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Global travel guidebook picks: Recommended Travel Destinations for 2022, Shikoku selected as one of the top 10 regions!

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 10 February 2022 – Lonely Planet, the world’s most popular travel guidebook, has ranked Japan’s Shikoku sixth in the regional category of its “Best in Travel 2022” list of recommended travel destinations for 2022.

Did you know that Japan’s Shikoku Island ranked 6th in the top 10 recommended travel destinations for 2022, published by Lonely Planet, the world’s most popular travel guidebook? https://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/shikoku

The island’s stunning Iya Valley, rugged Pacific coastline, mountain ranges and gorgeous free-flowing rivers all beckon to be explored with many nature activities such as hiking, kayaks, surfboards. Also, It is home to the 88 sacred sites of Shikoku, the most famous pilgrimage in Japan. Tokushima, Kochi, Matsuyama, and Takamatsu offer secluded temples, historic castles and gardens, delicious local cuisine, and modern delights. After the pandemic, please visit Shikoku to enjoy the natural beauty of the island.

For more information: https://shikoku-tourism.com/zh_TW

In this article, let’s take a look at the most popular areas on the Shikoku Tourism Organization’s Instagram page, one by one, from each of the four prefectures in Shikoku. Please check out Tourism Shikoku Instagram Page:https://www.instagram.com/shikokutourism/?hl=ja

【Tokushima Prefecture】
Oku-Iya Double Vine Bridge

  • Kazura Bridge is a bridge with an atmosphere of seclusion, surrounded by beautiful scenery. Nearby is “Yaen,” where you can cross the mountain stream while pulling a rope, making it one of the most popular tourist spots in the back shrine.

【Kagawa Prefecture】
Sanuki Manno Park

  • It is the only national park in Shikoku and is located on the banks of Manno Pond. The park is filled with seasonal flowers and is lit up in winter.

【Ehime Prefecture】
Mt. Ishizuchi Yoakashi-tōge

  • Mt. Ishizuchi is a sacred peak in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It is the tallest mountain in western Japan (1,982 m) and one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The view from here is one of the most beautiful on Mt. Ishizuchi trail.

【Kochi Prefecture】
Setogawa Gorge

  • It is a valley in the Seto River, a tributary of the Yoshino River, upstream of the Sameura Dam. The Inamura Dam, a rock-fill dam, is located upstream. The autumn leaves there are beautiful.

Free Webinar “Getting Started with Google Workspace in 1 Day” from TS Cloud: Make It Easy to Learn and Use

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 February 2022 – Google Cloud Premier Partner – TS Cloud is hosting a free webinar “Getting Started with Google Workspace in 1 Day” on February 22, 2022 (Tuesday) from 14:00 to 16:30 (GMT+8). In this webinar, TS Cloud will explain the settings and basic features of Google Office Productivity Suite in layman’s terms so attendees can easily understand without IT background knowledge.

 

Free Webinar “Getting Started with Google Workspace in 1 Day”

 

After the pandemic outbreak two years ago, it seems that coexistence is the way to go in the short term. Thus, many companies have begun to create new work environments. In a recent report by Google, most of the issues concerned by employees and employers from various industries working in hybrid remote offices include flexibility of work tools, connectivity between apps, and stability of the Internet. Google Office Productivity Suite for business – Google Workspace, provides a flexible, innovative solution for people and businesses to get more done. There are 3 billion users worldwide who have changed the way they work productivity and collaboration by using Google Workspace. Teams can collaborate with others in real time and store those files in the cloud with Google Drive with a user-friendly interface. Using such a tool is not only convenient and time-saving, but also reduces operational costs.

Under pressure from the pandemic outbreak and environmental trends, companies face the challenge of rapidly digitally transforming their workflows. Since its founding in 2007, TS Cloud, Google Cloud Premier Partner, has been committed to helping businesses leverage cloud technology to improve labor productivity and reduce labor costs. The company has helped more than 3,000 enterprise customers apply cloud technology for digital transformation. To date, the business has expanded to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Based on its experience, TS Cloud understands the difficulties faced by enterprises, especially those who do not have IT background knowledge, in using Google Workspace for digital transformation.

