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Cube O Discovery Park, Hong Kong’s First City-centre Ocean Experience Opens at Plaza 88 in Tsuen Wan

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 September 2021 – Covering an area of over 10,000 feet, Cube O Discovery Park will feature a combination of real marine life displays and exciting interactive multimedia games, together with a variety of recreation, education and dining opportunities.

Ideal for family visits and social media photo posts, Cube O is located in the new landmark mall Plaza 88 in Tsuen Wan and it’s Hong Kong’s first marine experience destination in the city centre.

 

A collaboration of experts

 

Cube O is the first project in Hong Kong from Cube Oceanarium – a world renowned aquarium brand – and is the result of a successful collaboration between a top aquarium architect, a professional aquarium aquaculture operation team, a senior marine conservation consultant and a technical consultant who has won two Best Visual Effects Awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

 

The idea behind Cube O is to create a unique marine experience featuring the underwater world and real marine life, combined with interactive multimedia effects, to promote the message of marine protection.

 

A marine experience for all the family

 

Cube O is divided into several themed zones with different attractions including Hong Kong’s first acrylic window projection. This integrates views of real marine life with projected light and shadow effects. For example, jellyfish are shown in a kaleidoscope of colours, while Virtual Reality (VR) takes visitors on a journey into the deep sea. There is also a Mixed Reality (MR) jellyfish classroom, a playhouse for children and a dining area. These exciting experiences offer an ideal family-oriented day out, and a perfect Instagrammable spot for young people.

Unveiling an ocean wonderland

By combining real marine life with artistic light and shadow effects that transform plain jellyfish into a colourful bubble show, Cube O hopes to enchant people with the majesty of the ocean. The dancing jellyfish seem like they are engaged in an undersea ocean ballet and make for extraordinary photo opportunities for visitors.

 

The interactive multimedia technology will also enable visitors to observe the marine life up close and learn more about nature, environmental protection and sustainable patterns of living. The fantastic visual effects will create the feeling of being transported to an ocean wonderland filled with amazing views.

 

A kaleidoscope of infinite fantasy spaces

The jellyfish kaleidoscope subtly combines the images of real jellyfish, with mirror shadow illusions, while the colourful lights reflect countless jellyfish shadows in all directions. This creates an infinitely mysterious space that visitors will feel they are totally immersed in.

 

The jellyfish institute

 

Afterwards, visitors can visit the jellyfish research institute and learn how jellyfish develop from babies into adults, and find out more about jellyfish ecology and the characteristics of different jellyfish species. In addition to watching jellyfish feeding, visitors will also be allowed to contact them from a safe zero-distance and thus get closer to the ocean.

Multimedia edutainment

The interactive multimedia games will further boost the overall experience, as visitors can “become” small fish, swimming under the protection of a jellyfish in an ocean exploration tour. The “small fish” has to hide under the jellyfish while being wary of being grabbed by tentacles or attacked by predators lurking nearby.

 

In the MR jellyfish classroom, visitors can become “guardians of the ocean” and rescue a stranded green sea turtle, which requires careful treatment and a lot of effort to help the turtle recover and swim back to the sea.

 

The rescue operation follows real turtle rescue procedures. Visitors who participate will be able to learn about the work of professional conservationists, think about the effect of human beings on the ocean and gain a sense of mission with respect to marine conservation.

Ocean-themed family playhouse and five-star dining

 

The children’s Playhouse features Hong Kong’s first ocean-themed play space where children can gain marine knowledge while having fun with mastering physical challenges.

 

The walls of the Playhouse are painted with child-friendly paint to create a clean and heathy environment, so parents can dine on fine cuisine nearby with peace of mind.

 

The park has invited a Head Chef and his team from a local five-star hotel to prepare a selection of mouthwatering delicacies. In addition, Corner Cone, a famous Asian ice cream brand, has prepared a range of limited edition ocean-themed ice creams specially for the Cube O. The uniquely shaped ice creams provide especially yummy social media photo opportunities.

High resolution images can be downloaded via: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ElDOHrIPguuiCUlWf66KBJ26svJPDXyw?usp=sharing

About Cube O Discovery Park

Cube O. Discovery Park makes it possible to discover the infinite mysteries of the ocean. When you step into Cube O, amazing ocean views unfold literally before your eyes.

As Hong Kong’s first city-centre marine experience destination, Cube O Discovery Park not only presents the underwater world and marine life in a new way, but also subtly condenses the vast ocean into a limited cubic space that brings the ocean close to hand and connects visitors to nature in new and entertaining ways.

