022 – Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (TMAP) announced that its Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region, Yoichi Miyazaki has been promoted to Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) Operating Officer and Global Chief Competitive Officer, effective from April 1st, 2022. Yoichi Miyazaki, who has been leading the Asia region for Toyota since 2020 will now become responsible for improving the competitiveness of Toyota across all regions, delivering “Ever Better Mobility solutions” for our customers and being the “Best in Town” to contribute to society and global sustainability.

Succeeding Yoichi Miyazaki, Hao Quoc Tien, Chief Operating Officer & Regional Operating Officer of TMAP, will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region for TMC and President of TMAP. In addition, he will take over the role of Vice Chairman of Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd., while concurrently maintaining his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region for Toyota Financial Services and Deputy Chief Officer of Sales Financial Business Group for TMC.

Hao Quoc Tien first joined Toyota Canada in 1999. Since then, he has held several key executive posts in Sales and Marketing for Toyota and Lexus in several regions – North America, Japan, China, and Singapore.

Hao Quoc Tien will now lead the on-going transformation of Toyota in Asia from an automotive to a mobility company, focusing on achieving Asia’s ambitious business plans. This includes the launch of various electrified vehicles, the drive towards carbon neutrality across the entire value chain, and the start of multiple new mobility initiatives through close collaboration with Asia Sales and Manufacturing Companies (ASMCs) and Sales Finance Companies (SFCs) in the region.

Hao Quoc Tien, incoming Chief Executive Officer of Asia Region, noted, “Toyota sincerely believes that Asia is the company’s second home, and our long and storied history has allowed us to be market leaders across multiple countries, thereby serving a huge number of customers with technologically advanced vehicles that deliver the highest quality, durability, and reliability. I am very excited to build upon this foundation, while transforming ourselves to a mobility company, bringing thrill and joy to meet changing expectations of customers. We aim to tackle climate change through multiple technological pathways, including the widest and most accessible electrified vehicle line up and various new mobility solutions. In line with the vision of Akio Toyoda, our Global CEO, this will allow us to create “Mobility for All,” and ensure that we support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) transformative promise to “Leave No One Behind”.

About Toyota Motor Asia Pacific

Toyota Motor Asia Pacific [TMAP] is incorporated in Singapore and is the regional corporate headquarters and subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation.

TMAP leads and supports the Asia Pacific region in sales and marketing activities, service parts, accessories and customer services, thus contributing to the overall development of auto industry and the growing economies in the region.

Toyota envisions the future mobility society to bring freedom of movement to all. Moving forward, Toyota will provide a diverse range of mobility services and transportation solutions to people around the world as we transform Toyota into a mobility company.

#ToyotaMotorAsiaPacific

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AXA fully supports WWF’s “Earth Hour 2022 28-Day Challenge”

Especially designed for primary students in this special summer holiday to learn about climate and biodiversity as planet protectors

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 1 April 2022 – AXA Hong Kong and Macau (AXA) fully supports WWF-Hong Kong’s first free online challenge for family – « Earth Hour 2022 28-Day Challenge », a fun and interactive game especially designed for primary school students to explore different aspects of conservation and sustainability while staying at home in this year’s special summer holiday due to COVID. The 4-week challenge will feature different themes each week, including habitat, wetland, ocean and forest. Participants will transform into planet protectors to challenge themselves with designated tasks. Upon completion of each week’s tasks, they will be awarded an e-badge. For those who complete all the 4 weeks’ challenges, they will also get an e-certificate as a recognition of their contribution in protecting our mother earth.

Earth Hour 2022 28-Day Challenge
Date: Now until 24 April 2022
Fee: Free-of-charge
Registration website: WWF Junior Panda website (https://junior.wwf.org.hk/en/challenge/)

Sally Wan, Chief Executive Officer, AXA Greater China, said, “This year’s Earth Hour happened in the midst of the 5th wave of the pandemic, when summer break was brought forward for students in Hong Kong. As the Activation Partner and the highest-level sponsor of Earth Hour, AXA extends our full support to WWF’s Earth Hour 28-Day Challenge – a timely and action-filled initiative that empowers students to learn about conservation over this special summer holiday. We hope that the initiative can also help relieve parents from the stress of arranging holiday activities for their children and foster family bonding by spending quality learning time together.”
WWF Earth Hour 2022 lights out event, the world’s largest collective environmental movement, was concluded successfully on 26 March. AXA is the Activation Partner of this year’s event. In Hong Kong, nearly 4,000 companies, organisations and buildings across Hong Kong supported the event by switching off non-essential lights for one hour, starting from 8:30pm that evening. Individuals, schools and corporates have made their green pledges, calling for all members of the public to build habits on protecting our habitats.