 

When implementing Google Office Productivity Suite – Google Workspace, it is important to understand the meaning of some terms and configure settings in DNS such as TXT. Users might get discouraged during implementation if they are not familiar with it. Therefore, TS Cloud hopes that participants will have a quick start to explore the features and convenience of Google Workspace.

 

To learn more about Google Office Productivity Suite settings and basic features, please click the link to register for the free webinar “Getting Started with Google Workspace in 1 Day” or contact Ms. Leong (Simba) at 3163 2520.

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What we offer: Office Suite in Cloud Environment, Google Workspace Sales Distribution

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Contact Number: 3163 2520

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Laos and Thailand to Build New Friendship Bridge for Both Road and Rail

First Friendship Bridge between Laos and Thailand
First Friendship Bridge between Laos and Thailand.

Thailand plans to construct a combined railway and roadway bridge across the Mekong River to connect with Laos.

Vang Vieng Seeing 3,000 Domestic Visitors Every Week

Vang Vieng

Renowned tourist town Vang Vieng is seeing some 3,000 domestic tourists visit every week following the relaxation of Covid measures.

Building a More Resilient Lao Education System Through Digitalization

By January 2022, more than 71,000 students have registered to Khang Panya Lao and the numbers keep growing.

With schools and educational institutions being closed since April 2021 due to the second wave of the virus, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the great need for digital capacity, development, and accessibility to ensure continuity in the delivery of education for over 1.7 million children and young people living in Laos.

Rhenus to launch new Integrated logistics services business unit, Supply Chain Solutions, in India

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 9 February 2022 – Following a growth-driven year, Rhenus India will introduce new products across all existing business units, add a new business unit and enhance its capabilities in sustainable logistics.

 

After achieving a record year-on-year average growth of 20 to 30 percent from 2010 to 2021 in India, leading global logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics announced extensive plans to expand its product portfolio for the domestic market. Rhenus India will also look into introducing environmentally sustainable products and services, ranging from carbon-neutral LCL product to exploring the use of electric vehicles for trucking.

 

Some of the new products introduced across the four business units (Air & Ocean, Customs Brokerage, Contract Logistics and Domestic Freight) include:

  1. Air Freight Consol from Hongkong to Chennai (three consols per week)
  2. Cross-Border Road Freight to SAARC Nations (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
  3. Chemical Warehouses in Gurugram (February 2022) and Bhiwandi (May 2022)
  4. Visibility Tool – to provide a comprehensive visibility to the customers for real time decision making
  5. Global Service Centre – to manage an entire spectrum of customs services and requirements for the United Kingdom and other European countries
  6. Control Tower

To further provide an end-to-end visibility to customers, Rhenus India will now offer Supply Chain Solutions, providing technology-enabled logistics support as part of a dedicated new business unit.

 

Rhenus India continues on a growth trajectory with 1.4 million square feet of warehousing space and over 500 new employees added to the local team over the past two years. Highlights include the opening of a new chemical multi-user warehouse in Chennai in 2021, strengthening its capabilities to serve the chemical industries.

 

“Customers lie in the forefront of our strategy. Rhenus India will continue to invest in people, resources and infrastructure, while keeping a long-term view of growth in mind. Digital Excellence, HR Excellence and Customer Centricity will be the pillars of our future growth,” said Vivek Arya, Managing Director of Rhenus India.

 

With over seven decades of expertise in domestic freight and logistics services, Rhenus India supports corporate customers across 70 offices in India, with more than 2,000 professionally qualified employees and 2.4 million square feet of warehousing space. Rhenus India provides integrated logistics solutions and services across most industry segments including chemicals and petrochemicals, industrial and engineering, automotive, electronics and white goods as well as pharmaceuticals.

