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Blancco and Dariu Seek Used Business Laptops for Thousands of Vietnamese Schoolchildren in Need

An estimated 4 million students in Vietnam lack devices while schooling at home. A new partnership aims to recapture computers and other devices that would normally be physically destroyed—and safely redeploy them instead.

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 30 November 2021 –  Blancco Technology Group  (LSE: BLTG) and The Dariu Foundation are urging Vietnamese businesses to save used laptops and desktops from physical destruction and instead, donate them to low-income school children and rural schools that don’t have computers.

“Because of COVID-19, the education of more than 21 million children was disrupted in Vietnam, and of these, an estimated 4 million lack devices,” said The Dariu Foundation Program Manager Lan Anh. “By working with Blancco partners and the private sector, we hope to provide 70 rural schools and 2,000 disadvantaged children with free-of-charge rental of desktops and laptops to access digital literacy education and online education.”

The industry leader in data erasure, Blancco Technology Group provides secure, regulatory-compliant sanitization software that removes all traces of data from PCs, laptops, mobile devices, and more.

It is this level of security that enables even heavily regulated enterprises, such as banks, government organizations, to repurpose their used but functional devices rather than shredding them or sending them to the landfill.

“We understand that businesses need to be very careful in how they handle personal or sensitive information,” said Blancco Vietnamese Regional Manager Quang Cao. “Data security and regulatory concerns are very real. The good news is that by completely sanitizing data from a device, businesses can operate more in line with Vietnam’s Sustainable Development Goals.”

Blancco is providing 30 free data erasure licenses to each business that donates its laptops, tablets, or PCs to The Dariu Foundation as part of this effort. Dariu will collect the equipment, conduct any repairs or upgrades, then deliver devices to schools.

Additional licenses are also available for purchase should a business contribute more than 30 devices. The license donation program will run until 31 December 2021. For more information on how to donate, contact Ms. Lan Anh at lananh@dariu.com .  

About Blancco Technology Group

Reduce Risk. Increase Efficiency. Be Sustainable. Blancco Technology Group (AIM: BLTG) provides organizations with secure, compliant, and automated solutions that accelerate the transition to the circular economy. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures allow top-tier organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorized access, safely redeploy data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased data protection and privacy requirements. Read more about us at www.blancco.com.

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About The Dariu Foundation

The Dariu Foundation (TDF) was established in 2002 in Switzerland with its mission to empower low-income children with digital literacy education.

Over the past 18 years, we have advanced the mission objectives by providing access to affordable and readily available microfinance services to hundreds of thousands of rural low-income women, who are considered as unbankable, in Vietnam and Myanmar. Since 2007, we have provided +20,000 scholarships to the disadvantaged and neediest students among the poorest families in the rural areas to prevent them from dropping out of schools at an early age.

Exchange Listing, LLC Assists Advanced Human Imaging to Launch Its American Depositary Receipts on Nasdaq

Human imaging company combines smartphone technology with artificial intelligence to track fitness and predict health risks

FORT LAUDERDALE, US – News Direct – 30 November 2021 – Exchange Listing, LLC announced that its client, Advanced Human Imaging (Advanced Human Imaging or “The Company”), a rapidly growing medical technology company has commenced its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) with American Depositary Receipts (“ADR’s”).

 

Based in Perth, Australia, American Human Imaging, is a cutting-edge mHealth technology enterprise that uses artificial intelligence to make human scanning possible from a smartphone.

 

The Company’s ADRs commenced trading on NASDAQ on November 19th, 2021 under the ticker symbol, (NASDAQ: AHI). The pricing of the Company’s U.S. initial public offering of 1,000,000 units is at a price to the public of US$10.50 per unit. Each unit issued in the offering consisted of two American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and one warrant to purchase one ADS. Each ADS offered represents 7 ordinary shares of AHI. The warrants are exercisable immediately, and expires three years from the date of issuance and have an exercise price of US$5.52 per ADS. The ADSs and warrants are immediately separable and were issued separately. Gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, were approximately US$10.5 million.

