HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – Tiger Bank, an NFT project founded by Asian digital marketing group Eagle Sky, announced that it will release its project roadmap on the 13th of this month. The biggest feature of this project will be its unique community operation model. This is a community dedicated to professional and successful people in various fields. Members come from different regions of the world. The project party has designed rich community mechanisms for sustainable operation. The goal is to build bridges for people from different countries and industries. Meanwhile, Tiger Bank community will provide a variety of courses, expert lectures and trend analyses related to blockchain and NFT.
Holding “Tiger Bank NFT” is the best way to join a community of successful people
To assist beginners who are not yet familiar with NFTs and all holders who have just come to its community, the biggest feature of the project will be to focus on establishing a network of contacts within the community and expanding its influence outwards continuously. Therefore, holders can immediately feel and enjoy community service after joining this community and get more NFT resource support.
Long-term values in both Web2 and Web3 Worlds: Five Community Resource Support
The first is “consulting service”. Holders of Tiger Bank NFT can consult advertising, marketing, branding and business development related questions and exchange assets in the virtual world for real resources. Second, Tiger Bank will provide diversified courses because this is a community that helps each member grow. The project party will collect the actual needs of holders to provide courses and lectures; the third community support is to hold NFT master seminars. Besides experts and first-hand information from key opinion leaders, the community also provides opportunities for members to ask questions of experts. The fourth community resource is that the project party will regularly publish NFT trend reports, not just news! Finally, Tiger Bank will also hold offline events on various themes in different countries, allowing members to meet in the real world while building a Web2 and Web3 contacts network.
Tiger Bank’s community resources come from the project’s unique salary mechanism – besides its rarity, each NFT has its “salary leaderboard” called “TigerDollar”, and holders can earn more their NFT TigerDollar for richer community support.
The opening ceremony the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam(photo: Việt Nam News)
The official opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games was held at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi in front of a large crowd of spectators and athletes.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – Teams from Thailand, Singapore and Philippines are winners of the Microsoft AI for Accessibility (AI4A) Hackathon in APAC. In its third year, the AI4A Hackathon features teams who are deeply committed to solving real-world challenges faced by people with disabilities (PwD). The hackathon acts as a springboard for creators and developers to launch their applications, with cash prizes, access to Microsoft Technical experts to co-build their solutions on Microsoft Azure and continued mentoring support to build out their solution.
ABOVE: Team Asclepius from Thailand developed a sign-to-text app to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing. L-R: Krissada Singhakachain, Peerapat Sangpattrachai, Kittipon Amornprasertkij, Papop Lekhapanyaporn, Nunticha Praphanturakit
Drawing on real-life challenges faced by PwDs, 14 non-profit organizations (NPOs) shared problem statements that the 75 teams in the AI4A Hackathon used to build innovative solutions around the themes of transport, wearable devices and language tools.
Team Asclepius from Thailand, Team SWIFT Responders from Singapore and Team EIA from Philippines created solutions to bridge the disability divide, which include building an AI-enabled communication aid for people who are deaf, a smart system that allows people with physical disabilities to live independently, as well as inclusive banking for people who are blind.
In addition to these winners, two additional teams from Indonesia (Arabic Braille Converter) and Singapore (MeetMeHear) will receive coaching by Microsoft and its partners, including access to cloud architects, business consultation guidance to develop their solution, from a proof-of-concept to an application hosted on Microsoft Azure.
“We are inspired to see the continued enthusiasm of submissions this year for the hackathon to improve the lives of PwDs and congratulate the winners who so passionately brought their solutions to fruition,” said Pratima Amonkar, Chair for D&I and Accessibility for Microsoft Asia Pacific. “The month of May will be an important time for us to see the tremendous possibility of the contribution of PwDs as we roll out exciting awareness, training and mentorship programs with our customers, partners and wider community across the region.”