About Rhenus

The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 5.4 billion. 33,500 employees work at 820 business sites and develop innovative solutions along the complete supply chain. Whether providing transport, warehousing, customs clearance or value-added services, the family business pools its operations in various business units where the needs of customers are the major focus at all times.

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Hong Kong based NFT “HolyShxxt!!” joined hands with Elite Apes Get ready for special edition Bored Ape “HolyShxxt!!” NFT

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 February 2022 – Hong Kong’s first NFT with football management simulation GameFi “HolyShxxt!!”, which will be opened for public minting on 14 February, is officially collaborating with Elite Apes, an elite club of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) owners.  Under the collaboration, the team will launch a series of special edition Bored Ape “HolyShxxt!!” NFTs based on the properties from the BAYC NFTs owned by its members.  Elite Apes will also take part as a strategic advisor of “HolyShxxt!!” with a common goal to boost the development of NFT projects in Hong Kong.

 

Watch out for special 3D edition of Bored Ape “HolyShxxt!!” NFT

With the official authorization from Elite Apes, “HolyShxxt!!” will create a series of special edition NFT by incorporating its iconic 3D arts into the properties of the Bored Ape NFTs owned by the 150 members of the club.   In addition, a selective amount of special edition NFTs will also be invited into the “HolyShxxt!!” Hall of Fame.

 

United from all walks of life, the 150 global members of Elite Apes are enthusiasts who are passionate about NFT investment with deep insights on NFT project development.  The accumulative value of the members’ NFT collection is estimated at roughly USD 45 million.   

“Elite Apes is dedicated in supporting NFT projects in Asia, especially those in Hong Kong that possess of long term potential and physical utilities.  We adopt a very stringent criteria in selecting our partnering NFT projects.  We will evaluate them through our “CARD” standard (Community, Art, Roadmap, Developer) to determine if they are a good project that are worth investing in,” stated Jason, Founder and CEO of Elite Apes.

 

Jason added, “Before we confirm this partnership, we have completed several rounds of assessment on the background of the founding team, its Discord community, project roadmap, as well as the capability of the team.  We are very glad to tell you that ‘HolyShxxt!!’ is an outstanding project that fulfilled all four criteria of our CARD standard.  With thorough understanding on the market, the three founding members are dedicated in sustaining the value of the project by bringing in new possibilities and maintaining a healthy global community.”

 

Encouraging play to earn with its first rare NFT

Unlike normal NFT that can be minted with ETH, the special edition Bored Ape “HolyShxxt!!” NFT has to be purchased with Key0Coins earned from playing the simulation game[1]. Non-NFT owners may also purchase the Key0Coins in the official channel which are generated at 1:1 ratio as players earn their coins through playing game. 

 

The team believes successful NFT should ride on good online community management that creates long term value.  “To maintain the heat of our online community and create long term value for ‘HolyShxxt!!’, it is important for us to keep our platform fresh and let our NFT owners benefit from trading rare NFTs and earning ‘Key0Coin’ through playing games.  We are thrilled to collaborate with Elite Apes to launch our first rare NFT. We will keep looking for meaningful collaboration and grow with our fans”, stated LCM, founder and initiator of HolyShxxt!!.

 

Astonishing feedback from fans!   Elite Mint oversubscribed by 50%

To show appreciation to their passionate fans, “HolyShxxt!!” opened up 1,000 quota among its 8,888 NFTs for Elite Mint on 23 January.  Within just one day, the quota was oversubscribed for 50%.   What’s more, there is only very little white list quota left for minting on 12 February, which is now exclusive to Elite members only.  The final 1,111 NFTs will be opened for public mint on 14 February.  For more information, please visit the official Discord channel https://discord.gg/holyshxxtnft.

