With hydrological projects now a daily reality along Southeast Asia’s most important waterway, the Mekong River Commission and its partners have introduced new technology to measure if one large project will have significant impact on the river’s water quality, flow or fish population.
Sennheiser unveils plans for expanding the Evolution Wireless Digital family
First EW-DX samples shown at InfoComm 2022
WEDEMARK, GERMANY / LAS VEGAS, US – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022 – At InfoComm, audio specialist Sennheiser has unveiled its plans for expanding the Evolution Wireless Digital family of radio microphones. Named EW-DX, the new microphone systems will simplify professional workflows by utilizing refined technologies to deliver a digital UHF system that can be scaled with ease. The complete set of new EW-DX products will include handheld, bodypack and table stand transmitters, two two-channel receiver versions in a half 19″ rack space (one with and one without Dante®) as well as a four-channel Dante-enabled receiver in a full 19″ format. The first flight of products and software will become available towards the end of 2022, with more items following in the first half of 2023.

“We are excited to give InfoComm visitors a first glimpse of what is in store for them later this year and in 2023,” says Michael Altemark, Lead Product Manager Wireless, Business Communications at Sennheiser. “Expanding our successful Evolution Wireless Digital family, the EW-DX products will inherit family features such as lowest latency on the market, equidistant frequency spacing and ultra-wide input dynamic range – and add new, compelling capabilities.”
“These include additional transmitter and receiver options such as Dante versions, automatic multi-channel RF set-up, scalable remote control and monitoring as well as AES-256 encryption for secure transmission of contents.”
As part of the Evolution Wireless Digital family, EW-DX takes the complexities out of wireless and has been carefully engineered to not generate any significant intermodulation products. Therefore, a simple press of a button is all that is needed for the Auto Scan function to automatically assign frequencies using an equidistant tuning grid that allows more channels to be packed into a given frequency window. Transmitters are conveniently sync’ed via Bluetooth® Low Energy.
Two-channel and four-channel receivers
Adding to the single-channel receiver in the family, EW-DX offers three receiver versions: a two-channel receiver in a half-rack size, one with and one without Dante; and a four-channel Dante receiver with full 19″ rack size. The Dante versions offer various network modes to flexibly integrate into existing workflows. The receivers have a switching bandwidth of up to 88 MHz, which can translate – thanks to Sennheiser’s equidistant spacing – to up to 146 channels in standard mode and up to 293 in link density mode.
e-ink and programmable mute switch: The EW-DX transmitters
EW-DX offers a choice of two bodypacks, two handhelds and two table stand transmitters. Their output power of 10 mW ensures a range of up to 100 metres (328 ft). All units benefit from the same wide audio input dynamic range as the existing EW-D models, with the handhelds and bodypacks additionally featuring a trim control to adapt individual transmitters alternating on the same receiver channel, for example when multiple guitars are used.
The handheld and bodypack transmitters will be the first on the market to feature e-ink displays. Even when a transmitter is switched off, users will still be able to read all essential device data. Both transmitter types will be fitted with in-device charging contacts. Using the dedicated BA rechargeable battery pack, they will have an operating time of about 12 hours.
The bodypack will be available with either a 3-pin or a 3.5 mm (1/4″) jack microphone connector, enabling it to be used with all digital-proof Sennheiser clip-on and headset mics, Neumann miniature mics as well as instrument cables. The bodypack is fitted with a programmable mute switch and features cable emulation for guitarists and bassists.
The handheld transmitter will also be available in two versions, one without and one with an optional, programmable mute switch (RF mute, AF mute, no function). It will be fitted with Sennheiser’s standard capsule interface, ready for use with a total of 14 Sennheiser and Neumann microphone heads.
There are also two versions also for the table-stand transmitter: The version with XLR-3 connector takes standard gooseneck microphones; the version with XLR-5 connector is for gooseneck mics with a light ring. The table stands can be recharged inductively with the CHG 2W charging unit, and will run for 11 hours on a single charge.
Software
EW-DX will be integrated into the Sennheiser Control Cockpit software, Wireless Systems Manager desktop software and Smart Assist App. There will also be plug-ins for leading third-party control software.
More information on these new members of the Evolution Wireless Digital family will be made available on launch. Please also visit www.sennheiser.com/ew-dx for updates.
About the Sennheiser brand
We live and breathe audio. We are driven by the passion to create audio solutions that make a difference. Building the future of audio and bringing remarkable sound experiences to our customers – this is what the Sennheiser brand has represented for more than 75 years. While professional audio solutions such as microphones, meeting solutions, streaming technologies and monitoring systems are part of the business of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, the business with consumer devices such as headphones, soundbars and speech-enhanced hearables is operated by Sonova Holding AG under the license of Sennheiser.