With more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, and 650 million in Asia, Microsoft believes that accessibility is essential to delivering on our mission to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” Accessibility is the vehicle to enable inclusion of people with disabilities. To highlight how technology can unlock solutions that empower people with disabilities and enable transformative change within communities in APAC, Microsoft has dedicated the month of May in 2022 to Accessibility Awareness Month, with a series of workshops, trainings and events as well as awarding and celebrating winners of the AI for Accessibility Hackathon winners.
Thailand: Team Asclepius
To help people who are deaf or hard of hearing, Team Asclepius from Thailand, developed a sign-to-text application that uses AI deep learning models to capture movement sequences and body postures that predicts alphabets, words and numbers based on American Sign Language. This group of passionate high school students from Thailand have ambitious plans to include other commonly used sign languages such as British and French Sign Language and enhance it for wider tech applications such as live web events.
ABOVE: Team SWIFT Responders from Singapore developed a smart system for people with physical disabilities to live independently. L – R: Madeline Lim, Abhimanyu Bhatia; foreground: Nurulasyiqah Mohammad Taha.
Singapore: Team SWIFT Responders
From Singapore, Team SWIFT Responders designed an AI-enabled solution that supports the independent living of adult persons with muscular dystrophy who use motorized wheelchairs for mobility. The Support Wheelchair-user Independence Fall Tracker (SWIFT) smart system that they have developed renders immediate assistance to a wheelchair user who falls off-balance from their functional position. This inspires confidence for wheelchair users, and assures their caretakers, that they can live independently and engage in meaningful activity as their safety is assured.
ABOVE: Team EIA from the Philippines hard at work. They developed an inclusive banking platform for people who are blind. L – R: Christian Calonge, Ivan Christopher Carrillo
Philippines: Team EIA
To build a more inclusive banking experience for the blind and the elderly, Team EIA from the Philippines developed an Accessibility and Vision Assistant (AVA), powered by AI and machine learning, that works as a smart financial assistant and mobile wallet for the blind and elderly that makes digital banking accessible and clear. This drives financial inclusion for these groups of people and enables them to access payments and banking services quickly and securely.
Two additional outstanding teams have won coaching by Microsoft and its partners to bring their projects into fully running applications hosted on Microsoft Azure:
1. Arabic Braille Converter (Indonesia): an appthat could scan and convert Arabic text or graphics into Indonesian Braille format which can be read by screen readers or braille displays. It also has the function to back-translate from Arabic Braille into Arabic text.
2. MeetMeHear (Singapore): an app to assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing to better communicate with others during physical meetings, through the use of AI for speech recognition to provide more accurate live captions.
Problem Statements from Non-Profit Organizations
NPOs across the region contributed to the hackathon through problem statements, based on real experiences faced by PwD. Some of the problem statements shared include:
How can AI provide wearable devices that will help persons with visual impairment traverse the streets independently and safely?
How can AI provide accessibility for online applicant assessment tools such as language assessments, verbal reasoning tests, and abstract reasoning tests?
How might we automatically create closed captions for offline use to help the deaf and hard of hearing community?
The NPOs represent a variety of organizations committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities in Asia Pacific.
Korea – Korea Differently Abled Federation
Malaysia – Malaysia Pan-Disability Football Club
Philippines – AHA! Learning Center
Philippines – Atriev
Philippines – Project Inclusion
Philippines – Virtualahan
Singapore – SG Enable
Sri Lanka – MJF Charitable Foundation
Thailand – Tab Foundation
Thailand – The Redemptorist Foundation for People with Disabilities
United Nations Development Program
Vietnam – Disability Research and Capacity Development
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While the economy is beginning to recover from the effects of Covid-19, Laos faces stiff challenges associated with long-standing macroeconomic imbalances, according to the World Bank’s latest economic update.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – EMMAS has always been committed to providing healthy and high-quality mattresses to elevate people’s sleep experience. This year, EMMAS is proud to introduce two newly upgraded pocket coil mattresses, Tencel Careback Deluxe Plus and Restone, combining the benefits of natural latex and gel-infused memory foam to regulate body temperature, in addition to thickened edge design with extended sleeping area and bring about unparalleled comfort.
