HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 December 2022 – Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP) has attained Platinum certificate at the BEAM Plus Neighbourhood Version 1.0 with the award’s highest rating.
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park has attained Platinum certificate at the BEAM Plus Neighbourhood Version 1.0 with the award’s highest rating.
Mr. Patrick Siu, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Limited congratulates project teams. Patrick says, “We managed to acheive this through the Project Team’s hard work, determination, and overall excellent performance. We are now committed to putting these vision and design into reality.”
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park aims to develop Lok Ma Chau Loop into a resource efficient, low-carbon, and climatic resilient district in a smart, green and resilient approach to achieve a sustainable future-proofing city.
HSITP aims to develop Lok Ma Chau Loop into a resource efficient, low-carbon, and climatic resilient district in a smart, green and resilient approach to achieve a sustainable future-proofing city.
Based on the master planning study, HSITP has achieved Platinum Rating at BEAM Plus Neighbourhood (ND) with the highest Overall Score among the other existing ND projects. This award has recognized HSITP’s significant contribution to green building development and sustainability in Hong Kong.
Initiated by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKBGC), BEAM Plus Neighbourhood is a green rating tool that helps define performance criteria for the masterplan of a development project through a range of sustainability indicators – Site, Materials and Waste, Energy, Water, Outdoor Environmental Quality, Innovation and Additions, and Community – with an emphasis on socio-economic and environmental aspects. It was developed to encourage environmental sustainability and the incorporation of public space design in the master planning stages of a development project.
SINGAPORE – Media Outreach – 20 December 2022 – ViewQwest has appointed Jurist Francisco-Gamban as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective 1 January 2023, concurrent to her extant role as Chief Marketing Officer.
Jurist Francisco-Gamban
Jurist joined ViewQwest as CMO in the last quarter of 2018, bringing with her nearly two decades of experience building and executing effective growth strategies for leading telecommunications companies. Under her marketing stewardship, she helped scale the company’s go-to-market capabilities in many areas, stepped up growth of its Consumer Broadband Business, and helped guide the award-winning telco’s transformation into one of the fastest-growing Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) in the region.
“Jurist has a strong track record of challenging and steering organisations to achieve their potential, in her past leadership roles and in her four (4) years at ViewQwest. She promotes data-informed decision-making, empowerment and accountability – and I am excited in anticipating the team aligning and working together under her leadership and guidance as our COO,” said Vignesa Moorthy, ViewQwest Group CEO, as he announced the appointment.
The appointment comes on the heels of ViewQwest’s accelerated expansion plans in the region. Seeing increased demand for its Managed Security Services portfolio, particularly its SASE and SD-WAN offerings, ViewQwest is continuing to strengthen its leadership corps – with Chief Executive Officer Vignesa Moorthy at the helm driving Group strategy and vision and Chief Commercial Officer Benjamin Tan overseeing its Enterprise and International Business segments. The company has also signed a number of strategic partnerships, including with HKBN in Hong Kong and FPT Telecom International (FTI) in Vietnam to support market coverage and customer deployments across Southeast Asia.
“As COO, Jurist will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Group, ensuring that our operations are aligned with business goals and executed effectively. She will oversee the company’s management teams in championing customer commitment, operational excellence, people development and profitable growth,” Moorthy added.
Prior to joining ViewQwest, Jurist was Vice-President for Marketing at Globe Telecom in the Philippines where she spent 13 years leading various lines of business. At Globe, she led the Home Broadband Business to record revenue and subscriber market share growth and launched new products and revenue streams for the company’s International and Enterprise Business Groups across its voice, data, SD-WAN, cybersecurity and cloud service offerings. Further prior to that, Jurist headed Product Management and Marketing teams in Eastern Telecoms and Tridel Technologies.
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About ViewQwest
ViewQwest is a leading regional provider of Managed Security and award-winning Connectivity services. Headquartered in Singapore and with operations in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong, it is a trusted partner of global MNCs and top companies in North and Southeast Asia. As a certified Managed Security Services Provider with expertise in leading cybersecurity technologies, it helps build and manage high-performing network and security infrastructure for the digital enterprise, securely connecting corporate sites and workforces across the world.
ViewQwest also provides Premium Residential & Business broadband & cybersecurity services in Malaysia and Singapore, and has been consistently recognized as Singapore’s Fastest Fixed Network from 2018 to 2022 by Ookla Speedtest Awards.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 December 2022 – Recently an award-winning statue and toy company held intimate events for some of the US’ and Asia’s largest pop-culture collectors. The limited edition hyper-real collectibles displayed left attendees in awe before going viral online. Queen Studios, the makers of these collectibles, since announced that more of these collectibles will be available for pre-order in the US, with plans on making them more accessible for US collectors.