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Hong Kong World Milk Day x Feeding Hong Kong launch the first “Milk Bank” Programme in Hong Kong
- Targets to provide more than 48 tonnes of consumable dairy products to 4,000 grass-roots families
- Aims to promote importance of dairy and healthy lifestyle among the underprivileged
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022 – Royal FrieslandCampina (“FrieslandCampina”), which has 150 years of expertise in dairy production, has celebrated World Milk Day in Hong Kong since 2013. FrieslandCampina has always been committed to its core mission of “Nourishing by Nature” to promote the importance of dairy and moderate exercise for a healthy lifestyle. This year, Hong Kong World Milk Day focuses on the important role of dairy products through all life stages and introduces a new corporate social responsibility initiative by launching the first “Milk Bank” programme in Hong Kong with Feeding Hong Kong.

Launching Hong Kong’s First “Milk Bank” Programme
In collaboration with Feeding Hong Kong, Hong Kong World Milk Day announced today the launch of Hong Kong’s first “Milk Bank” programme, which is dedicated to addressing concerns about the dairy needs of the underprivileged.
Under the programme, dairy products will be supplied regularly to Feeding Hong Kong, promoting the importance of dairy and a healthy lifestyle among the underprivileged. The programme targets to provide at least 48 tonnes of consumable dairy products to 4,000 families.
Mr. Kai de Klerk, Finance Director of FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, said, “As part of our sustainability programme “Nourishing a Better Planet“, the Milk Bank programme aims to provide better nutrition to the local community. We believe all people at different ages and income groups should enjoy healthy and nutritious dairy products. We hope the establishment of the Milk Bank programme can support the nutrition needs of the underprivileged and contribute to their well-being.”
Mr. Edmond Leung, Project Director of Feeding Hong Kong, said, “We are pleased to be the sole NGO partner to establish the Milk Bank programme with Hong Kong World Milk Day, providing nutritious dairy products to grass-roots families. Through the support by FrieslandCampina to Feeding Hong Kong, we are empowered to help the community to establish a healthier lifestyle and more balanced diet.”
City-wide Donation Initiative with Rope Skipping Engagement Activity
Hong Kong World Milk Day 2022 continues to promote “Drink Move Be Strong” which encourages the public to practise the “2 + 60” concept with the healthy habit of enjoying 2 servings of milk[1] and doing 60 minutes of exercise[2] every day.
To celebrate FrieslandCampina’s 150 years from “grass-to-glass”, Hong Kong World Milk Day has partnered with the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Club to organise the “150 Rope Skipping Challenge”. Participants can win a prize while contributing to the size of the first batch of dairy donations for the “Milk Bank” programme.
The challenge will take place in mid-June and allow parents and children to learn simple rope skipping skills by watching demonstration videos on the official Facebook page of “World Milk Day HK”. Hong Kong World Milk Day will donate six packs of dairy products via “Milk Bank” for every successful attempt of the “150 Rope Skipping Challenge”[3]. The activity aims to encourage families to help the disadvantaged while having a healthy lifestyle under the “2 + 60” and “Drink Move Be Strong” concepts.
Employees Act as “Milk Runners” to Raise Awareness of Food Demand in Hong Kong
In response to the “Milk Bank” programme, FrieslandCampina’s employees acted as “Milk Runners” and participated in the “Bread Runner” volunteering activity organised by Feeding Hong Kong in May. The team successfully collected surplus bread from different merchants that was distributed to families in need along with BLACK & WHITE® and DUTCH LADY® dairy products donated by FrieslandCampina. FrieslandCampina hopes to promote the importance of cherishing food and helping the others in the community.
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Royal FrieslandCampina provides millions of consumers spread all over the world with dairy products containing valuable nutrients from milk. With an annual turnover of 11.5 billion euro in 2021, FrieslandCampina is among the largest dairy companies in the world. FrieslandCampina produces and sells consumer products, such as dairy-based beverages, infant nutrition, cheese and desserts, in a large number of European, Asian and African countries through its own subsidiaries. Apart from this, dairy products are globally exported from the Netherlands to more than 100 countries. Products are also supplied to professional customers, including cream and butter products to bakeries and catering businesses. FrieslandCampina sells ingredients and semi-finished products for producers of infant nutrition, the food industry and the pharmaceutical sector all over the world. FrieslandCampina has locations in 32 countries with almost 23,000 employees. The company has its Central Office in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The activities of FrieslandCampina have been divided into four market-oriented business groups, being Food & Beverage, Specialised Nutrition, Trading and Ingredients. The company is fully owned by Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A., which has almost 15,700 member dairy farmers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium and is one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the world. For more information, please visit: www.frieslandcampina.com.