 

The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 300,000 ADSs and/or up to an additional 150,000 warrants to purchase up to 150,000 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, and commissions.

“Exchange Listing was instrumental in our  achieving a listing on Nasdaq, the world’s most prestigious platform for emerging growth companies,” said Vlado Bosanac. “Their guidance and knowledge was immensely valuable throughout the early stages of this complex process. This important step for AHI will allow us to increase liquidity and gain exposure for the Company with institutional and retail investors in the United States.”  

 

“Clearly, Advanced Human Imaging has transformed a smartphone into a health risk assessment tool,” said Peter Goldstein, CEO, Exchange Listing. “The Company’s revolutionary technology can be used to assess and capture chronic disease risks or more simply track fitness goals in under one minute. There’s no doubt about the product’s innovation and tremendous U.S. market potential.”  



Exchange Listing provides companies with cost-effective and efficient direct access to one-stop solutions in the strategic planning and implementation of listing and up-listing on senior exchanges such as the Nasdaq or NYSE. Focusing on company-specific structuring to meet listing requirements, Exchange Listing serves as the primary point of contact with the exchange, investment bankers and lawyers throughout the listing process. With extensive experience in investment banking, securities law, corporate governance and business management, Exchange Listing and its strategic partners facilitate clients’ listing and capital markets objectives.

About Exchange Listing

Exchange Listing provides growth companies with direct access to a one-stop solution in the strategic planning and implementation of listing on a senior exchange such as NASDAQ or NYSE in a cost effective and efficient process. We assist clients in going public whether through an initial public offering, listing from another marketplace, merger or direct offering. We serve as the primary point of contact with the exchange, investment bankers, lawyers and other service providers. Our founders, strategic partners and advisors are entrepreneurs with backgrounds in investment banking, securities law, corporate governance and business management and have served as officers and directors of public and private companies. We pride ourselves in taking a hands-on role with our clients throughout the listing process. For more information, please visit: www.exchangelistingllc.com or contact info@exchangelistingllc.com.



About Advanced Human Imaging:

AHI has developed and patented a proprietary dimensioning technology that enables its users to check, track, and assess their dimensions in conjunction with known health risk indicators using only a smartphone both privately and accurately.

Our goal is to assist our partners by empowering their consumers with this capability. This in return gives our partners the ability to assess, assist, and communicate outcomes with their consumers when navigating day to day life. Whether this is a personal journey to better health, understanding the risk associated with their physical condition, tracking the changes they are experiencing through training, dieting, or under medical regimes, or simply wanting to be correctly sized for a garment when shopping online. The AHI technology delivers this seamlessly, privately, and cost-effectively in under one minute.

AHI has developed this capability by leveraging the power of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and patented algorithms, to process the images and assessments on secure, enterprise-level infrastructure, delivering an end-to-end experience that is unrivalled in the industry. AHI simplifies the collection of measurements and removes the human error present in traditional methods.



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Artnet and the China Association of Auctioneers Publish the Global Chinese Art Auction Market Report 2020

NEW YORK, US – EQS Newswire – 29 November 2021 – Artnet, in collaboration with the China Association of Auctioneers (CAA), released the ninth edition of its global Chinese Art Auction Market Report. The report analyzes the 2020 Chinese art auction market, providing transparency to a historically opaque industry.

In 2020, amid expectations of a major market contraction, global auction sales of Chinese art and antiques decreased by only 0.5% year-over-year, generating $5.7 billion in sales. As the first country to be affected by the global health crisis, mainland China’s rapid and aggressive recovery from the pandemic garnered a total of $4.4 billion in auction sales, an impressive 15% increase from 2019. However, outside of mainland China, the market for Chinese art and antiques shrunk by almost a third.

Additional key findings in the report include:

– Asia and North America experienced declines in sales value of 31% and 44%, respectively. Meanwhile, Europe’s contraction was less severe, decreasing in sales value by 16% year-over-year but expanding in market share of lots sold from 30% in 2019 to 37% in 2020.