About AXA Hong Kong and Macau

AXA Hong Kong and Macau is a member of the AXA Group, a leading global insurer with presence in 50 markets and serving 95 million customers worldwide. Our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.
As one of the most diversified insurers offering integrated solutions across Life, Health and General Insurance, our goal is to be the insurance and holistic wellness partner to the individuals, businesses and community we serve.
At the core of our service commitment is continuous product innovation and customer experience enrichment, which is achieved through actively listening to our customers and leveraging technology and digital transformation.
We embrace our responsibility to be a force for good to create shared value for our community. We are proud to be the first insurer in Hong Kong and Macau to address the importance of mental health through different products and services such as offering free mindfulness practice resources through Mind Charger which is fully accessible to our customers and the public via our holistic wellness platform AXA BetterMe.
AXA also takes part in a wide range of ESG initiatives and programmes both globally and locally. AXA Group established AXA Climate School and Net-Zero Insurance Alliance in 2021 and set out various global green targets such as reaching €25 billion in green investments by 2023 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. In Hong Kong, AXA pledges to reduce paper usage via digitisation and is the first insurer to join the ‘Green Monday ESG Coalition’. As of 2021, AXA Hong Kong’s green investments have reached HKD4.4 billion. We strive to contribute to a sustainable future as an investor, insurer and an exemplary company.

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Cinese International Announces 2021 Annual Result

Actively explores new business opportunities; Total revenue increases by 8% year-on-year to $55.8 million

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 1 April 2022 – Travel business process management provider and travel products services provider Cinese International Group Holdings Limited (“Cinese International” or the “Group”; stock code: 1620) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Total revenue of the Group increased by approximately HK$4.2 million or approximately 8.1%, from approximately HK$51.6 million for the year ended 31 December 2020 to approximately HK$55.8 million for the year ended 31 December 2021, which was mainly due to revenue generated from the new other business process management segment. The gross profit was approximately HK$16.6 million; and the gross profit margin was approximately 29.7%. The Group’s performance in 2021 continued to be impacted by the ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) in the year under review. These uncertainties negatively affected the Group’s financial performance in 2021. However, increasing vaccination rates worldwide helped to spur the gradual recovery of the travel industries. Amid strong demand for anti-pandemic and medical assistance, the Group was able to leverage its knowledge and experience in the travel business process management segment to explore new business opportunities. In 2021, the Group secured a new customer, a healthcare company in Canada, and provided business process management services to support COVID-19 testing in Canadian airports. Benefiting from such new business opportunity, the Group successfully developed a new business process management segment in 2021, which contributed significantly to the Group’s revenue.

Ms. Mariana Kou, Chairperson and Executive Director of Cinese International, said, “The Group’s performance in 2021 continued to be impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Group actively explored new business opportunities during the year, capitalizing on the strong demand for anti-pandemic assistance. Leveraging its knowledge and experience in the travel business process management segment, the Group successfully developed a new business process management services segment, consequently created a new revenue stream. With the relaxation of travel restrictions in various countries since the second half of 2021, the travel industries have shown signs of improvement, which also contributed to the gradual recovery of the Group’s businesses in the second half of 2021. We believe that the worst has passed, and the Group will continue to actively explore potential business opportunities arising from the high demand for anti-pandemic and medical assistance, enabling the Group to continue to develop its business steadily.”

Future Prospect

Looking ahead, despite uncertainties relating to the spread and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gradual increase in vaccine uptake has resulted in local entry and exit policies being gradually relaxed, and this in turn is expected to lead to the resumption of tourism activities in countries around the world. In the past, the Group has adopted a series of measures to control costs. Moving forward, it will closely monitor global trends in the macroeconomy and maintain a pragmatic approach to its business.​

Ms. Mariana Kou, Chairperson and Executive Director of Cinese International, continued, “We expect the volatile COVID-19 situation to continue to impact the global aviation and tourism industries. However, as vaccination rates rise, more and more countries are adopting a ‘coexisting with the virus’ strategy, particularly Canada and the United States, where the Company has a major business presence. According to figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), travel bookings have gradually returned to 2019 levels since the second half of 2021, which is believed to be beneficial to the Group’s business development.”

