Laos has confirmed 27 cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant since the beginning of the year.
Football Personality Pledges LAK 40 Million for Laos Victory over Thailand
Football personality Phijika Boonkwang has pledged a reward of LAK 40 million to the Laos national football team if they beat Thailand in the AFF U23 Championship.
Laos-China Railway Employs Seven Hundred Lao Nationals
The Laos-China Railway Company says it employs nearly seven hundred Lao nationals in permanent positions.
Everscale’s cryptocurrency EVER to be supported by leading staking pool Moonstake
Everscale Japan, Everscale’s community organization in Japan, has been seeking partnerships to expand the Everscale ecosystem since its inception in 2021. In the first phase of the collaboration with Moonstake, Everscale Japan held a large-scale event in August last year to present EVER to the community. In the second phase of the collaboration, Moonstake’s wallet will be compatible with EVER, and EVER will be available for staking.
What is staking?
Staking is a mechanism that allows users to earn newly issued cryptocurrency by depositing cryptocurrency. While there are differences depending on the type of cryptocurrency, the typical yield on staking is around 5-10% per year. As of February 2022, the total amount of crypto assets currently in circulation that have been staked amounts to $236.8 billion.
Everscale’s staking allows users to obtain newly issued EVER by participating in the blockchain approval process with the cryptocurrency EVER. Currently, Everscale’s staking yields an annual interest rate of about 5.43%.
Advantages of EVER becoming Moonstake compatible
Since Moonstake offers a multi-currency wallet with staking support, EVER users will be able to manage a variety of cryptocurrencies, including EVER, with a single wallet, and will also be able to stake other cryptocurrencies from their Moonstake wallet, greatly reducing the time and effort required to manage their own assets.
EVER giveaway Campaign
To celebrate Moonstake’s support for Everscale staking, Everscale Japan is running a giveaway campaign for EVER.
The first 2,000 people to open a Moonstake account through the Moonstake registration link below will receive $10 worth of EVER tokens. Details of the event will be announced on Everscale Japan’s Twitter.
Registration link: https://wallet.moonstake.io/sign-up?ref=CYRHJWWH6Z
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverscaleJapan
About Everscale / Everscale Japan
Everscale is a decentralized public blockchain with high scalability. DApps developers have access to Solidity and C++ compilers, SDKs and APIs, and client libraries that have been ported to over 20 languages and platforms.
Everscale also has geographically specific Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) around the world, and Everscale Japan is a DAO to expand the Everscale ecosystem.
Everscale: https://everscale.network/
About Moonstake
Moonstake is a blockchain company in the OIO Holdings Limited group, a publicly listed company in Singapore. The company’s core business is providing staking services, allowing users to stake various types of cryptocurrencies.
As of February 2022, Moonstake has a total of $600 million in staked assets, making it one of the top staking service providers in Asia.
Moonstake: https://wallet.moonstake.io/sign-up?ref=CYRHJWWH6Z
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KJFEM, Previously OCS Facilities Management, Now Offers Energy Management Solutions
To improve energy and facilities management solutions for clients in Singapore, KJFEM is providing a more comprehensive range of services beyond what it currently offers, such as HVAC systems, energy retrofitting, and district cooling systems for temperature control. KJFEM also has vast experiences in HVAC and designs systems that provide the most efficient chill water rates. Leading a team of highly experienced engineers, KJFEM has extended their services to various industries, including education, pharmaceutical and healthcare, commercial and retail, industrial and manufacturing, hospitality, and aviation. And while the general market practice is to end obligations upon the defect liability period, KJFEM extends their services beyond fixed timeframes to guarantee performance and reliability for its clients in the long term.
On top of that, KJFEM is also embracing technology to be more transparent and effective in cost and performance management by developing its own in-house software. The application aims to improve efficiency and move away from manual operations that are prone to human error. It includes features such as a digital audit system and client request history tracking, which allows the company to be more flexible. With the use of technology, coupled with an experienced team that executes top-notch procedures, KJFEM plans to deliver tailor-made solutions that best suit their clients’ sector and organisational needs.
As industries such as energy management in Singapore continue to push forward with robotics and automation, KJFEM hopes to adapt to future technological advancements and adopt a more agile and collaborative approach in their business, fostering meaningful partnerships and delivering top-quality services to their clients.
For more info, please visit: https://www.kjfem.com.sg/.
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Zurich Hong Kong integrates ESG strategy into ILAS Scooping awards in Benchmark Wealth Management Awards 2021
- Zurich Hong Kong is committed to sustainability and integrates ESG into its product development strategy
- Its newest Investment-Linked Assurance Scheme has the highest number of ESG investment choices, with 19 ESG investment choices available, as compared to other similar products offered in the market1
- Zurich Hong Kong won “Best-in-Class in Investment-linked Assurance Scheme (ILAS)” and “Responsible Insurer Award – Outstanding Responsible Insurer” and the Zurich Insurance Group won four other ESG awards in the Benchmark Wealth Management Awards 2021
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 February 2022 – Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) (“Zurich Hong Kong“) has long been committed in putting our sustainability vision into practice, and continue to push the boundary further in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance, to make scalable and lasting impact. Integrating ESG into its product development strategy, Zurich Hong Kong’s newest Investment-Linked Assurance Scheme (ILAS) has the highest number of ESG investment choices, with 19 ESG investment choices available, as compared to other similar products offered in the market1.