– 20th-Century and Contemporary Chinese art continued to show promise, with a strong performance globally. Total sales for the category in mainland China expanded by 31% year-over-year, reaching a 9-year high. Overseas, the average price for the category reached $244k, an impressive 10-year peak.

– The number of lots sold for Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy in mainland China reached an 11-year low in 2020. Overseas, the market for the category halved, as both the volume of lots offered and sold shrunk by 50% year-over-year.

– Payment default remains an ongoing issue in mainland China. As of May 15, 2021, the percentage of total sales value paid for lots sold in 2020 dropped to 47%. For high-priced lots, where partial and delayed payments are common, the percentage of lots sold dropped to 34% in 2020.

About Artnet

With 24/7 worldwide bidding, Artnet Auctions is the leading online-only marketplace for buying and selling fine art. New bidders, buyers, and consignors across categories, geographies, and demographics entrust Artnet Auctions with their needs. More artworks are offered and traded digitally than ever before and Artnet Auctions’ efficiency, digitally native operation, quick turnaround, and continuous sales throughout the year are unmatched in the industry. The auction platform allows for immediate transactions, with a seamless flow between sellers, specialists, and collectors. Complementing the online auctions, Artnet is the leading resource for researching art online. Founded in 1989, Artnet’s suite of industry-leading products has revolutionized the way people discover and collect art today. The Price Database contains more than 14 million auction results from 1,900 auction houses dating back to 1985, providing an unparalleled level of transparency to the art market. The Gallery Network platform connects leading galleries with collectors from around the world, offering the most comprehensive overview of artworks for sale. Artnet News covers the events, trends, and people shaping the global art market with up -to-the-minute analysis and expert commentary.
Artnet AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the segment with the highest transparency standards.

ISIN: DE000A1K0375
LEI: 391200SHGPEDTRIC0X31

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About CAA
Established in 1995, the China Association of Auctioneers (CAA) is the only national association of the auction industry in China. The CAA is involved in regulating and supervising registered auction houses according to the laws outlined in the Auction Law of the People’s Republic of China.

Tian Lun Gas appointed Ms. Qin Ling as an Executive Director and the General Manager

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 29 November 2021 – Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (1600.HK) (“Tian Lun Gas” or the “Company“, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group“) announced that  Ms. Qin Ling (“Ms. Qin“) has been appointed as an executive Director and the general manager of the company with effect from 29 November 2021. With her extensive industry knowledge and corporate governance experience, the group will lead the way forward and help the Group to achieve new breakthroughs in its business.

 

Ms. Qin Ling is currently the director and vice president of Henan Tian Lun Investment Holdings Group Limited* (河南省天倫投資控股集團有限公司), a company controlled by Mr. Zhang Yingcen, the ultimately controlling Shareholder of the Company. From April 2019 to May 2021, Ms. Qin served as a vice president of Tus Environmental Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd, the shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 000826.SZ). From January 2018 to April 2019, Ms. Qin served as an executive vice president of CMIG New Energy Investment Co., Ltd. From April 2007 to January 2018, Ms. Qin served as an executive vice president of ENN Group Co. Ltd* (新奧集團股份有限公司), a vice president of ENN Smart Energy Group* (新奥智能能源集團) and a deputy general manager of ENN energy services Co., Ltd., etc. From August 2005 to April 2007, Ms. Qin worked as the manager of the Transportation Data Analysis Center at the National Center of ITS Engineering & Technology* (國家智能交通系統工程技術研究中心).

 

The Board of Tian Lun Gas welcomes Ms. Qin on her new appointment, and Mr. Zhang Yingcen, the Chairman and Executive Director of Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited, said, “Ms. Qin has many years of experience in the field of new energy and natural gas and has a long and active role in the industry. With the formulation of the development strategic plan and objectives of Tian Lun Gas for the next three years (2022-2024), the Group believes that Ms. Qin’s in-depth knowledge of the gas industry and China market will help the Group achieve greater success in the gas business and lead the Group towards the goal of becoming a “China’s first-class supplier and service provider for green low-carbon energy.” with a broader vision.”

