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Laos to Experience Chilly, Rainy Weather Throughout This Week

Laos to Experience Chilly, Rainy Weather Throughout This Week
Laos to Experience Chilly, Rainy Weather Throughout This Week

According to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Laos will see a roller coaster of weather fluctuations this week, with temperatures dropping for three days before increasing again with some rain during the weekend.

Walk the streets with Moomin x 7-Eleven limited edition eco-friendly bags in the latest Shop and Earn stamps programme

  • 7-Eleven is launching its new range of six limited-edition bags featuring Scandinavia’s wildly popular Moomin in an exciting new crossover
  • Earn a stamp with every $5 spent at 7-Eleven; collect 3 stamps and top up $8.90 in cash to redeem a blind box of a trendy and utilitarian Moomin featured bag with 7-Eleven’s Shop and Earn stamps programme
  • Stamp issuance begins on 15 Feb and ends on 11 Apr at all 7-Eleven stores. Redemption ends on 18 Apr or while stocks last

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 February 2023 – 7-Eleven, Singapore’s favourite convenience store, is bringing an exciting crossover with Scandinavia’s beloved Moomin characters, as a part of its latest Shop and Earn stamps programme. The exclusive Moomin collectible range consists of six limited-edition bags made with sustainable materials (certified by the Global Recycle Standard) and decorated with the enchanting fairy tale characters from the Nordics – Moomin, Snorkmaiden, Little My, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Stinky and the Hattifatteners.

Created by Tove Jansson and known as Finland’s crown jewels, Moomins are loved by the Finnish for embracing Nordic values like equality and balance. These timeless Finnish characters are wildly popular and adored around the world, with their presence found in theme parks, cafés, and even clothes and accessories.

Little My Red Tote

Looking for something to accessorise your spring or summer outfits with? This Scandinavian-style tote made with floral patterns featuring Little My will amp up the cuteness factor of your outfit. Spacious enough to fit notebooks, laptops, A4 folders, and more, it comes with a long strap to be comfortably worn over the shoulder and is perfect for carrying to school or work.

Size: Approx. 32cm (width) x 38cm (height)

Snufkin Green Crossbody Pouch

This multipurpose crossbody pouch features Snufkin in classic forest green and its utilitarian design with a rope shoulder strap can hold A5-sized items. The perfect carry-on for a day trip!

Size: Approx. 22.5cm (width) x 17cm (height)

The Moomin Family Lunch Bag

Get yourself this adorable lunch bag featuring the iconic Finnish fairytale characters – Moomin, Snorkmaiden, Moominpappa, and Moominmamma. Stowing and removing your lunchbox from the bag is simple, thanks to its wide-mouth design and dual zipper clasp.

Size: Approx. 23cm (width) x 15cm (height)

Moomin Yellow Shopper

Brighten up your day with this vibrant yellow shopper bag showing a dainty design of Moomin gathering wildflowers. Shop in style with this spacious yet lightweight bag, which can store your groceries with ease and can be worn over the shoulder. It is portable and can be simply stored by folding and rolling it up.

Size: Approx. 45cm (width) x 38cm (height)

Moominvalley Orange Doc Pouch

Add a stylish factor to your outfit of the day with this vibrant orange multi-use zipper pouch. Moomins and Hattifatteners are featured enjoying drinks and goodies in a party bag produced from recyclable materials. Its approximate A5 size makes it large enough to hold a tablet or serve as a makeup bag for all of your essentials.

Size: Approx. 22cm (width) x 16cm (height)

Moomin In Nature Shoulder Tote

Moomin, Little My, and Snufkin are all featured on this vivid blue Scandi-style bag, and it is a must-have to complete your 7-Eleven x Moomin merch collection. The bag comes with a handle and a long shoulder strap, so you can wear it cross-body or carry it in your hand. Made with thick durable cloth, it is big enough to fit everything you need for a day at work or play while still leaving room for more.