Geoffrey Au, CEO of Life Business, Zurich Hong Kong, said, “According to the Global Risks Report 20222, which Zurich Insurance Group (“Zurich”) jointly developed with the World Economic Forum, ‘climate action failure’ is ranked as the number one long-term threat to the world and the risk with potentially the most severe impacts over the next decade. That is why as a responsible insurer, Zurich Hong Kong has been implementing measures to address the impacts of a changing climate, underpinned by our commitment in ESG, making us the ‘Responsible Insurer Award – Outstanding Responsible Insurer’ winner in the Benchmark Wealth Management Awards 2021.”
“We walk the talk and actively engage with our customers. We are proud that our ILAS product is having the highest number of ESG investment choices in the local market, thereby enabling our customers to invest responsibly to extend the positive impact wherever possible. As one of the pioneers and market leaders of ILAS in Hong Kong, our strengths in ILAS have been recognized as ‘Investment-linked Assurance Scheme (ILAS) – Best-in-Class‘ in the aforesaid Awards as well.”
- Climate Award – Outstanding Achiever
- Environmental Contribution Award – Outstanding Achiever
- Social Contribution Award – Outstanding Achiever
- Overall ESG Top 10 Percentile Awards
Apart from actions in combating climate change, Zurich Hong Kong will continue efforts in ESG in areas such as youth development, mental health support and community sustainability by engaging with our partners, customers, staff and the community.
1 Statement based on comparison results as of January 3, 2022.
2 Global Risks Report 2022 is published by World Economic Forum with the development with Zurich Insurance Group, Marsh McLennan and SK Group as well as National University of Singapore, University of Oxford’s Oxford Martin School and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, gathering insights from nearly 1,000 global experts and leaders with an analysis of key risks emanating from current economic, societal, environmental and technological tensions: https://www.zurich.com/en/knowledge/topics/global-risks/the-global-risks-report-2022
About Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong)
Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) is part of the Zurich Insurance Group, with its presence in Hong Kong dating back to 1961. Since then, Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) has been dedicated to serving the Hong Kong Community with a full range of flexible investment, life insurance and general insurance solutions for individuals, as well as commercial and corporate customers — attending to their insurance, protection and investment needs. Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) is currently top five in the general insurance market1 and ranks fifth in the city’s ILAS market2. Please visit www.zurich.com.hk for more information of Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong).
1 Annual statistics of the Insurance Authority on Hong Kong General Business from January to December 2020, based on gross premium.
2 Annual statistics of the Insurance Authority on Hong Kong long term insurance business from January to December 2020, based on the number of policies and premiums of in-force business of investment-linked life insurance.
About Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich)
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets. With about 56,000 employees, it provides a wide range of property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in more than 210 countries and territories. Zurich’s customers include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872. The holding company, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN), is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information about Zurich is available at www.zurich.com.
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George Liu, a veteran commodity trader, has been named the new Head of Derivatives at Babel Finance
The move coincides with Babel Finance’s investment in developing more complex and tailored crypto-asset financial products with traditional finance features for institutional and HNWI clients and improving internal risk control and management protocols.
George has over 15 years of expertise in commodities and metals trading and financial product structuring and has held top positions in London, Shanghai, and New York.
The appointment comes amid Babel Finance’s push to create increasingly sophisticated and tailor-made crypto-asset financial products with traditional finance characteristics for institutional and HNWI investors and upgrade internal risk control and management practices.
Because of George’s strong trading knowledge, Babel Finance’s crypto trading and lending will explore how traditional investing strategies transfer onto more widespread crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies.
“I warmly welcome George as he joins the firm, bringing a unique perspective and an impressive track record in trading and serving clients. With George onboard, Babel will further enhance its leading position in crypto financial product innovation and in offering more customized products for clients according to their specific risk profile and requirements,” said Del Wang, founder of Babel Finance.
Babel Finance financial services has recently launched more complex solutions to better meet the expanding demands of institutional and HNWI clients. The new offerings span from crypto market entrance tactics and position building to dip hunting, top searching, low-risk high-yield generation, and arbitrage-related strategies, as well as more discretionary management of crypto holdings.
“It is an incredibly exciting time to join Babel as cryptocurrencies become increasingly mainstream. Bitcoin, in particular, is becoming more and more closely related to growth stocks. The volatile nature of the crypto market presents us with an ideal opportunity to offer clients of different risk appetites better investment solutions as an alternative and addition to other more traditional and stable asset classes,” said George Liu.
With a monthly trading volume of US$8 billion equivalent, Babel Finance crypto trading is one of APAC’s major crypto options traders. Babel Finance’s Singapore trading team is rapidly growing, with more than 30 engineers and traders on board, many of whom, like George, come from Wall Street investment banks and trading firms. By the end of 2021, the firm’s worldwide trading volume market share will be 2% for spot trading, 3% for futures, and 15% for options, thanks to a strong position in derivatives.
About Babel Finance
Babel Finance is a global leading crypto financial services provider, offering institutional and HNWI investors professional services covering crypto lending and crypto trading. The company is backed by prominent investors, including Sequoia Capital China, Tiger Global Management, BAI Capital, Zoo Capital, Dragonfly Capital, and NGC Ventures. With a business focus in Asia and a business headquarters in Singapore, Babel Finance has established close cooperative relationships with major global exchanges, custodians, investment funds, and mining institutions.
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Monkeys Found Bagged Alive in Thailand

Nearly one hundred monkeys were found in an abandoned house in Thailand’s Saraburi Province, where the animals are believed to have been kept by wildlife traffickers.