Cube O aims to inspire more people to respect and protect the inhabitants of the ocean and get involved in marine conservation, by enjoying and admiring beautiful views of marine life, observing their characteristics, and mentally entering into the underwater world through a variety of multimedia interactive games.

Cube O is designed to be a place for recreation, relaxation and education for individuals and families, as well as school groups who can discover the diversity of life in the ocean through immersive interactive adventures.


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About Cube Oceanarium

Based in the national 5A tourist attraction spot of Chengdu Seaside City, the Cube Oceanarium offers integrated services covering sightseeing, marine science education and scientific research.

Its main exhibit tank has a 40-meter-long viewing panel certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest acrylic window. In addition to viewing marine life through this window, visitors can also participate in scuba diving activities or enjoy an underwater ride in a semi-submarine.

More interactive activities are also available, such as night camping in the aquarium tunnel and aquarium science and conservation classes. The Cube Oceanarium features a large variety of aquatic life, and zero-distance contact with the ocean through multimedia games and interactive education courses as well as high-tech supporting facilities.

In 2021, it was listed as the 5th best aquarium in the world by the World Cities Ranking website and ranked 16th in a selection of the 50 best aquariums by the Tour Scanner website.

Supporting Unit (listed in no particular order)

Nippon Paint BenQ iPurifi Environment PICO

Ximmerse Wild Lens Entertainment Development

Education Partner

A Plastic Ocean Foundation

Leaders See Need For HR To Digitalise Functions, Upskill Competencies For Stronger Business Outcomes

  • A majority (83%) of HR leaders are open to the digitalisation of HR processes.
  • However, HR leaders’ top concern when it comes to HR digitalisation is “not being able to adapt to new and complex skills” (50%).
  • The most important function to digitalise is “compensation and benefits” (69%), followed by “onboarding and offboarding process” (58%), and “performance measurement and rewards” (53%).
  • Experts say that adaptive competencies are instrumental to support a digital-enabled work-environment.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 7 September 2021 – As companies move into a COVID-19 endemic world, Human Resources (HR) will play a strategic function to ensure a smooth transition of the workforce and workplaces. For that reason, 83% of HR leaders say that they are open to embracing digitalisation of HR processes. However, HR leaders’ top concern when it comes to digitalisation of HR processes is the fear of “not being able to adapt to new and complex skills” (voted by 50%).

 

 

These are some of the key findings uncovered in NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB)’s recent Industry Insights 2021 survey on Human Resources, conducted in August 2021 with 200 professionals who are HR leaders and managers with hiring responsibilities.

HR leaders agree (89%) that their company recognises the need to digitalise HR processes to achieve stronger business outcomes. According to them, the most important function to digitalise is “compensation and benefits” (69%), followed by “onboarding and offboarding process” (58%), and “performance measurement and rewards” (53%). When asked about the benefits of digitalisation, HR leaders cite “improve work efficiency” (67%), “allow time for more strategic high-value tasks” (54%) and “fewer human errors” (53%), as top benefits of digitalising HR processes.

However, only 19% of HR leaders report that their company has implemented digitalisation to a large extent, that is, more than 75% of HR processes. Despite the sluggish adoption of HR digitalisation at the workplace, there are plans to do so in the next two to three years. HR professionals reveal that their company intends to invest in “robotic process automation” (42%), “cloud-based platforms” (38%), and “artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities” (38%).

 

In addition, key challenges are the “lack of budget to invest in digital transformation” (48%), “lack of in-house expertise” (48%)”, and “lack of required skillsets to adapt” (38%). To enable the growth of digitalisation of HR processes, companies are likely to “mix both training and hiring” (39%), “hire HR professionals with relevant digitalisation skills” (36%), and “provide skills training for existing HR employees” (16%). With that, most of the HR leaders (98%) also agree that there is a greater need for HR practitioners with a mix of traditional and digitalisation skills.

 

Theresa Soikkeli, Chief Human Resources Officer at NTUC Enterprise, comments, “Today, HR’s role in any organisation is increasingly crucial, to ensure business success, through the management of the most valuable asset, that is, human capital. With the unpredictable business climate, HR must be strategic and develop a workforce that is resilient and agile. This is possible through reskilling and upskilling of the existing workforce towards digitalisation, and hiring the right talent to propel the business.”

 

NTUC LHUB’s Director of Human Capital, Sean Lim, adds, “Taking the step to upskill HR professionals is the start of inculcating a culture of continuous learning and utilising adaptive skills to keep up with constant technological developments. As the HR function will be at the forefront of digital transformation, HR professionals must also possess complementary competencies in the sociological and behavioural aspects to the function in order to harness the true power of data and technology. These higher-value roles position HR as a more proactive and strategic function. Thus, HR professionals will need to upskill and reskill their adaptive competencies as well in order to support a digital-enabled work-environment.”

