KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 11 August 2023 – The Agriculture Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government is continuously promoting rural experience activities. They will participate in the NATAS Holidays in Singapore from August 11th to 13th, along with the Taiwan Tourism Association. They will present rural cultural tours to visitors from Singapore and Southeast Asian countries. The show will introduce the fruit picking tour, a day tour to experience the fishing village culture in the hometown of grouper. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to taste delicious grouper dishes. Participants will also have the chance to enjoy a cup of Taiwan’s native tea in Liugui Xinfa Community, which has won the 3-star award from ITQI in Austria. Additionally, they can take a bath in the never-old hot spring and experience the ecology tour at Qishan Sugar Factory which offers various DIY courses.
The New Taiwan Experiencing Kaohsiung’s Rural and Fishing Villages and Enjoying the Beautiful Scenery.
The travel exhibition attracted a large number of people and travel agents to inquire about the relevant itineraries. Ms. Chlitina, who has participated in the One-day Farmer event many times before, mentioned that it is currently the season of wax apples, mangoes, and lychee. She enjoys making hand-made aiyu jelly and participating in activities such as tea-picking and tea-making. Kaohsiung’s countryside offers a variety of scenery and fruits that change with each season, which impresses her every visit. She plans to revisit the city in the near future.
According to the Agriculture Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government, Kaohsiung is the largest city in southern Taiwan; with Xiaogang International Airport and Port, high-speed rail, and railway links to other cities such as Taipei and Taichung. On top of that, there are expressways that connect the urban areas to rural and fishing villages. It is very convenient to reach Dashu, Qishan, and Meinong areas within 30 minutes by the fastest transportation. A half-day tour or a one-day tour or a two-day tour is easy to arrange.
The one-day farmer’s official website will be frequently updated with the group itinerary. For a detailed itinerary, please check the website https://www.facebook.com/odfkcg for relevant information, or send an email to odfkcg@gmail.com for inquiries.
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HKTDC Beauty & Wellness Expo Rejuvenating the natural beauty from within
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 11 August 2023 – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the seventh Beauty & Wellness Expo will run from 17 to 21 August at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), located at Hall 3 (D, E) and concourse. The fair will showcase a wide range of beauty, cosmetic, hairdressing, fitness and wellness products, and everything that satisfy consumers who pursue a healthy life. In addition to the major pavilions hosted by the Federation of Beauty Industry (H.K.), Hong Kong Hair & Beauty Merchants Association, International Beauty & Health General Union, The Cosmetic & Perfumery Association of Hong Kong Ltd, and Hong Kong China Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness Limited, there will be new pavilions presented by the CIDESCO International CICA Association of Esthetics and Association of International Aesthetics Management.
In addition, Hieggo Pavilion will be exhibiting for the first time at Beauty & Wellness Expo, bringing with it a wide range of health products, with Lawrence Cheng and other guests sharing wellness knowledge at the fair. The expo will showcase an extensive variety of health and beauty products. Highlighted products include:
Beauty Chic
Super Vitamin C Brighten Bubble Cleanser (Booth: 3E-C10)
DR. SCHAFTER Advanced Derma Laser Skin Peel (Booth: 3E-B02)
Joseristine H2O Hydrating Box Set (Booth: 3D-D13)
ZENI DIAMANTE Fine Triple Milled Vegetal Soap Bar (Booth: 3D-D26)
UK Pulseroll Vibrating Massage Roller (Booth: 3E-A29)
Korean Protection Ginseng Panax Massage Liniment (Booth: 3E-C18)
FOOTDISC Anti-Fatigue Insoles (Booth: 3D-C19)
Yunohana Hot Stone Spa (Booth: 3E-B18)
Wellness Warrior
Korea Black bean black sesame brown rice tea (Booth: 3E-B06)
Propolis (Booth: 3D-D31)
ATHENA Multi-Effect Protein (Booth: 3D-B14)
OMEGA 3.6.9 Cardio Support Plant-based Omega – White Chia Seed Oil (Booth: 3E-A04)
A series of informative and exciting activities will be held including an “Introduction to Mental Health” sharing session organised by Mind HK; a preview of the 2023 IFBB Hong Kong Fitness Awards Charity Open Championship; a seasonal autumn/winter make-up demonstration by expert Edmon Wong; diet therapy, health and beauty expert Yoko Tsang will share new definition of skincares, and seminars on topics such as Japanese manicure, slimming and nutritional dieting, and more.