 

About Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1600.HK):

Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited is one of the early private enterprises engaged in urban gas business in China. The Group’s main business covers urban gas operation, long-haul transmission pipelines and industrial direct supply business, gas filling stations and LNG plant business. Tian Lun Gas was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 10 November 2010. After 11 years of vigorous expansion, Tian Lun Gas has rapidly grown from a regional urban gas company rooted in Henan to one of the major gas operators and distributors with the most growth potential layout in important provinces across the country. Currently, Tian Lun Gas has 69 urban gas projects in 16 provinces in China. Tian Lun Gas was selected in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (港股通), as well as selected as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index and included in MSCI in 2019.

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Tian Lun Gas Announces New Development Strategy Plans for The Next Three Years and; Entering Into of a Strategic Cooperation Agreement With SPIC Henan Electric Power

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 29 November 2021 – Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (1600.HK) (“Tian Lun Gas” or the “Company“, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group“) announced the new development strategy plans and goals for the next three years, with gas business as the core, to become China’s first-class supplier and service provider for green low-carbon energy. At the same time, the Group also announced it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement (“Agreement“) with the SPIC Henan Electric Power Co., Ltd. (“SPIC Henan“), through resource sharing and complementary advantages, the two parties will enhance their core competitiveness, provide multi-category smart energy services to more end customers, and create more social benefits and commercial value.

 

In order to conform to the market trends and assist in China’s carbon peak and carbon neutral goals, the Board of directors of the Company has recently formulated the Company’s development strategy plans and goals for the next three years (2022-2024) based on the current conditions and development trends of the energy industry. Through business expansion and innovation with gas business as the core, the Company will further expanding and innovating low-carbon energy business, aiming to become China’s first-class supplier and service provider for green low-carbon energy. The strategic outline for the next three years will following below five major directions:

 

1.    The Company strives to explore industrial and commercial users by being user-centric to strengthen continuous and deep understanding of users’ energy needs and characteristics. Through adopting flexible pricing policies, providing users with low-carbon integrated energy services, energy-saving services, and other methods, it will be able to reduce costs, increase efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, increase customer stickiness, and widen the user base. Meanwhile, key measures such as increasing clean heating for residents, educating township users in consuming gas, and expanding business to industrial parks and surrounding townships will accelerate the growth of individual households and total gas consumption for existing projects. In terms of gas source optimisation, various measures such as strengthening upstream cooperation, achieving pipeline interconnection, and reinforcing deployment of gas storage will enhance the competitiveness of gas sources and boost the high-quality endogenous growth of the gas business.

 

2.    The Company will seize important integration opportunities derived from the industry in the next few years, take advantage of Tian Lun Gas’s high-quality and efficient mergers and acquisitions, and focus on key areas (neighbouring regions of provincial capitals, industrial transfer, areas for upgrading natural gas consumption, and gas source production and gathering areas), to obtain high-quality projects (with a high proportion of gas sales profits, a high proportion of industrial and commercial users, and great development potential), thereby achieving regional synergy. Meanwhile, the Company will optimise the investment management mechanism and mobilize all involving parties to facilitate high-quality mergers and acquisitions of the gas business.

 

3.    The Company plans to strengthen innovative business development in the next three years, and such revenue is expected to account for 10% of the Group’s overall revenue by 2024. In terms of low-carbon energy services, we will customize our promotion on natural gas, photovoltaics, wind energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy and others in a flexible manner depending on the different energy needs of urban and township users as well as resource quality so as to cater for the locals. In terms of safety and health services, in response to different consumption needs and consumption habits of the users from both cities and townships, the combination of self-owned brands and cross-industry alliances is cultivated to provide users with gas safety value-added services, smart manufacturing of safe and healthy products and living services, etc., thereby improving customer conversion rate and ARPU value (average income per household), and increasing customer stickiness.