Feeding Hong Kong
Feeding Hong Kong is a Hong Kong registered charity with a mission to fight hunger in the city and reduce the amount of quality food being sent to our landfills. Each day, we collect high quality food that would otherwise be thrown away, sort and store it, and then redistribute it to a network of welfare organisations, who in turn feed thousands of people in need. Feeding Hong Kong also works to raise awareness about poverty and food insecurity in Hong Kong and promote healthy eating and nutritional education to the most vulnerable groups in our community. We are an accredited member of the Global Food Bank Network, an international organisation dedicated to creating and strengthening food banks and national food bank networks.
For further information please visit: feedinghk.org
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Bolikhamxay Province Runs Out of Diesel Fuel
Petrol stations in Bolikhamxay Province have completely run out of diesel fuel, forcing many to close down for several days.
CIMB Bank recognised for Best Financial Artificial Intelligence Project at The Asset Triple A Digital Awards 2022
The AI platform enabled CIMB to develop machine learning credit models for its retail portfolio, which strengthened the Bank’s credit risk modelling and retail underwriting capabilities across unsecured loan products. This led to improved quality of loan screening, resulting in reduction of credit loss.
The fully automated AI platform leveraged CIMB’s wealth of traditional and alternative data to develop machine learning credit models for the bank’s retail portfolio. With the sharper models, the bank is able to reduce credit loss by improving the default probability estimation for retail loan applications.
The collaboration commenced work in mid-2020 to structure the use case and connect historical and real-time data. AI models were subsequently built based on these use cases and data, with the solution deployed into production by end-2020. Within six months of the AI platform going live, CIMB observed multiple benefits, including lower expected losses and higher returns against capital in its retail loans segment.
The newly developed AI models were rigorously tested and validated before being utilised in production for decision-making. These models were also compared to traditional models across a set of three loan products, where the new AI models demonstrated significantly improved accuracy.
Vera Handajani, Group Chief Risk Officer, CIMB Group said, “Our new credit risk platform, driven by innovative use of AI, has reduced the cost of processing loan applications and is expected to reduce our credit loss by improved default probability estimation for retail loans. Within six months, we were already able to see tangible results and savings from this AI-driven approach, building on our momentum as we scale digital transformation across the organisation. This is in line with our focus on digitising for value under our Forward23+ strategic plan.
Simon Brender, Regional Vice President Asia, DataRobot said, “As competition between regional, global financial institutions and fintech intensifies across the region, AI is becoming critical for financial services institutions operating in the region to stay ahead of the competition. CIMB is leading the way in harnessing the power of AI to reduce risk, and we are proud the noteworthy results of our collaboration have been recognised by this prestigious award from The Asset.”
The Asset Triple A Digital Awards recognise financial institutions and technology firms that have excelled in innovation and have developed a unique digital experience for customers across the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The Asset Triple A Awards have been built upon a stringent methodology and a rigorous approach to selecting the winners. The awards are adjudicated by The Asset’s board of editors, who collectively have several decades’ worth of experience evaluating industry awards in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
About DataRobot
DataRobot AI Cloud is the next generation of AI. DataRobot’s AI Cloud vision is to bring together all data types, all users, and all environments to deliver critical business insights for every organization. DataRobot is trusted by global customers across industries and verticals, including a third of the Fortune 50. For more information, visit http://www.datarobot.com/.
About CIMB
CIMB is one of ASEAN’s leading banking groups and Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider, by assets. Listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, it had a market capitalisation of approximately RM55.3 billion as at 31 December 2021. It offers consumer banking, commercial banking, wholesale banking, transaction banking, Islamic banking and asset management products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is present in all 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Philippines). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, the US and UK.
CIMB has one of the most extensive retail branch networks in ASEAN with 630 branches and around 33,000 employees as at 31 December 2021. CIMB’s investment banking arm is one of the largest Asia Pacific-based investment banks, which together with its award-winning treasury & markets and corporate banking units comprise the Group’s leading wholesale banking franchise. CIMB is also the 92.5% shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and 94.8% shareholder of CIMB Thai in Thailand.
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Youth Climate Action Conference Held in Vientiane
Zero Waste Laos held the Youth Climate Action Conference at Crown Plaza Hotel in Vientiane, which was supported by the European Union in Laos and Norwegian People’s Aid.
