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First Immersive Creative Culture & Innovative Technology Platform Developed for Local Young Talents

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – In recent years, the Hong Kong SAR Government, social scholars, and industry professionals have often pointed out their struggle to raise funds with the local talent pool drained further as they join the exodus to neighboring countries such as Singapore. It proves to be even more challenging for young entrepreneurs in the cultural and technological realms who lack relevant experience. In view of this, the Greater Bay Area Youth Development Association (GBAYDA) and Media360 Asia Limited joined hands in launching a first-of-its-kind exhibition, dedicated to empowering local youth in the city. The “Inno4life – Creative Culture & Innovation Exhibition 2022”, with core focuses on culture, creativity, and technology, opens to the public from 21st to 23rd October 2022, in Hall 5DE of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

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It is our greatest honor to have Prof. Witman HUNG, JP, the Hong Kong Deputy to 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) and Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority, Hon. Duncan CHIU, Legislative Council Member of Hong Kong and Hon. Benson LUK Hon-man, Legislative Council Member to officiate the opening ceremony, and bring to you Hong Kong’s first robot care caregiver that tends to the needs of seniors as well as individuals with limited mobility, so that they can visit the Expo virtually.

Exhibition offers numerous opportunities for startups

It is not easy for start-ups to break through in Hong Kong, they encounter a multitude of challenges in fundraising during the epidemic. “Why isn’t there a dedicated platform for local young talents to accelerate their growth and develop their potential?” As this came as a thought to Ms. Angel Tam, Chairman of The Greater Bay Area Youth Development Association, and Ms. Priscilla Wan, Director of Media360 Asia Limited, they took the initiative to launch – the “Inno4life – Creative Culture & Innovation Exhibition 2022”.

When it comes to empowering local projects, Tam and Wan are adamant. Featuring the new and latest, from the Metaverse, new education methods, and latest medical technology, the Expo aims to serve as a platform for local startups to gain exposure and interact with quality investors and other like-minded partners. The duo are also very keen on serving the interests of start-ups and SMEs by providing with one-to-one matching and pitching sessions, business networking opportunities, fund raising opportunities and various resources, all of which are helpful in building a solid foundation for long-term growth.

Powerful & Influential Guests on Creative Culture & Innovative Technology

Industry-leading guests and speakers are invited to Inno4life to share latest technology advancements, trends, and insights on fund-raising and ways to make market impact. Guests include Mr. Nixon CHAU, Managing Director and General Manager of SenseTime Hong Kong, Mr. Eric LIN, Chief Marketing Officer of Livi Bank, Mr. CK CHAN, Head of Hong Kong & Macau at Tmall, Mr. Kelvin LEE, Head of Internal Audit of Fusion Bank, Mr. Erich WONG, Head of Growth (Hong Kong) of The Sandbox, and Mr. Mingles CHOI, Chief eXploration Officer of ParticleX.

1st robot in Hong Kong helping the silver-haired & the physically challenged to visit remotely

Inno4life 2022 features Hong Kong’s first robot that is built to assist the silver-haired and people with disabilities to visit the exhibition virtually. Tam, one of the company founders and who came up with the idea, took care of her mother who suffered from ankylosing spondylitis. She inherited the condition from her family, and was diagnosed when she was only 30 years old. She constantly experiences body stiffness when she wakes up in the morning, and it takes at least 30 to 45 minutes each day just to stretch and get up. This has inspired Tam to pay attention to the welfare and long-term career planning for people with disabilities. (www.inno4lifehk.com)

“Inno4life – Creative Culture & Innovation Exhibition 2022” takes place in the Hall 5DE, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wanchai. Please visit our website and pre-register on or before 20th October for a FREE 3-consecutive-day visit https://bit.ly/3g3tkXf (HK$25 per ticket started 21st Oct).