 

Tham Chien Ping, Master Facilitator and Representative, Southeast Asia, at Society for Human Resource Management comments, “COVID-19 has shown us that many digital tools can in fact facilitate a lot of our work. This equalises digital skills and knowledge as it was something that the entire workforce had to embrace, regardless of age or ‘digital background’. As companies transform, HR will have to do the same as a partner to business and working closely together to mitigate gaps through digitalisation. This allows HR practitioners to transition into higher value roles such as consulting, counselling, and coaching, which very much require people-centric skills.”

 

To download the Industry Insights 2021 Report on Human Resources, visit https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/human-resources-2021. Find out more about the courses, training and grants at https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/.

About NTUC LearningHub

NTUC LearningHub is the leading Continuing Education and Training provider in Singapore which aims to transform the lifelong employability of working people. Since our corporatisation in 2004, we have been working with employers and individual learners to provide learning solutions in areas such as Cloud, Infocomm Technology, Healthcare, Employability & Literacy, Business Excellence, Workplace Safety & Health, Security, Human Resources and Foreign Worker Training.

To date, NTUC LearningHub has helped over 25,000 organisations and achieved over 2.6 million training places across more than 500 courses with a pool of over 900 certified trainers. As a Total Learning Solutions provider to organisations, we also forge partnerships and offer a wide range of relevant end-to-end training solutions and work constantly to improve our training quality and delivery. In 2020, we have accelerated our foray into online learning with our Virtual Live Classes and, through working with best-in-class partners such as IBM, DuPont Sustainable Solutions and GO1, asynchronous online courses.

For more information, visit www.ntuclearninghub.com.

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DiscoverLaos Fundraises to Support Solidarity Canteen and Lao Children Hospital 

DiscoverLaos Fundraises to Support Solidarity Canteen and Lao Children Hospital 
DiscoverLaos Fundraises to Support Solidarity Canteen and Lao Children Hospital 

Laos similar to many nations has been suffering due to the global pandemic. DiscoverLaos being headquartered in Luang Prabang has observed much devastation in our local community. Hence, we would like to reach out to those who have more and are willing to share to help others in need.

Thailand Reopening Plan Includes Travel Bubble With Laos

Thailand to reopen with Laos travel bubble

Thailand has announced that it will reopen the country by January 15, with travel bubbles under consideration with neighboring countries including Laos.

HDcourse launches free online SEO courses to help SMEs increase their organic traffic by 12 times in 6 months

Hong Kong SAR – Media OutReach – 7 September 2021 – Customers who have just started to learn about search engine optimization should focus on search intent, backlinks, user experience, internet speed, etc. to save time and achieve maximum results. HDcourse launched free online SEO courses to help SMEs increase their organic SEO traffic by 12 times within 6 months.

 

 

HDcourse was established in 2019, and its courses cover SEO, WordPress, email marketing and digital marketing. This is an online learning course that supports short video teaching and is suitable for people who are studying on mobile phones and busy with work. Users can continue to learn anywhere.

One of the students from Malaysia had only 53,500 impressions and 1,240 clicks on Google 6 months ago. After learning and applying some search engine optimization techniques, there are now 583,000 impressions and 15,000 clicks, an increase in 6 months 12 times the natural flow rate and excellent results. HDcourse also provides SEO services.

 

The free SEO teaching courses provided by HDcourse are from the simpler to the deeper, even if the client does not have SEO knowledge, they can easily start. Our professional team integrates 10 factors that can improve the SEO of our clients and obtain organic traffic.

 

1. Search intention

The first is whether the content is aligned with the user’s search intention. There are many keywords that customers can put on the website, but the customer needs to know if the user enters those words, whether it means that they want to buy that thing. For example: Enter hand sanitizer, whether you want to know if there is a problem with that hand sanitizer, or you want to buy hand sanitizer.

 

2. Index

If the customer’s website is not indexed, there is no way to do search engine optimization, so the first step is to have the search engine index the content of the customer’s website one by one.

 

3. Backlinks

It mainly refers to how many other people’s website links point to the customer’s website. The more the better, the higher the quality, the higher the relevance will increase the customer’s ranking.

 

4. User Experience

For the time the user stays on the website, Google will know that the content is of poor quality or not relevant enough, so it will improve or downgrade the customer’s ranking.

 

5. Uniqueness of content

Try to write deep and rich content, enhance uniqueness, and achieve content optimization.

 

6. E.A.T. Expertise, Authority and Trustworthy

Whether the person who writes the content is an expert, the person who writes a weight loss method or health tips is a doctor in a certain hospital, in order to increase the authority and professionalism of the content.