Size: Approx. 30cm (width) x 35cm (height)

#GoGreen Moomin Bags Redemption Details

  • Stamp collection period – 15 Feb to 11 Apr 2023
  • Redemption period – 15 Feb to 18 Apr 2023, or while stocks last

7-Eleven’s Shop and Earn stamps programme mechanics:

  • Receive 1 stamp upon a $5 purchase at any 7-Eleven, and redeem a bag (design of the bag will be not disclosed prior to purchase) with every 3 stamps and a top-up of $8.90 or 400 YUU points and $5.90 in cash
  • 7-Eleven star products will get an additional stamp

Stay hydrated with Moomins mini tumblers

Get your hands on 7-Eleven’s Moomin-featured mini tumblers to amp up your drinkware collection! Look out for three new limited edition designs landing in 7-Eleven stores across Singapore from 15 February 2023! Enjoy your favourite hot or cold beverages in these multicolored flasks featuring playful Moomins characters. 7-Eleven patrons can buy these with any purchase and a top-up of $15.90 or 500 YUU points and $8.90 in cash.

Transactions involving tobacco products, parking coupons, bill payments, top-up services, electronic gift cards, lottery sales, and sales from pre-order and delivery platforms do not qualify for stamp collection.

Hashtag: #7Eleven

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About 7-Eleven

Established in Singapore in 1983, 7-Eleven has since expanded to more than 400 stores island-wide to become the leading 24-hour convenience chain store. We take pride in serving the Singapore community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 7-Eleven emphasises convenience and value by offering a wide array of quality products, food and services to satisfy the needs of its customers. Think 7-Eleven, and what comes to mind is the refreshing Slurpee, 7Café, as well as a wide range of quality Ready Meals and sandwiches under 7-Select. 7-Eleven is also a

24/7 one-stop destination for customers who need to access bill payment services in their own time. Our services cover payment of utilities, courier services, and even cash withdrawal.

For more information, visit

ROSEN, A LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages DLocal Limited Investors to Inquire About Class Action Investigation – DLO

New York, New York – Newsfile Corp. – February 14, 2023 – WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of DLocal Limited (NASDAQ: DLO) resulting from allegations that DLocal may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.

SO WHAT: If you purchased DLocal securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=11762 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On November 16, 2022, Muddy Waters Research (“Muddy Waters”) published a report entitled “DLO: ‘History Never Repeats Itself, but it Does Often Rhyme,'” which concluded that “DLO is likely a fraud” and stated that the Company “has repeated disclosures about its TPV and accounts receivable that flatly contradict one another. There is also a contradictory discrepancy between two key subsidiaries’ accounts payable and accounts receivable. These types of seemingly innocuous misstatements are, instead, often signs of cooked books because it can become quite a strain to keep the numbers straight once you start manipulating them.” In addition, the report stated that “Management and directors dumped an extraordinary ~$1 billion in shares within the first five months of DLO being public. A spate of recent high-level departures brings to mind the idiom about ‘rats fleeing a sinking ship.'”

On this news, DLocal’s stock price fell $10.76 per share, or 50%, to close at $10.46 per share on November 16, 2022.

Then, on December 1, 2022, Muddy Waters published a second report stating that DLocal has held calls with clients from several banks, stressing that it had separated client funds from its own. The report also said that DLocal’s calls with clients were “non-specific” and “sweet-talking,” and that “all [the Company] needed to do to address this issue was provide an explanation as to how the cash flows reconcile.”

On this news, DLocal’s stock price fell $2.21 per share, or 15%, to close at $12.39 per share on December 1, 2022.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/.

Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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Contact Information:

Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
lrosen@rosenlegal.com
pkim@rosenlegal.com
cases@rosenlegal.com
www.rosenlegal.com

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Stanford University and VinBrain – To design a state-of-the-art AI-enabled platform to advance medical diagnosis and treatments

Stanford University and VinBrain signed a Data Use Agreement to improve the precision of Radiology interpretation using a multi-modal “RadGraph” Method

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 14 February 2023 – On Jan 12 (PST Time), Mr. Steven Truong, CEO of VinBrain, attended the Data Use Agreement Signing Ceremony at the Stanford campus (Palo Alto, USA) organized by Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence for Medical and Imaging (AIMI). This ceremony occurred with AIMI’s Director, Professor Curtis Langlotz along with other distinguished AIMI leaders, and the VinBrain leadership team.