Opening Ceremony – MEDIA RSVP – Visits and/or Interviews
Date: 21st October 2022 (Friday)
Time: 10:00 – 11:30
Location: Hall 5D, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Schedule:
9:30am: Media Sign-in
10:00am: Opening Ceremony
10:45am: Media Tour
11:30am Event Completes

Hashtag: #HongKong1strobotbuiltforthesilverhaired&thephysicallychallengedtoparticipatevirtually #HongKongfirstvirtualExpoforvisitorswholackphysicalmobility #Oneofakind11pitchtorenownedinvestorsandinteractwithadiversegroupofbusinessowners #EstablishedforcreativeculturalandinnovativetechnologyacrosstheGreatBayArea #GBAYDA #INNO4LIFE #GBAtechGATHERING

About Greater Bay Area Youth Development Association

Found by a group of young professionals and young entrepreneurs engaged in creative culture and innovative technology, it aims to connect stakeholders in the Greater Bay Area through organizing meaningful activities revolving around five key elements, namely, employment, entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, and technology, with a focus on nurturing young talents in Hong Kong and Macao. The Association also provides internship and employment opportunities for underprivileged students, and helps them mature through a list of initiatives such as training, exchange programs, and many other learning opportunities, so as to equip them to become the next generation of responsible citizens.

Singapore Seizes Rhino Horns Enroute from South Africa to Laos

The 20 pieces of rhinoceros horns were seized at Singapore Changi Airport ( Photo: Nparks)

Singapore National Parks Board (NParks) has seized Rhinoceros horns that were smuggled into the country through Changi Airport.

Forum: “Promoting investment flows from South Korea to Vietnam”

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – South Korea has been, is, and will be the leading investor in Vietnam. The two parties can cooperate to achieve “Dual Goals” of US$100 billion in bilateral trade and total investment in the near future, said Do Nhat Hoang, Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Delegates at the event on Tuesday morning. VNS Photo Phạm Thanh Hải
Delegates at the event on Tuesday morning. VNS Photo Phạm Thanh Hải

In his speech at the forum on “Promoting investment flows from South Korea to Vietnam” hosted by the Vietnam News Agency’s Việt Nam News on October 18, marking 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Hoang praised the effective contributions of South Korean enterprises to the socio-economic development of Vietnam.

In particular, the country has seen a shift in capital flows from South Korean investors in basic manufacturing processes to high-tech industries, energy, banking, financial and high-quality services, and M&A over the past year.

Hoang said he believes that South Korea will maintain its position as Việt Nam’s leading source of foreign investment. “In the next one to two years, the two countries can fully realise the “Dual Goals”, which aim at the milestone of US$100 billion each in bilateral trade turnover and total accumulated investment,” said Hoang.

General director of Vietnam News Agency Vu Viet Trang said Vietnam is not only South Korea’s biggest trade partner in ASEAN but also in its New Southern Policy.

Currently, many South Korean enterprises are making effective investments in the country.

The latest data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) shows that the accumulated registered FDI capital from South Korea from 1988 to September 2022 reached more than US$80.5 billion with more than 9,400 operating projects.

In the first nine months of 2022, South Korea ranked second among 97 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with 290 projects, worth over $3.8 billion.

Bae Yong Geun, vice president of the Korean Chamber of Business in Việt Nam (KOCHAM), said that Vietnam, the “epicentre” of the South Korean wave in Southeast Asia, is an important destination, and the countries have experienced the strongest cooperation in the world.

“South Korea is still Vietnam’s largest investor,” said Bae, adding that more than 9,000 South Korean companies are participating in various sectors, such as manufacturing, energy, culture, education and tourism.

At the event, Yoon Chang Woo, General Director of POSCO Vietnam, an enterprise with more than 30 years of investment in Vietnam, said that thanks to the support from the Government, the company was able to overcome difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yoon suggested that southern provinces need to develop human resources and essential infrastructure. If more South Korean enterprises wish to invest in these provinces, barriers in human resources and infrastructures might make them hesitate.

Vu Kim Chi, Deputy Head of Quang Ninh’s Investment Promotion Agency, welcomed South Korean partners to comment, suggest, and promote technology transfer to achieve efficient, sustainable production and business.

“Quang Ninh Province always prioritises attracting investment, and creating the most favourable conditions for South Korean investors,” Chi said, stating eight competitive advantages of Quang Ninh Province.