Further, the Group will continue to explore opportunities to diversify its business with its knowledge and experience so as to expand its income sources and enhance future earning capability and potential. The Group will continue to deploy business strategies with a view to sustain its travel related businesses and endeavor to explore suitable business opportunities from time to time in the travel consultancy, healthcare, hospitality and other potential service industry to create business synergy and bring value to shareholders of the Company.

About Cinese International Group Holdings Limited

Cinese International is a long-established air ticket consolidator, travel business process management provider and travel products and services provider in Canada, founded in 1976 and with more than 40 years of operating history. The principal businesses of the Group include (i) air ticket distribution in which it distributes air tickets to travel agents and travelers and issue air tickets directly on behalf of contracted airlines; (ii) travel business process management in which it provides mid-office and back-office support services to travel agents; (iii) other business process management in which it provides certain translation and agent services on behalf of a healthcare company; and (iv) travel products and services in which it designs, develops and sells package tours, as well as other travel products and services to travel agents and travelers.

#CineseInternational

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DHL names new Head for its Asia Pacific Innovation Center

  • Lau Tian Chen appointed as Vice President, Head of DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Center
  • Brings over twenty years of business development expertise in DHL, having previous roles at DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 April 2022 – DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider, names Lau Tian Chen as the new Head of its Asia Pacific Innovation Center (APIC) in Singapore. The first dedicated center for innovative logistics services in Asia Pacific and one of four DHL innovation centers globally, APIC is a collaborative platform for customers, partners and other innovative thinkers regarding emerging logistics-related technologies, showcasing the latest innovations to reinvent supply chains.

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Lau Tian Chen, Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific Innovation Center Singapore.

“The world is moving at an unprecedented rate of digital transformation, with Asia Pacific at its forefront. By 2023, IDC predicts that one in three companies in Asia Pacific will generate more than 30% of their revenues from digital products and services,” said Matthias Heutger, Global Head of Innovation and Commercial Development at DHL. “Digitalization is key to the future success of businesses. We strive to propagate new technological solutions through our innovation centers and collaborate with customers, partners and thought leaders to solve complex logistics challenges and create long-term value for businesses. I believe Tian Chen’s experience, commercial focus and his devotion to mentoring colleagues will be invaluable to the APIC team.”

With over two decades of experience driving business growth in various business units in DHL, Lau has proven to be a high-performing and adaptable leader. His most recent role is Vice President, Head of Business Development at the DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Center. Chen’s career began at DHL Express Malaysia in 2002, before moving to DHL Global Forwarding as Head of Business Development in 2006, and subsequently promoted to Head of Commercial in 2008. In 2010, he was one of the Fast Growing Enterprise founding members, with his last held role as Vice President, Business Development, SEA. Thereafter, he headed up the Global Center of Excellence in Iskandar, Malaysia.

“It is an exciting time to deep dive into emerging logistics trends and engage industry partners to advance innovation in the region. We aim to simply tech buzz words like IoT, digital twin, big data, and blockchain and utilize it to develop commercially viable solutions that can help businesses solve real problems and to impact lives of their customers,” said Lau Tian Chen, Vice President, Head of DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Center, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation. “What drives me at work every day is the talented team at APIC and the possibilities they bring to solve problems of today and the future with technology. I look forward to further deepening collaboration with my colleagues across the DHL family, and forming stronger bonds with innovation partners in the public and private sectors.”

Established in 2015, APIC in Singapore is DHL’s only innovation center in the Asia Pacific region. It hosts a selection of exhibits on key technologies that shape the logistics industry in the future, alongside proof of concepts successfully implemented in DHL’s and customers’ operations. The center also drives research initiatives focusing on emerging logistics trends and offers tours and workshops to ideate and share learnings for customers and partners. DHL has three other innovation centers in Troisdorf, Germany; Chicago, USA; and Dubai, UAE.

DHL – The logistics company for the world

DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHL divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. With about 380,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global sustainable trade flows. With specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences and healthcare, engineering, manufacturing & energy, auto-mobility and retail, DHL is decisively positioned as “The logistics company for the world”.

