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Government to Improve Public Administration in Rural Areas

Government to improve administration in rural areas
Photo: UNDP Lao PDR

The Lao government has pledged to work diligently to improve public administration and social services for poor and vulnerable families in rural areas.

Laos Extends Lockdown Measures Until 19 July

Laos to Loosen Lockdown Measures in a bid to Restart Economy

Laos has extended lockdown measures until 19 July after confirming a further 32 cases of Covid-19 today.

Love ‘On Air’ – Couple Proposes on Radio to Win a $10,000 Bespoke Jewellery Experience

DJ Maddy Barber ends her radio career with an unprecedented $50,000 jewellery giveaway

Jovan Teo and Eveleen Liew won a bespoke MADLY engagement ring worth $10,000

4 more jewellery experiences worth $10,000 each are up for grabs between now and 16 July

9 July’s jewellery giveaway is all about the “MADLY Upgrade”, and is open to couples who would like to upgrade their engagement ring, or anyone who wants to upgrade their existing jewellery – listeners are encouraged to get creative!

 

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 2 July 2021 – After announcing her departure from radio on Monday 28 June 2021, DJ Maddy Barber was egged on by co-hosts Divian Nair and Andre Hoeden to sponsor a radio giveaway. With the encouragement of many Kiss fans, Barber ended up agreeing to a $50,000 bespoke jewellery giveaway, the highest value given away on Singapore radio!

 

Jovan Teo and Eveleen Liew with Maddy Barber at the Kiss92FM recording studio after their mutual proposal on air

Out of all the heartfelt entries, Jovan Teo’s post and Instagram account stood out. The 27 year old wedding photographer shares his Instagram account with his girlfriend, Eveleen Liew, and as a regular listener of Kiss92FM, she had first heard about the giveaway. 4 years and 4 months ago, they met by chance at the ice rink in Kallang Leisure Park. Both of them happened to be ice skating and clearing their heads after a bad day when Eveleen approached Jovan and asked him to teach her how to skate backwards! The rest is history.

With their entire Instagram profile peppered with loving dedications to each other and promises of a future, there was no question that they were going to be the lucky ones. Singapore’s first professional proposal company, Help You Marry, and floral designer, Regina Mae Fleurs, decorated the recording studio beautifully with neon lights, flowers and foliage to set the scene for the epic proposal. Jovan recited his carefully penned speech but just before he went down on one knee and asked her those four magic words, Eveleen stopped him and surprised him with a counter proposal! Of course, it wasn’t just a ‘yes’, it was a “MADLY YESSSS!” from Jovan.

DJ Maddy Barber is definitely ending her 25 year radio career with a bang! Running up to her final show on 16 July, Barber will be giving away four more MADLY jewellery experiences worth $10,000 each. The coming week’s giveaway is all about the “MADLY Upgrade” and is open to couples who’ve already popped the question years ago and who would still love to get a ‘MADLY Yes’, or for anyone who would like to upgrade or restyle their existing jewellery by saying “yes” to MADLY.

To participate, listeners have to share a picture of the jewellery piece they’d like to upgrade on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #MadlyYes, and also share their heartfelt story on why they want a MADLY upgrade.

About MADLY

MADLY is a vibrant and colourful bespoke jewellery brand which has the finest 0.1% of coloured gems from around the world. First and foremost a design house, the MADLY experience breaks free from norms that people expect from fine jewellery. Their bespoke, coloured gemstone pieces are made specially for each client; designed with bright, vivid colours to celebrate an occasion, crafted with all their tiniest quirks in mind and made to last generation after generation. Each unique MADLY creation is an expression of the client and their loved ones, handcrafted in 18K Gold and forged by the hands of master craftsmen.

Follow MADLY at:

Instagram: @madlygems

Facebook: @MadlySG

Website: MadlyGems.com

#MADLY #MadlySG #makeitMADLYmeaningful #WomenWhoWearMADLY #MADLYYes #StraightFromTheSource #GiveMaddyTheFinger

Kerry Logistics Network Secures Places Atop Institutional Investor Rankings, Recognised As “Most Honored Companies” for the Sixth Consecutive Year

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 July 2021 – Kerry Logistics Network Limited (‘Kerry Logistics Network’; Stock Code 0636.HK) is honoured to be recognised as one of the “Most Honored Companies” in Institutional Investor‘s annual All-Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team rankings for the sixth consecutive year. It was also ranked in the top three in five categories under the Transportation sector.