 

4.    Through achieving the endogenous exploration of gas stock business as well as high-quality extensional mergers and acquisitions, the Company expects to achieve the goal of not less than 25% annual compound growth in overall retail gas sales in the next three years (2022-2024). Meanwhile, achieving a rapid increase in the proportion of revenue from gas sales, value-added services and innovative businesses is able to boost the Company’s sustainable development.

 

5.    With the growth being guaranteed, the Company will continue to enhance safety management, improve the safety structure of Business Division and its member companies, strengthen the safe operation of equipment, optimise the production environment, and strengthen management methods and safety promotion. Meanwhile, the Company plans to continuously implement comprehensive improvement plans for environemental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance (ESG), in order to strengthen the implementaion of core development concept in relation to sustainable development as well as fully deploy its business characteristics (i.e. environemental protection), demonstrating full support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In terms of operation, we actively implement the action plans for “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality”, and offer long-term commitment to support and achieve sustainable development goals in development strategies and business operations, as well as promote the high-quality development of the Company.

 

At the same time, the Company has recently entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with SPIC Henan Electric Power Co., Ltd. The two parties agree to promote the national dual-carbon policy, rural revitalization, common prosperity and the ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin on the premise of fulfilling their respective development concepts, and to coordinate their respective advantageous resources to jointly focus on the fields of green and low-carbon energy, green and low-carbon industry, green and low-carbon urban and rural construction, green and low-carbon transportation, and circular development of industrial parks. The two parties will create a win-win and sustainable strategic partnership. The main contents of the agreement are set out as follows:

 

1.    Integrating the photovoltaic resources available to both parties, the two parties will jointly develop, construct, and operate various photovoltaic projects, making full use of their respective investment, financing and operational advantages in the field of clean energy, and strengthening resource integration and optimal allocation. Combing the “14th Five-Year Plan” and the county-wide photovoltaic promotion policy, the two parties will select suitable areas (including but not limited to Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Yunnan) to carry out various development projects, such as county-wide rooftop distributed photovoltaic, industrial and commercial distributed photovoltaic, household photovoltaic, agricultural photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage and biomass gas, demonstrating the comprehensive application of multiple energy sources with innovation, and creating a new energy system based on clean energy.

 

2.    Based on their own technological advantages and market resource advantages, the two parties will jointly carry out the development of smart energy and energy-saving transformation projects, especially in the energy-intensive industries, such as the petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industries, non-metallic mineral products industry, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry, and non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry.

 

3.    The two parties will deepen the application of clean energy in buildings and jointly promote the integrated market application of photovoltaic power generation and building energy supply. The two parties will jointly develop clean heating projects and choose clean and low-carbon heating methods such as residual heating, biomass energy, geothermal energy, solar energy, and gas air source heat pumps according to the local conditions. The Company will cooperate with SPIC to actively promote the construction of smart energy cities, the construction of the clean energy exemplary counties, and the rural energy revolution pilot projects. The Company will use its rich natural gas market advantages and experience in development, construction and operation to jointly improve the design and optimization of the plan, and will execute the exemplary projects of the rural energy revolution and smart energy city with distributed, renewable and intelligentized approaches.

 

4.    SPIC will exert its advantage in hydrogen energy technology. The Company, based on its existing gas filling stations, will use the “hydrogen energy exemplary city” as an opportunity to upgrade the energy supply of its existing gas filling stations. At the same time, with the help of photovoltaic technology, the gas filling station will be transformed into a smart charging station integrating light, storage, charging and parking, which promotes the green development of urban transportation.

 

5.    The two parties will give priority to the circular development of the industrial parks in the Company’s business area, which promotes the comprehensive utilization of waste and energy cascade utilization, and the reuse of residual industrial heat, waste gas, waste liquid and waste residue. The two parties will focus on typical integrated smart energy application scenarios such as smart towns, smart parks, and smart buildings, and jointly develop and construct comprehensive smart energy projects in industrial parks, universities, transportation hubs, hospitals, etc., so as to create a “smart, green, low-carbon, and efficient” exemplary base for comprehensive energy service.