The province has a geo-strategic location in terms of economy and politics; abundant natural resources; the current socio-economic infrastructure connection system; labour and human resources; the largest area of industrial parks and economic zones in the country; abundant energy resources; business investment environment and administrative reform; and a safe, friendly, attractive destination.

For his part, Koen Soenens, General Sales and Marketing Director of DEEP C Industrial Zones, said DEEP C will continue to expand new industrial parks to welcome more large investors, and these new industrial parks will ensure sustainability standards like the current five parks.

Entering Vietnam in 1997, DEEP C has been operating in the field of industrial park complex development. Striving for a greener standard to be different and providing a sustainable and reliable investment location for customers is the goal of DEEP C.

(Scan the QR code with your mobile device to get more information about the event).

Hashtag: #VietnamNews

Rhenus commits to 100 percent carbon-neutral FCL products by 2045

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – Rhenus is moving towards carbon-neutral on its global full-container-load (FCL) services following its earlier commitment towards less-than-container-load (LCL) products, taking further steps in its sustainability roadmap.

As a leading global logistics service provider, the Rhenus Group will neutralise the carbon emissions of all global FCL products by 2045. Taking on a customer-driven approach, Rhenus is actively searching for sustainable transportation options, from carriers to customers. The company is also working on a tool to promote overall carbon footprint visibility for its Air & Ocean shipments globally, exploring biofuel alternatives to achieve fewer emissions and seeking more partnership opportunities as part of its plans in the pipeline.

This follows the company’s earlier announcement at the end of 2021 to commit to carbon neutrality for all its LCL products by 2030. The initiative achieved positive results soon after, as Rhenus reached its first milestone in its LCL carbon-neutral journey with the pilot project launch of all shipments from its Central European Gateway, Germany, to be carbon-neutral starting this year. To follow suit, a carbon-neutral certificate has also been issued by ClimatePartner for all the export shipments completed in the first quarter of 2022.

“Rhenus is striving to spearhead the transition of the logistics sector into a more sustainable industry. The team is constantly looking into ways to contribute and set an example in developing greener and more sustainable transportation modes for ocean freight shipments. That is why we have started to focus on delivering green solutions to the intra-Asia market, one of the fastest growing trade lanes in the world, before we further scale these initiatives to other trades,” said Alberto Martinez, COO of Ocean Freight Asia Pacific at Rhenus Air & Ocean. The new FCL initiative will complete the overall Rhenus Ocean Freight products strategy towards carbon neutrality and provide a more sustainable shipment mode for Rhenus customers starting from the intra-Asia trade lane.

For more information on sustainability efforts by the Rhenus Group, please visit: https://www.rhenus.group/rhenus-group/sustainability

Hashtag: #RhenusLogistics

About Rhenus

The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 7.0 billion. 37,500 employees work at 970 business sites and develop innovative solutions along the complete supply chain. Whether providing transport, warehousing, customs clearance or value-added services, the family-owned business pools its operations in various business units where the needs of customers are the major focus at all times.

NetApp Announces New Partner Program with NetApp Partner Sphere

NetApp Partner Sphere embraces the diversity of NetApp’s partner ecosystem to facilitate co-innovation and drive transformational business outcomes for joint customers

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced its intent to launch a new partner program in NetApp fiscal year 2024 (FY’24). NetApp Partner Sphere is the evolution of NetApp’s industry-leading Unified Partner Program.

Partners that can drive digital and cloud transformation are primed to capture market share, but this requires modern business models with highly specialized services, and capabilities that support the entire customer journey. The new cloud-focused and services-led NetApp Partner Sphere delivers a flexible path to advancement and growth for all partner sales motions. By consolidating and simplifying multiple programs into one that includes all partner types, business models and routes to market, this program enables partners to evolve their business in the cloud.

The program offers robust training and support to help partners capture cloud market share, brings new validation, recognition and rewards for partners’ investments in competencies and services, and the accelerated growth structure allows partners to contribute transformational value to joint customers.