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Group generated revenues of more than 81 billion euros in 2021. With sustainable business practices and a commitment to society and the environment, the Group makes a positive contribution to the world. Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to achieve zero-emissions logistics by 2050.

#DHL

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Sports fans in Indonesia can now enjoy the world’s most popular sporting events at their fingertips with the launch of SPOTV NOW

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 1 April 2022 – Leading regional sports network SPOTV today announced the launch of mobile app, SPOTV NOW – bringing the world’s biggest and most popular sporting events closer to sports fans in Indonesia. This comes hot on the heels of the app launch in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines last month.

SPOTV NOW streams, both live and on demand, world-class events shown on the sports network’s regional pay-TV linear channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2.

Sports fans in Indonesia can catch top riders like Marc Márquez, Fabio Quartararo, local Moto3 rider Mario Aji battle it out for victory in the adrenaline-charged MotoGPTM and WorldSBK World Championships, the astonishing shots of local badminton stars Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon in the BWF World Tour & Major Events, as well as standout moments of sporting heroes in tennis Grand Slams – Wimbledon and US Open Tennis Championships, among other prestigious events.

Mr Lee Choong Khay (CK), CEO of SPOTV, said, “We are very excited to bring premium content from some of the world’s most popular sporting events, right to the fingertips of sports fans in Indonesia . With the recent launch of SPOTV NOW in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines, we now welcome Indonesia sports fans to the SPOTV NOW family. Indonesia sports fans will get to pick and choose what they like to watch. It also delivers the front-row-seat experience of watching their favourite sporting events, teams and heroes, whenever they want, wherever they are. Through the mobile app, we aim to delight sports fans in Indonesia with the electrifying experience of watching a big game and at the same time, provide an avenue for them to relive some of the exhilarating moments in sports with our on-demand features. In the months to come, subscribers will get to enjoy exclusive content that is only available via SPOTV NOW.”

First launched in South Korea in 2017, SPOTV NOW has risen to become the country’s top sports OTT platform. The popular app was also recently launched in Japan.

CK added, “Through our growing presence in Indonesia, first with our sports network SPOTV which was launched last year, and now the mobile app, we hope to bring the sports fever in the country, particularly in popular sports such as motorsport and badminton, to a whole new level. Our strategy is to bring more localised and relevant content to our subscribers in each market, drawing them closer to their unique sports culture, and strengthening the bond among sports fans. In the near future, we will bring SPOTV NOW to Thailand.”

SPOTV NOW can be downloaded from Google Play Store or App Store.

Sporting Events* on SPOTV and SPOTV2
FIM MotoGP™ MotoGP World Championships

FIM World Superbike Championships

World Badminton Federation Tour & Major Events

World Table Tennis events

Korean Baseball League

V.League Japan (Volleyball)

FIA Formula E

All year round
The Masters (Golf) April 2022
Wimbledon June 2022
The Open Championships (Golf) July 2022
US Open (Tennis) August 2022

*Line up subject to change.

About SPOTV

A subsidiary of South Korea-based Eclat Media Group, SPOTV is headquartered in Singapore. Established in October 2021, SPOTV owns two regional pay-TV channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2, which are broadcast across multiple Southeast Asia and select East Asia territories such as Indonesia (First Media, MNC Vision, K-Vision, UseeTV, MAXstream), Malaysia (Astro, Unifi TV), the Philippines (Skycable), Singapore (Singtel TV, StarHub TV), Thailand (True Visions), Macau (Macau Cable TV) and Mongolia (Univision).

The two channels broadcast content such as tennis Grand Slam tournaments Wimbledon and US Open, motorsport championships MotoGPTM and WorldSBK, World Table Tennis and Badminton World Federation events, as well as popular Asian sports including the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League, Korean Basketball League (KBL), and V.League Japan (Volleyball) competition.

The app, SPOTV NOW, is available in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia.

SPOTV seeks to be an inclusive and dynamic platform that deeply engages the Asian sports fans.

#SPOTV

Laos Karate Athletes Win Two Medals at Southeast Asian Championships

Lao karate athletes at tournament in Cambodia

Karate athletes from Laos took home two medals at the 9th Southeast Asian Karate Championship 2022 held in Cambodia.