In Fall 2022, Queen Studios brought a collection of their hyper-real collectibles capturing the likeness of characters and actors from Marvel and DC blockbuster movies. Queen Studios, also known as QS, has a well-earned reputation for recreating iconic cinematic moments in a variety of scales and styles.
Of the statues on display, the Spider-Man (Tom Holland) life-size bust, and the Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) life-size bust particularly caught the eyes of fans. These busts are both made of platinum silicone, creating a skin-like look and feel which is soft to the touch. The clothes on the Strange bust are expertly tailored, and both feature hand punched hair and glass eyes that bring them both to life with a scary realism.
Fans of Warner Bros. and DC, fans also lined up for the opportunity to see these ground-breaking collectibles in person, stealing the opportunity to share the images and videos online with fans and collectors around the world.
From QS’ statue brand, the Arthur Fleck 1/3 statue from Todd Phillips Academy Award winning movie Joker stole the show. The statue depicts Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) as he dances gracefully along the white and green tiled bathroom floor just like the movie. To create this statue, the team worked tirelessly hand painting each piece to create a flawless skin texture, before layering fine sheep’s wool on the head sculpt to create a realistic look.
INART, the company’s 1/6 scale action figure brand also debuted at the event. These sixth scale figures will probably bring back fond memories of the superhero toys from your childhood, and that’s part of the appeal.
Made from the finest materials, these collectible figures are near perfect recreations of movie characters, such as the Heath Ledger Joker, Robert Pattinson’s The Batman and Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) from Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings.
While these types of figures have grown in popularity in recent years, the INART brand has taken the character likeness to another level. INART incorporate magnetic bases with movie elements to allow collectors to pose and display their figures just how the character looks in the movie.
As the event came to a close, collectors both in attendance and online had one burning question, “how can I order these collectibles?”. For US Collectors, some of Queen Studios’ Marvel collectibles can be ordered from Sideshow, the go to place for collectibles in the US. International collectors, and US collectors can also visit Queen Studios’ official store and order directly from the company or click to be redirected to a local retailer.
In 2023, QS is expected to release a limited-edition Michael Jackson life-size bust and a Terminator T-800 bust with the likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger. All these collectibles are limited and tend to sell out quickly.
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About Queen Studios
Queen Studios is the first company in the world licensed to make hyper-real silicone busts for Marvel, and the first company in China to do so for DC. In the 5 years since the company was established, the team have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible for these collectibles, blurring the lines between art and life.
These bars, which contain 72% chocolate, are available exclusively at Lak 40 coffee shop in Vientiane Capital.
In an interview with Bridget Dooley, Mikael Bronkhorst tells the story of how Chocolate Dream by Mikael came to introduce Laos’ first single-origin chocolate bar, a breakthrough for sustainable Lao agriculture and for eco-conscious chocolate lovers alike.
Latest research details how cybercrime business models might change
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 December 2022 – Global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), published a new report today warning that the ransomware industry could be on the verge of a revolution that sees actors expand into other areas of cybercrime or partner with hostile governments and organized crime groups.
Jon Clay, vice president of threat research at Trend Micro: “Change is the only constant in cybercrime, and sooner or later, economic and geopolitical forces may compel ransomware groups to adapt or die. Amidst this uncertain threat landscape, network defenders need platform-based security to provide visibility and control across all attack surfaces, including hybrid cloud infrastructure. Our latest report will help them prepare for the future.”
The report highlights the history of ransomware and the key building blocks of modern attacks before proposing scenarios that show where threats may be evolving.
Threat actors will continue to evolve their attacks in response to corporate defensive strategies, law enforcement successes, and government sanctions. This could include scaling up attacks through increased automation, targeting more IoT and cloud environments, improving professionalism and execution, and more effectively monetizing attacks.
The report also predicts that ransomware actors will eventually be motivated to change their business models due either to the cumulative impact of relatively small changes or by more radical global factors. This could lead to them developing supply chain attacks to cut out reliance on initial access brokers, using stolen data for stock manipulation, selling more services to traditional organized crime syndicates, merging with other criminal groups, or even working with government actors.
There is no silver bullet to solve these challenges. As they emerge, network defenders and governments should tackle changes to cybercrime business models. Trend Micro’s report also provides a set of potential actions to prepare for these scenarios, including:
Hardening internet-facing and internal corporate systems
Migrating to cloud services
Focusing defensive efforts on detection and response and initial access vectors
Strengthening government sanctions on major actors and facilitators
Regulating cryptocurrency to increase transparency, protect consumers against fraud and make money laundering harder
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About Trend Micro
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro’s cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, the platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.trendmicro.com.hk
Winners of the Youth Innovation Challenge and their mentors.
UNFPA, in partnership with the Faculty of Education, National University of Laos, Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LYU), and Global Shapers, brought together young innovators in Laos to present their innovative, impactful implementable ideas and technical solutions for addressing some of the key challenges faced by adolescents and young people in the country on 16 December in Vientiane, Laos.
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