Promoting electronic payment with Consumption Voucher Scheme and daily lucky draw
with the second instalment of the Consumption Voucher Scheme rolled out, the HKTDC is encouraging exhibitors to embrace electronic payment methods to streamline transactions and enable a more convenient and efficient shopping experiences for the public.
The“Lucky Draw” will take place daily during the exhibition period with prizes including hotel accommodation and buffet vouchers, homeware, skincare products, gourmet food, health products and fitness classes. Spending HK$200 or more on a single receipt allows visitors to enjoy one lucky draw entry, with a maximum of five entries per receipt. The HKTDC’s promotional website, “August Happy Buy“, continues to help the public keep abreast of the latest shopping information, various flash sales, “HK$1” offers and more than 160 shopping coupons will be given away.
E-tickets are available for sale at AlipayHK, Alipay (HKTDC’s ticketing partner), which offers a HK$3 and Rmb3 discount for every transaction. Other sales outlets include the 01 Space e-ticketing platform, all 7-11 and Circle K convenience stores, and via the Octopus App. Physical ticket sales for the August exhibitions will not be available at the fairground. Instead, toll booths will be set up at the entrance to allow visitors to use their AlipayHK, Alipay or Octopus card for admission instantly. The HKTDC has also extended the discounted morning and night admission tickets for the public to visit the exhibitions during non-peak hours on designated dates.
HKTDC Food Expo PRO, Hong Kong International Tea Fair
Open to trade buyers only: 17 to 18 August (Thursday to Friday)
Open to trade buyers and public: 19 August (Saturday)
International Conference of the Modernization of Chinese Medicine and Health Products
17 to 18 August (Thursday to Friday)
Venue
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai
Admission
HKTDC Food Expo Public Hall, HKTDC Beauty & Wellness Expo, HKTDC Home Delights Expo 2023: HK$30
HKTDC Food Expo Public Hall and Gourmet Zone, HKTDC Beauty & Wellness Expo, HKTDC Home Delights Expo 2023: HK$36*
*HK$36 (3-16 August 2023) and HK$40 (17-21 August 2023) Remarks: Holders of 19 August single ticket & combo ticket can visit Food Expo PRO and Hong Kong International Tea Fair (Hall 5) from 10am – 5pm
Morning admission tickets (entry before noon on 17, 18 and 21 August, Thursday, Friday and Monday): HK$10 (pay directly by AlipayHK, Alipay or Octopus card for admission at the hall entrances only)
Night admission tickets (entry after 6pm on 17, 18, 19 and 20 August, Thursday to Sunday): HK$10 (pay directly by AlipayHK, Alipay or Octopus card for admission at the hall entrances only)
Concessionary price for persons with disabilities: HK$10 (top-up fee for the Gourmet Zone on the same day is HK$10)
Note: Persons with disabilities need to present a “Registration Card for Persons with Disabilities”, issued by the Labour and Welfare Bureau (pay directly by AlipayHK, Alipay or Octopus card for admission at the hall entrances only)
Tourist tickets: HK$20 (HK$30 including admission to the Gourmet Zone)
Note: Tourists need to present valid travel documents at the fairground to purchase tickets.
Free admission for children aged three and under, and senior citizens aged 65 or above (presenting a valid age proof).
Tickets
E-tickets are available for sale at AlipayHK, Alipay (HKTDC’s ticketing partner), the 01 Space e-ticketing platform, all 7-11 and Circle K convenience stores, and via the Octopus App.
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About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong’s trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 11 August 2023– In the X Games for Startups, contestants win awards and investments through a series of high-intensity pitches. X-PITCH is not only a challenge, but also a fantastic opportunity for founders to drastically improve their pitch and re-examine their business. Since 2018, the contest has been held in skyscraper elevators, self-driving buses, and MRT. This year, the event will take place on the Singapore River.