Kerry Logistics Network and its key executives secured top three in the following categories, based on votes from buy-side analysts, money managers, and sell-side researchers at securities firms and financial institutions that cover the Asian region:

  • Best CEO – William Ma
  • Best CFO – Ellis Cheng
  • Best Investor Relations Professional – Iris Tsang
  • Best Investor Relations Program
  • Best ESG

William Ma, Group Managing Director of Kerry Logistics Network, said, “We are honoured to be recognised once again for our commitment to a proactive investor relations strategy. While it has been imperative to respond to the challenges brought by the pandemic, in terms of investor relations, we have remained steadfast in maintaining our transparency, stepping up communication with the investment community and addressing investors’ concerns. Despite all the difficulties, we believe it is of paramount importance for us to keep our shareholders and investors up to date, particularly on Kerry Logistics Network’s latest corporate developments, while providing comprehensive disclosure to our stakeholders to ensure we create value for all. We are grateful to Institutional Investor and the investment community for the long-term support, and we will continue doing our best in applying global best practices in our investor relations programme.”

Kerry Logistics has received the “Most Honored Companies” accolade since 2016. The 2021 All-Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team rankings were determined by the votes from over 4,000 investment professionals across 1,285 financial services firms. The survey covered several core areas, including “Financial Disclosure”, “IR Services & Communications”, “COVID-19 responses”, “ESG”, “CEO”, “CFO” and “IR Professional”.

About Kerry Logistics Network Limited (Stock Code 0636.HK)

Kerry Logistics Network is an Asia-based, global 3PL with a highly diversified business portfolio and the strongest coverage in Asia. It offers a broad range of supply chain solutions from integrated logistics, international freight forwarding (air, ocean, road, rail and multimodal), industrial project logistics, to cross-border e-commerce, last-mile fulfilment and infrastructure investment.

With a global presence across 59 countries and territories, Kerry Logistics Network has established a solid foothold in half of the world’s emerging markets. Its diverse infrastructure, extensive coverage in international gateways and local expertise span across China, India, Southeast Asia, the CIS, Middle East, LATAM and other locations.

Kerry Logistics Network generated a revenue of over HK$53 billion in 2020 and is the largest international logistics company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

# KerryLogisticsNetwork

About Institutional Investor

Now entering its fifth decade, Institutional Investor has consistently distinguished itself among the world’s foremost financial publications with groundbreaking journalism and incisive writing that provides essential intelligence for a global audience. In addition, Institutional Investor offers a host of proprietary research and rankings that serve as respected industry benchmarks.

The Nailist Collaborates With Outrankco To Improve Digital Capabilities

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 2 July 2021 – The Nailist, a home-grown Manicure Singapore service provider, collaborates with Outrankco to improve its overall digital capabilities.

With the lack of walk-in customers and people working from home during the Covid-19 period, it has inevitably affected the performance of most brick-and-mortar store, even more so for services that requires close contact with the customers such as manicure and pedicure services. The pandemic has caused an overall decline in revenue and customer engagement rates across all Nailist outlets. In light of this issue, they started looking for a digital marketing agency capable of improving their current marketing strategy.

The Nailist has been around since 2011, and for the past few years their traditional marketing strategy hasn’t done much to grow. Moreover with the onset of technology, people are now turning towards online channels to search for information. The Nailist hopes to capitalize on this trend and seize growth opportunities in the digital economy by implementing digital marketing strategy through Outrankco, a Singapore based digital marketing agency specializing in SEO services.

The collaboration is to promote The Nailist website in Google’s Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Both companies strive to bring the website to the first page in Google. “By ranking on the first page in Google, not only it will increase the traffic to our website, it will also generate leads and enquiries for our services”, said Beverly, marketing manager of The Nailist. “We are also aiming to retain our existing customer base, at the same time reach out to new customers who are actively searching for our services through social media advertising”, Beverly added.