Functional Fabrics
Tencel Careback Deluxe Plus carries on the premium TENCEL® fabric from the series, with ultra-smooth touch, high breathability and anti-bacterial properties to pamper your skin. On the other hand, Restone features EMMAS Intense fabric with anti-static function. Its physical properties uses carbon fibre to capture electrons around your body and releases them into the air at low voltage, effectively reducing the amount of static electricity in the human body, thereby creating an in-depth and comfortable sleeping experience.
Natural Latex with Gel-Infused Memory Foam
Combining the benefits of natural latex and gel-infused memory foam, the two new mattresses provide excellent resilience and create a soft and supportive layer for a truly relaxing body while asleep. Gel-infused memory foam better regulates body temperature and avoids being too hot or cold, even in the hot summer, it can keep you refreshing at all times.
Pocket Coil 3-Zone Brings Meticulous Body Support
Both mattresses adopt Pocket Coil 3-Zone design, which divides the entire mattress into three major areas, utilizes different coil thickness to finely support the weight of the head, body, and legs while closely conforms to human contours and sleeping postures. Pocket coils can also effectively reduce the vibration generated during turning, so that users can enjoy a good night’s sleep without interference.
What’s more, Restone is specially designed with a Triple-Coil System – the upper layer of Double Micro Comfort Coil conforms the body contour perfectly while the lower Pocket Coil offers individualised comfort, deeply supporting the body weight from top down, enriching the rebound level and creating a more delicate and perfect-fit feeling of sleep.
AiRY 3D Technology & Thickened Edge Design
The new mattresses feature AiRY3D mesh design which provides multi-angle air circulation to drain away moisture, keeping you dry and fresh at all times. Conforma™ Edge Support Plus technology further thickens the mattress frame and strengthens edge support. Even if you always get out of bed at the same side, the mattress will not easily slump and hence increase durability.
Grand Opening of the Festival Walk Store
Tencel Careback Deluxe Plus and Restone mattresses are now available in dedicated EMMAS stores*, while the new Festival Walk store has been grandly opened, bringing customers a wide range of Australian hypoallergenic and spinal-care mattresses, as well as high-quality bedding sourced from all over the world. The official online store is launched earlier this year, allowing customers to enjoy the ease of online shopping, browse their favorite pieces and obtain quality sleeping information simply at one spot.
+ Tencel Careback Deluxe Plus Prices start from $4,127 + Restone Prices start from $7,479
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Causeway Bay Windsor House | Diamond Hill Hollywood | Tsim Sha Tsui The ONE | Sheung Shui Town Centre | Yuen Long YOHO| Yuen Long KOLOUR | Tsing Yi Maritime Square | Tseung Kwan O MCP Central
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – Citigroup Inc. (NYSE symbol: C) –Citi announced the appointment of Mendy Chung as Head of Insurance for Hong Kong, effectively immediately. As Hong Kong Head of Insurance, Mendy Chung has overall responsibility for the growth and management of Citibank’s insurance business in Hong Kong, including business development, sales and distribution, channel management and product assurance.
Mendy rejoined Citibank from Prudential Hong Kong Limited, where she was Chief Partnership Distribution Officer to oversee the bancassurance partnership.
Mendy has over 20 years of management experience in financial services. She started her career with American Express as a Management Trainee and subsequently held various senior marketing and management positions at leading corporations and financial institutions.
Mendy reports to Sujoy Ghosh, Head of Insurance for Asia Pacific and EMEA, and Josephine Lee, Head of Retail Bank for Hong Kong.
Josephine Lee made a welcome note to Mendy, “We are delighted to have Mendy rejoining Citi taking on the Head of Insurance position, taking charge of our Insurance business which is an integral part of the Group’s global wealth management development strategy. With Mendy’s solid experience in bancassurance partnership, professional expertise in insurance, as well as her diversified valuable experience, we are confident that Mendy and her team will continue to offer new and suitable protection solutions to meet the growing needs of customers, driving our insurance business to the next level.”
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
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