 

SPIC Henan Electric Power Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation Limited. The installed capacity of SPIC Henan Electric Power reaches 9.7357 million kW, and the installed capacity of clean energy exceeds 2.9187 million kW, accounting for 30% of the total installed capacity. The total annual power generation exceeds 30 billion kWh, and it is the most promising comprehensive energy supplier in Henan Province.

 

Mr. Zhang Yingcen, the Chairman and Executive Director of Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited, said, “Under the context of the “dual carbon” goals advocated by the PRC government, it is imperative to adjust the energy structure and promote low-carbon and zero-carbon energy. The three-year development strategy plan and goal set by the group will continue through business extension and innovation to achieve the corporate mission of “Develop clean energies, improve the living environment”. SPIC is an important clean energy provider and the most promising integrated energy supplier in Henan, and Tian Lun Gas has accumulated a large number of users in Henan and 16 other provinces across the country via nearly two decades of gas operation. Through resource sharing and complementary advantages, the two parties will enhance their core competitiveness and provide multi-category smart energy services to more end customers.”

About Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1600.HK):

Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited is one of the early private enterprises engaged in urban gas business in China. The Group’s main business covers urban gas operation, long-haul transmission pipelines and industrial direct supply business, gas filling stations and LNG plant business. Tian Lun Gas was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 10 November 2010. After 11 years of vigorous expansion, Tian Lun Gas has rapidly grown from a regional urban gas company rooted in Henan to one of the major gas operators and distributors with the most growth potential layout in important provinces across the country. Currently, Tian Lun Gas has 69 urban gas projects in 16 provinces in China. Tian Lun Gas was selected in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (港股通), as well as selected as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index and included in MSCI in 2019.

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Only 1.19 million rupiah, TECNO Spark 7 limited special gift box exclusively launched in JD.ID

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 29 November 2021 – On this year’s Double 11th, TECNO, a high-end smartphone manufacturer owned by TRANSSION, made a wonderful debut. JD.ID cooperated with TECNO to launch a bespoke gift box for Manchester City Football Club. It is the first time TECNO has launched IP customization in Indonesian market.

https://youtu.be/BSBlm-Rofdg

 

JD.ID joined hands with TECNO because the two sides have reached strategic cooperation. Since JD.ID officially became the national agency of TECNO brand, TECNO earlier launched its latest smartphone TECNO Spark 7 exclusively in JD.ID.

 

Now, in order to deepen the cooperation, the JD.ID x TECNO Spark 7 limited special box was just launched at the end of November. This gift box continues its consistent high cost performance, with a price of only 1,199,000 rupiah, and offers three fashion choices: magnet black, Morpheus blue and spruce green, plus a cute limited thermos cup.

 

In terms of the function, Spark 7 revolves around the Generation Z. With dual cameras (16MP for the rear camera and 8MP for the front camera), it is embedded with advanced AI, which can accurately detect objects, contours, textures, light and colours, so that the Generation Z can capture abundant details and record precious moments such as scenery, food and fireworks.

 

In addition, Spark 7 also supports audio sharing, allowing users to connect multiple bluetooth speakers/headphones while it is equipped with 6,000 mAh battery capacity, all of which make TECNO  highly competitive in smartphones at the beginner level.

 

JD.ID fully agrees with the idea of attaching importance to the Generation Z. As the fastest growing e-commerce brand in Indonesia, JD.ID hopes to bring the smartphone with the longest battery life, the best photo taking and the highest cost effectiveness to the youth in Indonesia. There is also special treat-At the JD.ID Electronic Festival from 21st to 30th November, customers can enjoy a maximum discount of 30% when you buy TECNO full series and JD.ID x TECNO limited special box.