“NetApp is committed to driving a partner-first culture, and the strategy behind our new partner program brings that commitment to life,” said Jenni Flinders, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Partner Organization at NetApp. “With NetApp Partner Sphere, we’re accelerating growth and customer success across our partner ecosystem by extending their reach into the cloud and offering more business opportunities with our industry-leading portfolio and flexible consumption models.”

“We are in a data-driven, digital world where enterprises face constant challenges harnessing the cloud,” said Sanjay Rohatgi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NetApp Asia Pacific. “A strong and energized partner ecosystem well-versed in the cloud will play a key role in leading them down a path of true business impact. By appropriately incentivizing and upskilling our partners, NetApp Partner Sphere will fuel our collective innovation in the cloud and customers’ transformation journeys.

In addition, the program offers simplified, flexible, progressive tiering with clear criteria that partners can follow across objective thresholds. The program’s tiers range from Approved, to Preferred, to Prestige, to Prestige Plus – assessing, validating and recognizing partners based on value and competencies, in order to identify the right partners for the right customer opportunities. Benefits and support will grow as partners ascend tiers, with the partners generating the most impact seeing the broadest and most customized benefits, including solution specific marketing campaigns and enablement, proposal-based market development funds, and preferred value-based incentives.

As part of these strategic changes NetApp will shift away from Specializations to identify partner capabilities and utilize Solution Competencies aligned to key NetApp focus areas – Cloud Solutions, Hybrid Cloud and AI & Analytics. These competencies will be included in the NetApp Partner Sphere program requirements. Partners will be able to begin earning associated competencies within each category, showcasing their ability to deliver customer success across the NetApp portfolio by the end of the calendar year.

With NetApp Partner Sphere, partners can expect:

  • A simple framework supporting each partner’s unique go-to-market strategy, providing flexibility and automation to ease partner processes, and consistency for all partners and sales motions from a single program with clear tiers and objectives.
  • Transformative training, tools and support to activate their work in the hybrid multi-cloud market, enabling and building partner services and solutions competencies.
  • Differentiation with partners distinguished, highlighted and endorsed by their Solution Competencies and services on NetApp Partner Connect to promote each partner’s go-to-market approach.
  • Accelerated cloud growth leveraging NetApp’s in-demand portfolio to fuel opportunities for value-add partner-led services and co-innovation, improving profitability and maximizing partner ROI with progressive tiers.

“As a long-time NetApp partner, we’ve always valued NetApp’s partner-first approach to its business, and the maturation of its partner program to enable and contribute to GDT’s growth and profitability,” said John Woodall, Vice President, Solutions Architecture at General Datatech. “With NetApp’s new Partner Sphere program and its industry-leading cloud portfolio, we’re excited to be able to deliver immense value to our joint customers with the most effective, flexible and innovative solutions across any environment – while differentiating our business to accelerate growth and successfully monetize our best-of-breed services capabilities.”

“Cloud Bridge is a cloud-native, services-led business – so we fully support the strategy and direction for NetApp’s new partner program,” said Simon Walker, Managing Director at Cloud Bridge. “With NetApp bringing all of its partners into one consolidated program and integrating Spot partners, we can take advantage of NetApp’s full portfolio to offer a full suite of innovative solutions and services to our customers.”

Implementation of the NetApp Partner Sphere program will begin in NetApp FY’24.

Learn more about NetApp Partner Sphere at NetApp INSIGHT, November 1-3, 2022. Register here.

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Hashtag: #NetApp

About NetApp

NetApp is a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloudlike experiences on premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services, and applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere. Learn more at or follow us on , , , and .

NETAPP, the NETAPP logo, and the marks listed at are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

IFROGX Shares the way to be a brilliant TikTok Live Streamer

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – Ms. Mook who training and Operations Manager of IFROGX’s official association, gave a speech on excellent live streamer training at a TikTok Live anchor training session in Bangkok, Thailand. Currently, TikTok Live is an entirely new market in Thailand. This speech is being conducted simultaneously on multiple channels around the world. During the speech, Ms. Mook points to several suggestions for success in the TIKTOK broadcasting industry.