With the Singapore government pushing to accelerate digitization, The Nailist is looking into the need to expand into ECommerce platform to build stronger digital capabilities and stay competitive.

For more information, please visit: https://thenailist.com

#TheNailist


Laos To Receive AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Vaccines This Month

Laos To Receive AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Vaccines This Month

A new shipment of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Laos this month.

Laos Detects Kappa Covid-19 Variant as 32 New Cases Recorded

Covid-19 update

Laos has confirmed the presence of the Kappa Covid-19 variant among its cases.

FWD pulls off record tally at Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2021 with 13 wins

Most awarded insurer for the fourth consecutive year

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 July 2021 – FWD Hong Kong (“FWD”) won 13 awards at the Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2021, including eight Excellence Awards and five Outstanding Awards, a remarkable tally that makes it the most awarded insurer for the fourth consecutive year.

FWD won 13 awards at the Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2021, including eight Excellence Awards and five Outstanding Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, the company has become the most awarded insurer with winning entries spanning innovative health and wealth solutions and cutting-edge customer experiences.

The multiple awards were a tribute to the broad success of FWD’s holistic, company-wide branding and marketing initiatives to deliver a simpler, faster and smoother insurance journey for customers through innovation, technology, customer service and engagement, backed by a leading tied agency force.

FWD’s record-breaking wins are attributable to its pioneering health and wealth products and services that include Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) plans vCANsurance and vPrime, One stop Pan-Asian health and counselling service PREMIER THE ONEcierge and MINDcierge, the comprehensive critical illness protection Crisis XDefender Signature, and MaxFocus financial planning series. The company also earned accolades from judges for its integrated marketing campaigns, innovative AI-powered claims management system, digitalisation of agency processes, experiential lifestyle platform FWD MAX, and exceptional training programmes.

Ken Lau, FWD Managing Director of Greater China and Hong Kong Chief Executive Officer, said, “In today’s fast-paced world, we understand that agility and responsiveness matter more than ever. Over the past year, FWD has pivoted promptly to provide the protection and insurance services our customers need in health and wealth, offering solutions that are convenient, easy-to-understand, and effective in addressing their real-life needs in an innovative manner. These prestigious awards are a testament to our efforts, and they further motivate us to continue changing the way people feel about insurance.”

Table: List of the 13 awards won by FWD at the Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2021

Winner

Category

Award

VHIS products: vCANsurance Medical Plan + vPrime Medical Plan

Medical Care

Excellence

VHIS plans series

Voluntary Health Insurance

Excellence

VHIS Products Promotion Campaign

Integrated Marketing (Product Promotion)

Excellence

vPrime + PREMIER THE ONEcierge + Partnership with HKSH

High Net Worth (Service)

Excellence

PREMIER THE ONEcierge + Partnership with HKSH + MINDcierge (Mainland China Counselling Services)

Cross-border Insurance Services

Excellence

Max Focus Series: MaxFocus Signature and MaxFocus Achiever

Education Fund

Excellence

“Keep going, celebrate living” Campaign

Integrated Marketing (Branding Promotion)

Excellence

AI-powered claims management system

Claims Management

Excellence

vCANsurance Medical Plan + vPrime Medical Plan

Health & Protection

Outstanding

Crisis XDefender Signature

Innovative Product

Outstanding

Agent Assist

Digital Transformation Strategy

Outstanding

FWD MAX 2.0

Customer Engagement

Outstanding

Tied Agency training

Training Academy of the Year

Outstanding

About FWD Hong Kong & Macau

FWD Hong Kong & Macau is part of the FWD Group, the primary insurance business of investment group, Pacific Century Group. FWD Group spans 10 markets in Asia including Hong Kong SAR & Macau SAR, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Cambodia.

FWD Hong Kong has been assigned strong financial ratings by international agencies. It offers life and medical insurance, general insurance, employee benefits, and financial planning. FWD Macau provides a suite of life and medical insurance.

FWD is focused on creating fresh customer experiences and making the insurance journey simpler, faster and smoother, with innovative propositions and easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD aims to be a leading pan-Asian insurer by changing the way people feel about insurance.

For more information about FWD Hong Kong & Macau please visit www.fwd.com.hk and www.fwd.com.mo.

#FWD