 

JD.ID also revealed there will be a series of exclusive cooperation with TECNO in the future. After great success in Africa, TECNO began to enter the Southeast Asian market in recent years. With the strong support of JD.ID, whether Indonesia will become another hot market for TECNO after Africa and India is up to time.

 

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TECNO becomes a highlight of JD.ID Electronic Festival! New opportunities for Chinese brands going overseas

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 29 November 2021 – In Southeast Asia, because the traditional European, American, Japanese and Korean brands have built a fairly complete system offline of production, sales and after-sales, resulting in strong consumer reliance on the brand, it is difficult for emerging brands to enter the Southeast Asian market. However, this situation has now been broken.

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On November 21, JD.ID Electronic Festival kicked off as scheduled. Among all the special sales, a Chinese brand attracted strong attention. That is TECNO, the benchmark of going overseas. TECNO may be an unfamiliar brand to the Chinese masses, but this mobile phone manufacturer, which grew up in Shenzhen, is a household name in Africa and operates in more than 70 countries around the world. At the JD.ID Electronic Festival, there are high discounts for all purchases of TECNO Spark series smartphones and the exclusive JD.ID x TECNO Spark 7 limited edition special gift box.

 

The Electronic Festival will continue until November 30, during which the activities, such as the daily limited-time offer, exclusive deal-up to 30% off, voucher value-up to 1 billion rupiah in 24-month, smart phone/home appliance 0% installment free, a refund of 100,000 rupiah in cash for purchasing the laptop/desktop computers, and 1 year extra warranty for all the product, are available.

 

This year, JD.ID entered into a strategic partnership with TECNO. It first relied on TikTok to accumulate brand goodwill and potential consumers for TECNO. So when the new product of TECNO was launched in September, more than 3,000 units were sold on the opening day, and TECNO topped the sales list of the same day in the cell phone category of JD.ID. In addition, JD.ID has laid out more than 300 stores such as experience stores and brand partner stores to help TECNO open up offline channels.

 

In a highly competitive domestic environment, “going overseas” has become an unprecedented opportunity for many Chinese brands. It is in this context that JD.ID emerged at the right moment. Today, same-day and next-day delivery has covered 85% of Indonesia, and a set of e-commerce infrastructure has been set up locally, thus providing a fast channel of “landing” for Chinese brands going abroad for the first time.

 

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Upholding Malaysian constitutional law from going down the slippery slope

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 29 November 2021 – Malaysian law firm Surenda Ananth Advocates & Solicitors issues a statement today on the constitutional law impact on Malaysia and Malaysians following the recent ban of 4D lottery shops in the northern state of Kedah.

 

The Chief Minister of Kedah, Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor justified his actions for the state-wide ban and was reported to have said, “as a Muslim and head of state, he has the obligation to adhere to God’s instruction and he does not want to be questioned in the afterlife“.

 

Malaysian lawyer Surendra Ananth says that many may not be aware, but it was this concern that gave rise to the first written compilation of Muslim law offences in Malaya (then, the Federated States of Malaya). On 10 October 1898 in a Pahang State Council meeting, the then Sultan of Pahang urged the British Governor to assume the responsibility of drafting a Muslim law enactment.

 

The Minutes of the Proceedings of the State Council record: “His Highness says that he is growing old, and that the thought of his responsibility in this matter fills him with fear in view of the fact that he will shortly be called upon to render an account to God for all actions and of his neglect to fulfil his law. His Highness says that he feels sure that if the Government realises his position in the matter, and the immense importance which this question must have in his eyes, it will find a means of punishing such crimes as he has named, and will so relieve him of the weight of a moral responsibility which he finds himself quite unable to bear”.

 

Despite criticisms, in 1904, an enactment drafted by the British was passed in all the Federated States. It was generally called the Muhammadan Laws Enactment. There were 9 offences included and it only applied where all parties were Muslims. The number of Muslim offences increased over the years. The power of the States to make such offences was eventually codified in the Federal Constitution.

 

On 1 November, 2021, the Chief Minister of Kedah, Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was conferred the “Dato’ Sri Paduka Mahkota Kedah” (SPMK) award, which carries the title “Datuk Seri”, by the Kedah Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah commemorating his 79th birthday.