Signing Ceremony of Data Use Agreement with Stanford University (photo: VinBrain)
Signing Ceremony of Data Use Agreement with Stanford University (photo: VinBrain)

To design a state-of-the-art AI-enabled platform for more accurate diagnosis and treatments, a tremendous amount of geographically distributed data, medical images, and patient medical records are required for system training.

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Stanford University will share data with VinBrain for model training and testing models to boost efficiency in Radiology reports

The DUA grants Stanford University and VinBrain the collaborative power to improve efficiency in radiology reports and advance AI in healthcare by sharing relevant de-identified data for model training and testing, while tackling complexity, ambiguity, and limitations in medical image interpretation.

Starting with 240,000 anonymized medical images and report pairs provided by Stanford through this DUA, VinBrain will work to improve the accuracy of the RadGraph method through a research collaboration with Stanford to extract clinical entities and relation annotations from a large dataset of full-text radiology reports.

With this strong support from Stanford, VinBrain aims to raise the bar for research on AI solutions by collaborating beyond Vietnam to improve product quality, meanwhile, continuing to add and develop the most massive data source in Vietnam to date, with more than 2.3 million images being analyzed through the DrAid™ platform so far.

Mr. Steven Truong affirmed: “VinBrain always strictly adheres to data security regulations according to USA standards.” He also emphasized that Stanford sharing data with VinBrain demonstrates Stanford’s absolute trust in VinBrain’s commitment to data privacy and security. The DUA signed with Stanford University is not an overnight result but a long journey of 3+ years of collaboration. This collaboration has produced many research projects together that have achieved desirable clinical outcomes.

Professor Curtis Langlotz, Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Stanford University also expressed his enthusiasms, “I remember the first time I met Steven at RSNA Spotlight organized by Stanford near San Francisco Airport. It was the beginning of this wonderful relationship that developed over time. We appreciate VinBrain’s leadership in research and the capabilities that they have. The speed of work is incredible, and I also appreciate the collaborative spirit of VinBrain.” He added, “I know that we’ve done a lot, but there’s still a lot more to do. I look forward to continued collaborations. I’m glad we sat down together to sign this Agreement.”

This Agreement promises to comprehensively expand cooperation in the next areas of development, strengthen the relationship between VinBrain and the world’s leading University, and take VinBrain further in the research of AI-developed solutions for worldwide patients.

About RadGraph: a novel method introduced by Prof. Pranav Rajpurkar (Harvard University) and Prof. Curtis Langlotz at Stanford. This collaboration works between Stanford University and VinBrain to address complexity, ambiguity, and limitations for interpreting medical images.

About DrAid™: a platform of comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) doctor assistant software developed by VinBrain to assist medical teams and doctors in diagnosing heart, lung, liver, and bone diseases based on digital medical images. The platform is evaluated to have superior efficiency compared to traditional methods in observing and analyzing medical images, helping in reducing overload and improving early detection in diagnosis.

  • DrAid Radiology V1: An AI-enabled triage and notification software designed to aid the clinical assessment of adult Chest X-ray cases with features suggestive of pneumothorax. This software is FDA 510(K) cleared and apt for the US market.
  • DrAid™ Appliance: an AI-enabled system to classify an adult Chest X-ray between normal and nearly 60 abnormal findings with higher-than-average quality standards of primary care physicians

Hashtag: #VinBrain #Vingroup

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About VinBrain

VinBrain is a leading AI healthcare products company, funded by Vingroup, the largest conglomerate by market capitalization in Vietnam. Its mission is to infuse AI and IoT to improve people’s lives and productivity.