 

7. Freshness of content

News is easy to get out of date, try to write some long-lasting content, such as weight loss methods, some methods maybe similar in ten years or so, to maintain a sense of freshness.

 

8. Click-Through Rate

If the customer’s title is added with numbers or attractive words, it will help the user to click and it will help the search engine.

 

9. Website Speed

The time to load the website should be within 2-4 seconds. Basically, mobile users will leave if they can’t load it within 4 seconds.

 

10. Responsive design

Users can easily browse the same website regardless of computer, tablet or mobile phone.

About HDcourse Limited

HDcourse provides SEO optimization services and training. It is founded and operated by people with more than 18 years of SEO and WordPress experience. It is based in Hong Kong and is committed to obtaining more traffic for SMEs to increase business opportunities. One-stop digital marketing solutions include: SEO, SEM, WordPress and Shopify website design.

Website: https://www.hdcourse.com

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ivanso

#HDCourse

Laos Sees Over 300 New Cases of Covid-19

Savannakhet Covid-19 Update

Laos has today recorded over 300 new cases of Covid-19 with a new influx of imported cases in Savannakhet Province.

Road Deaths Increased Nationwide During August

Road accident death toll rises in November

Laos recorded 66 road deaths in August despite covid restrictions and lockdown measures in place across multiple provinces.

Business Environment Council Presents a Two-day, High-impact Programme at the BEC Theatre with Special Focus on Business Leadership and SMEs

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 September 2021 – Hong Kong-based event company EnviroEvents (ReThink) Limited will organise ReThink HK 2021 on 5-6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. We are proud to announce the line-up for one of the high profile conference programmes at ReThink HK 2021 – the BEC Theatre – sponsored by Schneider Electric and curated by the exclusive Co-organiser Business Environment Council. Programme on both days will facilitate engaging discussions with Hong Kong’s top business leaders on putting sustainable strategies into action.

 

Day One: “Empowering Businesses to Lead for Impact”

Day one begins with an opening address by CLP CEO and BEC Chairman Mr Richard Lancaster, followed by a panel discussion entitled “Defining New Business Leadership – Dialogue with C-level Executives.” Moderated by BEC Director – Policy & Research Mr Simon Ng, the uniquely curated panel of top-level executives includes Mr Lancaster, Cathay Pacific Airways and Swire Coca-Cola Chairman Mr Patrick Healy, and Champion REIT CEO Ms Ada Wong. They will discuss how Hong Kong’s business leaders are driving and transforming the business sector towards sustainability.

The second session “Going Circular” will focus on the topic of circular economy, in which moderator Ms Helga Vanthournout will lead a discussion with Ms Suzanne Cheung of Swire Coca-Cola, Ms Stephane Heddesheimer of SUEZ (Asia) and Ms Payal Jain of H&M. The conversation will touch on how these companies set out to becoming circular and how that leads to new business experience and long-term benefits.

In the afternoon, other engaging sessions are lined up, covering discussions on “Innovating for a Sustainable Tomorrow”, “The SDGs and Business”, as well as a panel moderated by Mr Tim Lo of BEAM Society entitled “Deconstructing Future Smart Buildings” – featuring Mr Donald Choi of Chinachem Group, Ms Ivy Lee of Leigh & Orange, Mr Kelvin Li of Schneider Electric and Mr Andrew Young of Sino Group. There is also a solo talk by Mr Francis Ngai of Social Ventures Hong Kong.

 

Day 2: Sustainability for SMEs (conducted in Cantonese)

BEC CEO Mr Adam Koo will kick off Day 2 with an opening address, followed by a specially designed programme focusing on SMEs. Sessions include: “Supporting SMEs to Practise Sustainability: HSBC Living Business Programme”, “Sustainable Production, Consumption & Green Procurement”, as well as “Sustainability Clinic” with breakout groups to discuss topics such as environmental conservation, social sustainability, post-COVID recovery and decarbonisation with an SME perspective. All the programme on Day 2 in the BEC theatre will be conducted in Cantonese. Supporting material will be provided in English.

Both days will feature an “ESG Game” to end the programme (English on Day 1 and Cantonese on Day 2). Participants will learn about emerging ESG risks and opportunities faced by corporates and the effects on corporate decision-making and operations.

The BEC Theatre will surely deliver excellent value for participants – offering valuable insights and actionable advice for the business community to move forward together towards sustainability development.

If you are interested to join the programme at the BEC Theatre and the extensive two-day programme of over 120 sessions and presentations at ReThink HK, you may still get a delegate pass now at the ReThink HK website (https://bit.ly/RTHK21_Book). Only a limited number of passes are available. 

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