 

On 8 November, the High Court of Malaysia ordered the newly minted Datuk Seri to pay RM50,000 to a member of parliament (MP) over a defamatory video posted on Facebook two years ago of protestors outside a Sports Toto outlet holding a banner of the MP’s name.

 

On November 17, the same Datuk Seri announced during a state assembly that the Kedah State Government had decided to ban all 4D lottery shops in the state. This was to be done through the local councils by rejecting any license renewal applications.

 

Surendra reiterates that this ban is not issued under any Islamic law. Islamic law, which is made by States, can only apply to persons professing the religion of Islam and is limited to personal law matters. The ban is implemented indirectly by directing the local councils in the state of Kedah to refuse license renewal applications by entities running lotteries.

 

“This is illegal as lotteries fall under the Federal List in the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution, which means Parliament and the Federal Government regulate lotteries and gambling. Malaysia’s Lotteries Act 1952 declares lotteries unlawful unless licensed by the Minister of Finance. Local councils can regulate such premises on limited matters such as operational hours, safety or place of business but a State cannot impose an outright ban on lotteries and gambling,” Surendra affirms.

 

“Second, and more importantly, a State authority when making a decision under a secular law applying to all persons, cannot make such decision on the basis of Islam alone. The government is a government of all people and not just Muslims,” he said.

 

On Islamic law offences, a State cannot use such laws to prohibit gambling or lotteries. The number of Islamic law offences in each state have significantly increased. As an example, in the state of Selangor, there are over 30 Islamic offences. Most of these provisions are unconstitutional. Although the state can create Islamic offences on matters against the precepts of Islam, there is an important restriction imposed by the Federal Constitution. Even if a matter is prohibited in Islam, it cannot be made an offence if the same matters fall under the Federal List.

 

“Matters such as lotteries, criminal law, public order, health and intoxicating liquors are all in the Federal List. Most of the offences introduced recently in the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code such as destroying houses of worship, tattooing, undergoing plastic surgery, making false claims etcetera, are unconstitutional. They all fall under the Federal List,” said Surendra.

 

Most if not all of the Hudud offences introduced in the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code in 2015 are unconstitutional. They include theft, robbery, adultery, sodomy, false accusation of adultery, consumption of alcohol, homicide, causing bodily injury etcetera. All these matters are under the Federal List and in fact have been made offences under federal law.

 

Putting aside the issue of legislative power, Surendra Ananth added that there are also Islamic laws that violate fundamental rights guaranteed in the Federal Constitution. He cites the case concerning Nur Sajat as a good example. In or around February 2021, an arrest warrant was issued for the Malaysian cosmetics entrepreneur who earlier that year, was charged for cross-dressing under the Selangor Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995. This provision clearly violates one’s right to dignity, self-autonomy and freedom of expression. Nur Sajat has been granted asylum in Australia. It has been reported that Malaysia is looking at an extradition request to Australia. This will most likely be rejected if it is sought on the basis of the charge in the Syariah Court. 

 

“The States’ power to make Islamic offences is limited only to personal religious offences. This is the constitutional framework. There is nothing wrong if one disagrees with this. However, what is wrong is to misrepresent and misapply the Federal Constitution.

 

It is apparent that certain state governments are expanding the role of Islam in a manner not contemplated under the Federal Constitution. Although some might disagree with the vice, condoning or supporting such bans is a slippery slope we should not go down,” concluded Surendra Ananth, a Malaysian lawyer who is passionate about creating discourse surrounding Civil Litigation, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Malaysia.

 

Most constitutional law cases involve challenges against the government. There are not many lawyers who handle such cases. Surendra hopes that by speaking up, more lawyers will take up such challenges to ensure that the rights of the individual are protected. He was admitted to practice as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in July 2015. He appears in various public interest and civil litigation cases in all levels of the court. He is also a member of the Malaysian Bar Council.


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