Pitch on the Singapore River
As a landmark startup contest in Asia, X-PITCH has attracted more than 8,000 startups and 100,000 participants from over fifty countries in the past two years. Winners have raised a total of US$38 million in funding and connected with investors, corporates, government agencies and accelerators through the event.
“We are hosting X-PITCH in Singapore for the first time. Through this platform, we hope to help founders around the world access to the vibrant market of the city-state and Southeast Asia. Like previous years, the competition format is also a global first. This time, we’ll be doing it on bumboats!” said K. Yu, Organizing Committee Chair of X-PITCH 2023.
Powered by XCEL NEXT, X-PITCH 2023 is in collaboration with e27, the leading startup media in Asia. The event is proudly supported by top organizations including Enterprise Singapore, A*StartCentral, ACE.SG, Block71 Singapore, BSSC, Cool Japan Fund, DOST-PCIEERD, HKSTP, KOVA, MDEC, TA, TINVA, TusStar, and VITTBI.
Media OutReach Newswire, Asia’s first global newswire, has partnered with X-PITCH as “Official Newswire Partner” to empower news distribution for the 2023 event. Media OutReach Newswire will work with X-PITCH 2023 to disseminate its announcements globally, and work with startups to educate them on the power of newswire distribution.
The theme of this year’s contest is “Accelerating Deeptech”, highlighting the forefront of technological advancements in four domains including advanced manufacturing, healthcare, sustainability, and digital economy. Ten awards will be presented at the Grand Finale on 10 November at the National Gallery Singapore, with the top three teams receiving investments totaling at least US$1 million. Visionary founders from Asia and around the world are welcome to take up this challenge: www.xpitch.io
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About X-PITCH
X-PITCH is a landmark startup contest in Asia, and probably the most challenging pitch event in the world. Known as the “X Games for Startup”, contestants go through a series of pitch challenges to win awards and investments.
A chance to win US$1,000,000 and more
Pitch in 15 seconds, 60 seconds, and 3 minutes
Meet 1,000+ investors and get exposure across 200+ global media
Activities including pitch training, fundraising workshops, market access, investor matching, and more
In a move to strengthen their political coalition in Thailand’s House of Representatives, the Pheu Thai Party welcomed the Chart Thai Pattana Party along with its 10 MPs on Thursday.
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach – 10 August 2023 – Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate and honor moms. In many parts of the world, Mother’s Day is celebrated in the months of March or May. In Thailand, however, it is different as Mother’s Day is annually celebrated on August 12. In line with the occasion, Thai Life Insurance, the company behind many memorable ‘Sadvertising’ (the term that is given by Philip Kotler) stories over the past 20 years, has introduced a new 3-minute ad, named “Live Life to the Fullest”, offering a mother-daughter story that highlights the value of ‘now’.
Thai Life Insurance core value is to reflect upon the values of life, values of love and people through their ads. And to this end, the company has produced several ad films that adhere to its core principle of ‘Love for Life,’ which has sparked numerous positive discussions among Thais as well as millions of people in many parts of the world over the years.
This new film, entitled “Live Life to the Fullest”, was conceived from the idea of the importance and value of ‘time’ for people, especially time that people have left to spend with the loved ones. If we count the years, the months, the weeks, the days, the hours or even the seconds that we have left, we may come to realize that we do not have much. And, therefore, we ought to be compelled by this realization to use every second that remains to take care of one another.
‘Live Life to The Fullest’ seeks to ask these questions: How often do we wait for the perfect day or the perfect moment to express our love? Which day is the perfect day? Which occasion is the special occasion? No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Will we still be alive? Will we be too late?
Thai Life Insurance believes that there are no days that are more meaningful than today so for this new ad, the company choose to tell a story about a mother and her daughter who spend their remaining time together, turning an otherwise normal day into a special day which will forever remain in their memories. Because of this, every day becomes meaningful to them.
The film will hopefully impart these ideas to the audience, reminding the society to see the immeasurable value of today and cherish the rest which remains of the time by giving love and caring for one another.
Thai Life Insurance hopes to inspire people to appreciate the transience of life, encouraging them to not wait for an opportunity or a special occasion to express their love. Every day is a special day – only through this revelation can people truly live a meaningful life.