Number One. Be good at expressing yourself on the air. It takes character to attract fans. Live broadcast is the art of communication, full communication to enhance the impression of the audience. Live style can be diversified. IFROGX, as the official association of Internet celebrities, has a unique vision of finding new talent, where those with excellent expression of the anchor is undoubtedly a greater potential.

The second key point is to increase the interaction with the fans, which will increase their sense of participation. Some of the common interactive tricks that fresh can try. Such small details are often the best way to endear themselves to fans and make them feel respected. IFROGX will help to know that the content requirements of the fans can provide the streamers with new topics and creative direction. Positive interaction can increase the atmosphere of the live broadcast room, and even attract more attention.

The third is to understand the platform requirements and specifications. Many new streamers will not understand the platform requirements, thus they may accidentally reach the platform’s popularity threshold and eventually be restricted. Long term can only be achieved by doing proper study and making the rules clear. In order for internet streamers to properly understand the platform rules, IFROGX and other official guilds will remind them about standards.

In short, there are three points mentioned by Ms. Mook – IFROGX which would help to become a brilliant TikTok Live Streamer, which is 1) be good at expression, 2) enhance your interaction skills, 3) understand the norms and strive to produce more excellent work.

Headquartered in Singapore, IFROGX is a global distribution of cultural media group and the first official Tiktok Association in Thailand. It is responsible for the discovery and cultivation of TikTok streamers in Thailand and has produced a large number of excellent streamers.

Hashtag: #IFROGX

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Lao Mountain Coffee Founder Recounts His Journey to Win International Coffee Award

Mr. Steve Feldschneider, the founder of Lao Mountain Coffee, with his team.

The Laotian Times was in conversation with Mr. Steve Feldschneider, the founder of Lao Mountain Coffee, who recently won an award at the World Coffee Challenge in Spain.

Food tech startup Natural Trace appoints Singaporean CEO

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 October 2022 – Food tech startup, Natural Trace, names Singaporean venture builder CL Goh as their CEO. Goh, an early investor through Blue InCube Ventures in the company, will continue to work with co-founders, Dr Chantal Roth and Prof. Lukas Muller, as they focus on research and development. The company is also looking to build and expand their Singapore team.

“I look forward to leading and supporting the Natural Trace team in its mission to solve traditional food traceability and provenance issues with in-product tagging technology,” said CL Goh, CEO and Co-Founder of Natural Trace.

Natural Trace’s technology proven to be robust through rigorous testing

Just four months after the company’s launch in June 2022, Natural Trace has successfully verified the robustness of its first product, NaturalTag. This patented food-grade microbial identifier can be added to any food product for supply chain traceability. Two species of the NaturalTag have been proven to be capable of withstanding the high-pressure, high temperatures of up to 220°C, and highly aggressive process of coffee bean roasting. The product can now offer producers, roasters, and sellers around the world a tamper-proof traceability solution along the entire coffee value chain.

“This positive result with coffee beans adds to NaturalTag’s growing repertoire of successful proofs of concept. We are in discussions with a winery in New Zealand and a honey farm in Canada to incorporate NaturalTag into their products,” added Goh. “Our tests with vanilla extract and palm oil have also shown great success and we are excited to work with more growers and companies in implementing this solution for other food products.”

Natural Trace to participate in Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia 2022

Goh will be speaking as a panellist on the future of food safety and supply chain traceability at the Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia 2022, held from 26-28 October in Singapore. The panel will explore the different elements of the digital ecosystems that drive its food safety outcomes. Natural Trace will be presenting NaturalTag and its solution ecosystem that aims to tackle food safety, provenance, and traceability as an exhibitor at the Expo.

Hashtag: #NaturalTrace #FoodSafety

About Natural Trace

Natural Trace was founded by Dr Chantal Roth and Prof Lukas Muller in 2022 through a convergence of food science, bioinformatics and DNA sequencing expertise. Backed by experienced veterans in the food industry, the company developed NaturalTag, the world’s first food-safe in-product tag solution, to assure traceability and transparency at every step of the supply chain. NaturalTag works with a cloud-based database for consumers to quickly access information on the ingredients’ origins.

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