Handing over ceremony between USAID and MOH, Laos. (Photo: US Embassy in Laos)
The United States through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) officially handed over cold chain and IT equipment to the Ministry of Health of Laos on 12 June, further marking the expanding cooperation between the two countries on COVID-19 vaccination and public health.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 June 2023 – Hong Kong, the international trade fair capital of Asia, is going from strength to strength.
Further to the completion of several successful shows, including Global Sources Hong Kong, which packed out all ten halls with over 100,000 buyers at the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE), and HOFEX, Asia’s Leading Food and Hospitality Tradeshow which brought over 30,000 buyers from around the world to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong is continuing to boost the exhibition forward momentum by booking yet more events.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced the city is welcoming back two more premier global trade fairs, Vinexpo Asia 2024 and APLF Leather, Materials + & Fashion Access 2024, while securing four new trade shows for this year.
APLF and Vinexpo Asia set to return to Hong Kong in 2024
Next year, APLF Leather, Materials + & Fashion Access 2024, one of the world’s most important leather and fashion tradeshows and Vinexpo Asia, the most highly regarded international show in the wine and spirits industry in Asia-Pacific, are set to return to Hong Kong in March and May respectively.
Kenneth Wong,General Manager, MICE & Cruise of HKTB, said: “The return of the world’s leading trade shows highlights Hong Kong’s attractiveness, its friendly trading policies, and solid fundamentals; Hong Kong also enjoys promising growth potential with the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and comprehensive government support for the industry. We are highly delighted to see organisers of both old and new shows choosing Hong Kong.”
David Bondi, Senior Vice President, Informa Markets Asia said, “We’re delighted to bring APLF events back to Asia’s World City next year. The enthusiasm is palpable as the city has long been our home base, connecting the global markets with Chinese suppliers and buyers.”
Launched in Asia a quarter-century ago, Vinexpo Asia is one of the world’s largest events for wine and spirits professionals. Rodolphe Lameyse, Chief Executive Officer of Vinexposium Group said, “Hong Kong is the strategic gateway to the market in mainland China, and 2024 will mark Vinexpo Asia‘s triumphant return to the city with hundreds of producers presenting the very best wines from all around the world.”
Four new shows cement Hong Kong as GBA’s MICE hub and Asia’s aviation and logistics centre
This June and July, four new exhibitions are being staged in Hong Kong for the first time: DMP Greater Bay Area Industrial Expo; the three-in-one expo BioCHINA 2023; Greater Bay Area ESG & Sustainability Exhibition; and the 13th JCtrans Global Freight Forwarders Expo 2023.
The exciting line-up is a strong testament to Hong Kong’s thriving exhibition scene in the light of the city’s unique position as the MICE hub of the GBA and a global aviation and logistics centre.
The first first freight train from the Southwest province of Chongqing arrived in Malaysia on Thursday (Photo: China Daily).
The first freight train from the Southwest province of Chongqing arrived in Malaysia on Thursday on a new route to reduce the expenses and travel time from China to ASEAN nations.
Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO (Photo: UNESCO).
The United States of America has decided to rejoin UNESCO in July 2023, based on a concrete financing plan, according to UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay.
The serial gold thief, Silasone Akong Khamsouksavath, a resident of Xay District, Xayaboury Province (photo: bangkokbiznews)
Social media users have questioned the death of an infamous Lao jewelry thief found dead in a prison cell in Vientiane Capital after images of his body surfaced online.
FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen claps during the 71st anniversary celebration of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) at its headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Cambodia’s long-serving leader says his government will amend the country’s election law to bar anyone who fails to vote from standing as a candidate in future elections, in what would be the latest marginalization of his political foes. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s long-serving leader said Tuesday his government will amend the country’s election law to bar anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections, in his latest move to marginalize his political foes.
Researchers at the Tam Pà Ling cave. Photo Credit: CNN
A team of researchers has discovered fossilized human skull and leg bone fragments from the Tam Pà Ling cave, Houaphanh province, that date back 86,000 years, and are now being considered as the oldest examples of modern humans in Southeast Asia.
This new cloud solution finally provides a long term solution for preserving family memories
HONG KONG – Media OutReach – 14 June 2023 – CaptureTM Hong Kong, a leading technology startup in the analogue media digitisation industry, has announced a new feature with Google Photos that enables Capture HK’s customers to achieve a complete solution for family memories.
The analogue media digitisation service offered by Capture HK includes photo albums, photographs, videotapes and digital media. Customers can bring their analogue media to Capture Experience Centre for consultation, where Capture Memory Specialists will review and process the digitisation. After around one week, all memories can be uploaded and backed up to Google Photos after digitisation! And customers can find Capture.HK listed in the Google Photos App > Utilities > Import Photos > Digitise Physical Photos > Capture.
Long-standing Collaboration Between Two Industry Leaders
Google Photos is one of the most widely-used and popular cloud-based photo and video storage and sharing app. That is why Capture.com, a sister company of Capture.HK in the US, added the Google Photos support in 2018. Capture.com has been helping to build the analogue media digitisation industry for more than 20 years and achieved both the highest quality standards in the industry and an excellent customer experience. Capture.HK launched Hong Kong in 2022 and is thrilled to announce this valuable collaboration. Customers can benefit from the expertise of Capture.HK. and enjoy the accessibility, organisation, enhanced search, and easy sharing of their digitised memories with their family and friends, from any device, at any time on Google Photos.
Digitise your memories before it is too late!
“It’s truly remarkable to see my faded photos look brand new, as if by magic!”, said Sheldon Li, CEO of BuyandShip.today, whose family lives in different parts of the world “I am thrilled that Capture has launched their Google Photos integration and now the whole family can share, enjoy and talk about our family history together no matter where they are.”
Don’t wait until your analogue media such as photographs and videotapes are irreversibly damaged by the passage of time and the humid environment in Hong Kong! Capture.HK’s digitisation service is high quality and affordable: each photo costs HKD $2 and each videotape/digital media costs HKD $200. In addition to Google Photos output, customers can also select a USB flash drive as the output format.
To celebrate the new feature with Google Photos, Capture.HK is offering a discount of 10% on orders placed before June 30, 2023. Register at Capture.HK to get the discount code now!
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About Capture.HK
Capture.HK is the most advanced analogue media digitisation service provider in Hong Kong. We digitise your analogue media (photo albums, photographs, videotapes, and digital media like Memory Sticks, Compact Flash, DVD, etc), using our proprietary technology. Capture is the only service that saves your memories directly to Google Photos. In the USA, we have cooperated with Fujifilm, Google and retail giants like Walmart and Costco, to help more than 12 million families to safeguard their memories.
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