 

Passionate support from worldwide fans and celebrities

There are “HolyShxxt!!” fans from different corners around the world, including Hong Kong, United State, Argentina, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany, sharing their love towards this project on Discord.  The NFT project has also received fervent support from celebrities, such as Mackenzie Arnold (goalkeeper of Westham United and Australia’s national team), famous UK rapper A!MS、Argentina singer Pablo Olivares, Japanese painter and tattoo artist IzuMonster, French collector and curator Escargot and a number of Hong Kong celebrities.



[1] “HolyShxxt!! promises to launch a strategic football management simulation GameFi within three months from the day all NFTs are minted.

About HolyShxxt!!

HolyShxxt!! aims to build an enthusiastic and loyal community for like-minded with no geographic, cultural or language boundaries. We are a team that believes in the infinite potential of blockchain and NFT related applications and hope to establish a stable platform to create values for digital assets and cryptocurrencies. See more: https://discord.gg/holyshxxtnft, https://holyshxxt.io/ and instagram.com/holyshxxtnft/.

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HUNG FOOK TONG X FSES X Home Care Apparel “Shopping Social in the Year of Tiger”

Sending Warmth and Blessings to Cancer and Chronically ill Patients

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 February 2022 – Giving red packet or “lai see” in the Lunar New Year is a tradition for sending blessings and good luck from the older generations to the younger. With the blessings received, have you considered using a portion to support social enterprises (“SEs”) and fulfil your social responsibilities simply by practicing ethical consumption? Now you can do so by purchasing selected adaptive clothing on TECM MALL and the social enterprise will send the adaptive clothing as a Chinese New Year gift on your behalf to the underprivileged groups in Hong Kong.

This Lunar New Year, Fullness Social Enterprises Society (FSES) has prepared a double surprise for you! FSES is now partnering with local healthy food and beverage company “Hung Fook Tong” and social enterprise “Home Care Apparel” (“FPP HCA”) to launch a Lunar New Year Charity campaign “Shopping Social in the Year of Tiger” by encouraging the public to make purchase on TECM MALL and donate tailored made adaptive clothing to cancer and chronically ill patients. Additionally, attractive shopping discounts are launched on the TECM MALL so everyone can support various local social enterprises at their fingertips.

 

【Shopping Social in the Year of Tiger】

From January 15th to February 28th, you can purchase adaptive clothing to donate to cancer and chronically ill patients on TECM MALL’s “Buy to Donate” page, and as a token of appreciation, you will receive a New Year goodie bag specially packed with Hung Fook Tong’s sponsored products (including 2 homemade soup packs and 2 bottles of healthy drinks). Better yet, every goodie bag you receive means another corresponding goodie bag will be sent to cancer and chronically ill patients, thus the patients will receive both the adaptive clothing and the goodie bag! Visit TECM MALL to shop social to send warmth and blessing to the needy now!

Hung Fook Tong New Year Goodie Bag

Each includes 2 homemade soup packs and 2 bottles of healthy drinks.

* Limited quantity is available on a first-come-first-served basis until stock lasts. Promotion is subject to terms and conditions.

 

【Live with Dignity and Pride with Tailored Made Adaptive Clothing】

Due to the changing physical conditions of patients, whom may have difficulty moving their arms or body, or have other physical support needs, their normal clothing may no longer be suitable for them. Many caretakers feel challenging whenever they needed to help chronically ill patients to get change. Former social worker Ms. Swing Lau, founder of social enterprise – “Home Care Apparel” (“FPP HCA”), felt a strong need to help the patients to live more comfortably and with dignity. Based on her previous experience from serving in nursing homes, Lau founded FPP HCA and introduced the concept of adaptive clothing to the city. She designs personalized clothing according to the needs of her patients including urine bag pants, jumpsuits, anti-strip pants, etc. She strives to smoothen the caring process as well as to minimize possible injuries for both the patients and the caregivers.

 

In the past, FPP HCA tailor-designed clothing for an old man who had dementia, poor self-caring ability, and foot pain problems. With one specially made pants, the client’s life and relationship with his caregiver was improved.