Cambodia Announces Zero Covid-19 Cases
Cambodia has managed to reach Covid-zero status after the last patient recovered.
Cellmax Debuts the Beauty to Earn Membership NFT “Empower Beauties”
Preemptively Pegs in the “Meta-Street Hong Kong” of NGT
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 June 2022 – A celebrated aesthetic medicine group in Hong Kong, Cellmax ( the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it will release 3,199 pieces of its exclusive and pioneer “Empower Beauties” themed limited-edition Non-fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) in the form of mystery boxes for members only in this July. The Company is firmly convinced that the character and profession of every individual woman are worthy of “Empower”, so this NFT series is called “Empower Beauties”. Cellmax is the forerunner to raise the newfangled concept of blockchain beauty named after “Beauty to Earn“, e ach membership NFT is an inimitable female persona . There is one particular NFT in the class attaches Black Card functions, its holder will be entitled with the privilege to enjoy the complimentary Botox (Botulinum Toxin) injection service for life. Cellmax aims to create an unconventional and unparalleled community for people who desire beauty, there users can regale themselves with premium and superior beauty services whilst demonstrating their distinct peculiarity and diverse beauty.

Click to view the Promotion Trailer of Cellmax “Empower Beauties” NFT
The limited-edition NFT beauty membership program of the Empower Beauties series will be gradually launched to the public in two phases. In the first stage, the initial batch of 3,199 Empower Beauty NFTs will be minted and publicly offered for sale. Cellmax claims that all the members who possess the Empower Beauty NFT membership can enjoy a 2-month entire Cellmax VIP experience. In addition to the priority to experience the most advanced tech beauty care, each member will be assigned an appointed beauty consultant and enjoy additional discount on all courses as well. Moreover, through the Beauty to Earn Point Redemption System, members can convert each consumption and experience points (EXPs) earned from participating in other events into Cellmax Coins[1] and use to accumulate credits in the system. When it reaches a certain amount, the credits can be redeemed for beauty services, products, gifts or other NFTs of collaboration projects, etc. All Empower Beauties NFTs are stored through blockchain technology and permanently valid.
When the second stage rolls out, Cellmax will establish a branded beauty center in the “Metaverse”, formally extending the business scenarios from the physical world to the virtual space. Simultaneously, the Company will join forces with other eminent brands with both competency and reputation in the medical cosmetology industry to create a Beauty Metastudio. By animating all the tangible values such as services, products and sponsorships of these major brands as simulated treasures or rewards, players can collect and exchange them to apply in the real world afterwards. The Beauty Metastudio will dispark several priority experiencing zones for players to have a scooped glimpse and forestall forays.
Ms. Sindy
Cellmax has been established for many years, widely recognized and affirmed by the industry for its service quality and business prestige. The Company is planning to set up more branches across districts. It is conspicuous that some front mega brands leverage NFT in their marketing blitz and yield brilliant effect, hence Cellmax has announced collaboration with NextGen Tech (“NGT”), a leading one-stop NFT project launcher in Hong Kong. Earlier on, the Company has taken the lead to station in the “Meta-Street Hong Kong” that created by NGT. This NFT-based block designs to cooperate with local artists, KOL, and renowned brands to expand the commercial and entertainment scenes to the Metaverse realm, then to pursue and fulfill the “MetaExperience” as well as echo the rising concept of ” Being Digital” . Mr. Francis Leung, CEO of NextGen Tech also added, “Each store in the ‘Meta-Street Hong Kong‘ is an NFT, its holder has the right to enlarge the scale, decorate the shopfront and transfer the location within the space. This indicates that Cellmax has already stepped into the Metaverse and Metaera as an NFT itself. In the future, we would like to steadily transform the offline services to online experiences, to build up a groundbreaking beauty community with bright outlook.”
About Cellmax
Cellmax is a celebrated aesthetic medicine group in Hong Kong, specializing in high-class scientific medical beauty treatments for clients. The Company adheres to its normative protocols to termly render the most edgy vocational training to staffs, and constantly upgrade in-house equipment and technology, striving to entrench its leading position in the industry. Cellmax engages in providing clients with the most transparent, thoughtful, and pleasing beauty journey, ensuring them the optimum state of skin and contour. At present, Cellmax has officially trod in the Metaverse, by enabling aesthetic medicine marketing through blockchain technology, it will usher the customers in a unique beauty-seeking exploration.
For more information, please visit the website: http://beautytoearn.io/
Official Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Mfcmhk3Xvh
Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/empower.beauties
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