The Lao Prime Minister, Dr. Sonexay Siphandone, received Tigerhead-brand drinking water worth more than LAK 300 million provided by the Managing Director of Lao Brewery Company, Mr. Henrik J. Andersen, on 8 August 2023. (Photo: Lao Brewery Co. Ltd.)
The Lao Brewery Company Ltd. has donated its Tigerhead-brand drinking water worth more than LAK 300 million as part of its relief assistance for local people affected by severe floods in several provinces of the country.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 August 2023 – Chinachem Group (“the Group”) and GMC Grand-Bay Intelligent Manufacturing and Technology Co., Ltd. (“GBIMT”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership for development and use of the Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) system. The MoU will create mutual benefits for the two partners as they can complement each other in gaining competitive edge through joint technological innovation, materials procurement and supply, information exchange, technical consultation and more. The collaboration will further enhance Hong Kong’s construction efficiency and quality, as well as the efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Chinachem Group has formed a strategic partnership with GMC Grand-Bay Intelligent Manufacturing and Technology Co., Ltd. for the development and application of the Modular Integrated Construction system. Witnessed by Chinachem Group’s Executive Director and CEO Donald Choi (first left) and Chairman of Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co., Ltd. Liang Huqing (first right), the MoU is signed by Chinachem Group Deputy Project Director Edmond Lo (second left) and Chairman of GMC Grand-Bay Intelligent Manufacturing and Technology Co., Ltd. Wang Long (second right).
Chinachem Group‘s Executive Director and CEO, Donald Choi (left), and Chairman of Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co., Ltd., Liang Huqing (right), are embarking on a new chapter of strategic partnership in the field of “Modular Integrated Construction.” Under this partnership, they will collaborate to explore, study, and apply this new construction technology.
Donald Choi, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Chinachem Group, said, “Underlined by the Group’s core value of creating a balance of ‘People, Prosperity and Planet’, we are committed to setting high green building standards, reducing carbon emissions, promoting sustainability and creating positive value for the environment and society while building quality and comfortable homes to meet residential needs. Adoption of the new MiC system not only enhances construction efficiency and ensures building quality, but also streamlines the on-site construction process. This helps reduce waste and noise generated during the construction, as well as lowering carbon emissions to bring a positive impact to the community and the environment.”
Choi added that the Group and GBIMT would create synergies through the joint innovation, development and adoption of new proptech applications. GBIMT, a subsidiary of Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co., Ltd. (GMCG) which is among the Fortune Global 500, is a market leader in prefabricated buildings in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Guangdong Province. It has multiple accreditations in ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and other management systems, as well as QSPSC:2014 certification by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency.
Liang Huqing, Chairman of GMCG Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co., Ltd. said, “To echo the policy of the Central Government in promoting the development of the GBA, GMCG has collaborated with many Hong Kong construction enterprises in technology research and development, engineering construction, market development, brand promotion, training and information exchange, with the aim of achieving mutual benefits and complementing each other to strive for excellence in a win-win situation. In this close collaboration with Chinachem Group, GBIMT is providing MiC products and services for the Tonkin Street project, the first high-rise residential project using a concrete MiC system in Hong Kong, and has made innovative accomplishments in the adoption of DFMA, MiC, BIM, digital construction and other technologies. Building on this foundation, the two companies have now signed the MoU of strategic partnership. I firmly believe this will be a long-term and solid collaboration with great prospects.”
Chinachem Group is the first private developer in Hong Kong to apply the concrete MiC System in a private residential project. The Tonkin Street project in the heart of West Kowloon, in collaboration with the Urban Renewal Authority, is also the first MiC project of the Group. The technology will soon be adopted for another of the Group’s property development projects at Tung Chung Traction Substation, which is of a much larger scale and will further promote sustainability. Hashtag: #ChinachemGroup
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About Chinachem Group
Since 1960, Chinachem Group has been a leading property developer in Hong Kong, with a portfolio covering residential, commercial, retail and industrial buildings for sales and investment, in addition to operating hotels, property management as well as healthcare and elderly services. The Group actively seeks to make a positive contribution to society through its adherence to the ‘Triple Bottom Line’, a commitment that its activities will benefit People, bring Prosperity to the community and preserve the Planet. Please visit www.chinachemgroup.com/en.