 

For more details on this case:https://www.fpphca.com/2021/01/%e6%b8%ac%e8%a9%a6%e6%a8%99%e9%a1%8c/

Urine Bag Pants

The design allows user’s urine bag to be hidden inside the trousers, making it more comfortable for users to wear it and permits them to go out without physical obstacles.


【Understanding Patient Experience: A Workshop for Rehabilitation and Nursing 】

To help the public to better understand rehabilitation care, Home Care Apparel and Hung Fook Tong’s new café concept store “HFT Life” will jointly host a “ Introductory Workshop for Rehabilitation and Nursing “, where Ms. Swing Lau, the founder of Home Care Apparel, will introduce a variety of adaptive clothing as well as the proper methods of using them. In addition, participants can try on the specially designed adaptive clothing and experience their significance for cancer and chronically ill patients. Participants will also receive HFT Life shopping coupons after the workshop. Stay tuned for the event date and registration details!

“Home Care Apparel” not only focuses on the appearance and comfortability of the fabric, but also concerns on the needs of their users. Firstly, it increases the users’ self-care ability. Secondly, it reduces the burden of the caregivers, thereby helping users to develop self-confidence as they live their life with dignity and pride.

 

【TECM MALL Exclusive: Shopping for Lunar New Year Products from Local Social Enterprises】

Aside from the “Shopping Social in the Year of Tiger” charity campaign, TECM MALL has also launched a series of Lunar New Year promotion for everyone to practice their ethical consumption at the one stop e-platform with over 200+ products from local social enterprises. Limited-time offers on four consecutive Wednesdays in January will be offered. For more details, please visit the TECM MALL website: www.tecmmall.hk.

Recommended Lunar New Year Products:

【FairTaste – Joyous Cashew Brittle & Tea Gift Box ($168)】

The gift box includes popular organic cashew brittle made from large and sweet Indian organic cashew nuts and Paraguay organic raw cane sugar. The cashew brittle is unforgettably crispy and delicious; besides they are produced by low-income women in the Kwai Tsing district.

 

【Joyous Kitchen – New Years’ Delights ($108 each) 】

This year, Joyous Kitchen has introduced a total of 4 Lunar New Year’s Delights, of which the taro cake is added with Chinese preserved sausage. If it is steamed, you will soon smell a rich aroma of the sausage; if fried, the cake will be crispy with a golden layer. Joyous Kitchen will donate all the net proceeds to support free meals distribution and poverty alleviation work!

About FSES

Contribute Profession, Promote Innovation, Advance the City Fullness Social Enterprises Society Limited (FSES) (www.fses.hk) is an NGO established in 2011 by a group of knowledge volunteers to support social innovation and social entrepreneurship development in Hong Kong for societal betterment. FSES works to create practical knowledge to social enterprises through coaching, training, education, applied research, and publishing. The goal is to develop a structured Social Entrepreneurship Body of Knowledge (SE-BoK) for Hong Kong. The knowledge volunteer team has over 100 members equipped with academic, social and business expertise, steering projects in five major sectors including social, consumer, commercial, education, and church.

Website:www.fses.hk

About Hung Fook Tong

Established in 1986 and listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in July 2014, Hung Fook Tong is a food and beverage enterprise with a modern wellness concept, offering a wide range of additive-free healthy food products for 35 years. Currently, it has more than 120 self-operated retail shops in Hong Kong, thus it is the top retailer of Chinese herbal products in Hong Kong in terms of the number of retail shops. To capture the growth potential of the huge consumer market in Mainland China, the Group’s long shelf-life drinks and fresh drinks are sold to third party retailers and distributors covering a number of cities in Mainland China.

Website:www.hungfooktong.com

About Home Care Apparel

Home Care Apparel Company Limited is a social enterprise which designs, manufactures, and sells adaptive clothing and related products locally. The founders, executives, product consultants, and sewing masters are all experienced in residential care as well as clothing making. The team are also familiarized with the rehabilitation and nursing related knowledge, especially in the production of adaptive clothing.

Website:https://www.fpphca.com

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