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Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited announces annual results for the financial year ended December 31, 2022

Hong Kong S.A.R – Media OutReach – 14 February 2023

2022 Annual Results – Financial Highlights

(Figures for the corresponding period in 2021 are shown in brackets)

  • Consolidated revenue: HK$ 561 million (HK$ 467 million)
  • Consolidated operating loss: HK$ 215 million (HK$ 358 million)
  • Consolidated net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company: HK$ 598 million (HK$ 825 million)
  • Basic loss per share: 29.34 HK cents (42.46 HK cents)
  • No final dividend (No final dividend)

Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited (“PCPD”, SEHK: 00432) has announced its annual results for the year ended December 31, 2022.

The consolidated revenue of PCPD and its subsidiaries (together, the “Group”) amounted to HK$ 561 million, representing an increase of 20% compared to the revenue of HK$ 467 million in 2021.

The Group’s consolidated operating loss amounted to HK$ 215 million, representing a decrease of approximately 40% compared to the operating loss of HK$ 358 million in 2021.

The consolidated net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company for the year of 2022 was HK$ 598 million, compared to the net loss of HK$ 825 million in 2021.

Basic loss per share for 2022 was 29.34 Hong Kong cents compared to the loss per share of 42.46 Hong Kong cents for the previous year.

The Board of Directors has not recommended the payment of a final dividend for the year ended December 31, 2022.

As the world began to embark on the path of normality in 2022 following more than two years of COVID-19 pandemic, the Group’s business remained steady during the year. In particular in Asia, where various countries and regions relaxed their travel restrictions and reopened borders progressively, we have benefited from improved market sentiment.

Park Hyatt Niseko, Hanazono, our hotel operations in Hokkaido, turned in a satisfactory performance in 2022 year-on-year, mainly because Japan opened up its borders in October. In the month of December 2022, the occupancy was 62%, an increase from 38% recorded in the same period in 2021.

In Jakarta, Indonesia, the occupancy of our premium commercial building, Pacific Century Place, Jakarta (“PCP Jakarta”), remained stable throughout the year. At the end of December 31, 2022, the office space occupancy was 81%, compared to 80% the previous year.

In Phang Nga, Thailand, visitors to the golf clubhouse and the 18-hole golf course and the number of golf rounds increased notably during the year, thanks to the Thai government’s decision to ease travel restrictions progressively.

The foundation work for our property development project at 3–6 Glenealy, Central, has been progressing well since its commencement in the first quarter of 2022.

Global tourism arrivals are expected to increase further in 2023. Meanwhile, China’s reopening, together with ebbing inflation and slowing interest rate hikes, is likely to help bring Asia’s economic growth back on track.

Mr. Benjamin Lam, PCPD’s Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director, said: “As the world is moving on from COVID-19, we take a cautiously optimistic outlook on the real estate sectors in Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia. Nonetheless, we will not lose sight of the challenges and uncertainties in 2023, such as inflation and a potential global recession. We will closely monitor market conditions and follow a prudent approach, while staying nimble in the way we operate our businesses in order to capture growth opportunities.”

Hashtag: #PacificCenturyPremiumDevelopments

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About PCPD

Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited (“PCPD” or the “Group”, SEHK: 00432) is principally engaged in the development and management of premium-grade property and infrastructure projects as well as premium-grade property investments. PCCW Limited (“PCCW”, SEHK: 00008) is the single largest shareholder of the Group.

Luang Prabang Chokes Under Smoky Air as Crop Burning Season Begins

A thick haze surrounded due to seasonal burning in 2022. ( Photo: Jason Rolan).

The AQI (Air Quality Index) readings in Luang Prabang have reached an unhealthy level this week, resulting in poor air quality for residents.

Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife Announces Move to New Location

Veterinary experts provide medical attention for wildlife at the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife (LCTW)
Veterinary experts provide medical attention for wildlife at the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife (LCTW)

The Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife has announced that it may need to release animals back into the wild as part of the process of relocation to a new facility.

Govt Vows to Discipline Officials Accepting Bribes for Issuing Passports

Government Vows to Tackle Passport Bribery in Laos
Lao passport books (photo:shutterstock)

Following several reports on social media of officials accepting bribes via brokers for issuing passports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken stock of the situation and promised to take action.