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Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center to Open November 20

Old Village School Building after Green Restoration

Extends Kind-hearted Minds’ Very First Educational Legacy

 

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 November 2021 – The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. (hereafter “Tzu Chi Hong Kong”) today announced the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center (“Action Center”) located on 5 Che Kung Miu Road will open to the public for free starting November 20 after green restoration of its original building. The Action Center’s environmental programmes, exhibitions and related expenses, is funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Setting “Common Understanding, Common Consensus, Collective Action” as its core values, the Action Center aims to promote the public’s awareness of environmental protection that would lead to positive behavioral changes, and hopefully through the strength of collective action to implement environmental protection for body-mind-earth connection, our planet and home could be safeguarded by tackling climatic changes.

 

Back in 1950s Hong Kong’s economy had yet to take off and the school dropout rate among rural children was high. A Buddhist Free School was opened in 1954 at the site of now Action Center to provide basic education for children living in the neighborhood, thanks to the generous donation by overseas Chinese Boon Haw AW and Boon Par AW.  In 1982, the school operator Chi Hong Ching Yuen relocated the then-Primary School to a new campus in Yuen Chau Kok, Shatin. After that, the premises was converted into Chi Hong Kindergarten that continued to serve the community until year 2000. Chi Hong Ching Yuen then donated the premises to Tzu Chi Hong Kong for charity purposes after the school building was left vacant for two years. As the structure itself is a typical village school built with local materials, a large part of it was in a state of dilapidation after six decades of rains and winds.  Hence, a large-scale restoration project was taken place in 2019 to strengthen its entire architecture, preparing it for the next phase of journey.

 

Tzu Chi Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Officer Chung Ling SZE said, “Despite the moderate size of this Action Center, our thoughtful touches throughout the restoration process can be easily seen anywhere. We follow the 7Rs Rule closely – we RESPECT all things, both animate and inanimate; REPAIR things to make them durable as much as possible; RECYCLE all resources in a systematically way; REFUSE excessive consumption and packaging; encourage to REDUCE at source; REUSE whenever possible; and RETHINK the importance of the symbiosis between humans and Earth and promote it – making the Action Center an ideal eco-education place for the public to engage in experiential learning on environmental protection through ‘Common Understanding, Common Consensus, Collective Action’. I would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for its donation to support the environmental programmes of the Action Center, exhibitions and related expenses.”

 

This green restoration project, revolving around the fundamental concept of “Biophilic Design” is intended to bring visitors closer to the nature. The building uses daylighting and natural ventilation, so as to connect the exterior scenery with the interior. The project’s architect Corrin CHAN said, “Tzu Chi Hong Kong has long been committed to promoting environmental protection in Hong Kong for many years, advocating ‘Purification at Source’ and emphasizing the actual practice of environmental protection. This explains why eco-friendly renovation appears to be the topmost option. Such transformation has established dialogues between the then and now, using green architecture as a means of expressing the Action Center’s aim of promoting environmental protection.”

Sticking to the 7Rs Spirit, all restoration works were completed with the use of green building materials, including fast-growing eco-bamboos which were used as an alternative to wood on flooring, wall finishes, doors, window frames, windowsills, outdoor fences, and staircase along with handrails; eco-friendly paints with low VOC (volatile organic compound) applied on the exterior and interior of the building; and Palm Eco Board. The rest of materials are: “Da Ai Eco Plastic Wood” made from PET bottles and PE milk bottles; “Ji Si Eco Inter-locking Bricks” made from the PE lining of disposed paper containers; as well as the DIY Yellow Sand Bricks handmade by volunteers. In addition, all wall and floor tiles of the site were donated by a local developer which has been keeping the surplus materials from other construction projects in the warehouse, so as to REDUCE at source. 

 

The solar-powered panels installed atop the building can cover all necessary electricity demand for the structure. Aiming at carbon neutrality, excess power can be fed to the central power grid. The rainwater collection system provides water resources for irrigation and partly for daily cleaning use.

 

Two exhibitions, both echoing environmental concern, will be concurrently staged in the Action Center. The inaugural exhibition Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action staged at “The Planet Room”, presents the catastrophic imprint on the earth caused by wind disasters, flooding, water pollution, forest fires, and human behaviors through a variety of installations and exhibits, allowing visitors to experience and reflect on the symbiotic relationship between human beings and Earth, thereby awakening them to induce individual habitual changes so that they can take action for environmental cause. Carbon Reveries designed by the artist Chris CHEUNG (h0nh1m) is an interactive ink art installation recording the astonishing annual increase of carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere through the data analysis of climate changes in the past 63 years.

 

“Jockey Club Eco Co-Creation Space” presents a themed exhibition A Breeze from the Woods implementing the principles of the Action Center. In the exhibition the woodwork artist Che LAM delivers the concept of ocean conservation through 108 hand-made wooden sharks of various sizes. Other works include wooden stools and wooden radios illustrate endless possibilities of wood remodeling.

 

Other visit-worthy spaces in the Action Center include “Da Ai Technology Room” displaying the achievements of using technology in recycled materials; “Ethical Eating Room”, providing a glimpse of vegetarian dining culture and offering vegetarian cooking classes; and “Jing Si Humanistic Culture Room” promoting kindness and love to purify soul. The Action Center handles recycling and sorting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, so as to encourage volunteers and visitors to practice environmental protection in person. Yuk Lin CHOW, a veteran volunteer at Tzu Chi Hong Kong said, “We are very fortunate to have taken a tougher road by restoring the premises. As opposed to demolition and reconstruction, not only can the restoration preserve the structure but also the original intention of the building at the time of construction, that is, to carry on the original intention of providing education. I hope that the founding of the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center will further enhance Tzu Chi’s environmental protection concept of ‘Purification at Source and Quality Classification’. Through exhibitions and other activities, we strive to educate the public on the benefits of environmental protection and reduce unnecessary material consumption, thereby enabling the harmonic co-existence between mankind and Earth’s resources.”

Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center

Address

:

5 Che Kung Miu Road, Tai Wai

Opening Hours

:

10:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00 Mondays, Wednesdays

to Sundays (Closed on Tuesdays and Public holidays)

Telephone

:

2337 0158

Fee

:

Free Admission

*To avoid overcrowding, visitors are advised to register on Action Center official website before visiting. Walk-in visits will be subject to availability.

Website

:

www.tzuchieac.org.hk

About Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation HK Ltd.

Established in 1993, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. is a non-profit charity organization upholding the spirit of great-loving kindness with the elements of “Sincerity, Integrity, Faith and Truthfulness” and “Unconditional Kindness. Universal Great Compassion” for more than two decades. Apart from actively promoting charitable works, such as regular visits to hospitals, homes for the blind, nursing homes, mentally recovered individuals, and schools for physically-challenged children, Tzu Chi Hong Kong also engages in other benevolent works from cases, including individual care services, visits to the homeless, emergency relief and free health check. Additionally, the Hong Kong chapter is committed to promoting Tzu Chi’s humanistic culture, advocating the teaching of Jing Si Aphorisms, organizing parent-child growth classes for children, and providing financial assistance for the underprivileged students.

In November 2009, Tzu Chi established the first environmental education station in the Tai Wai Liaison Office, where a new impetus was injected to power Tzu Chi’s mission on Hong Kong’s environmental protection. The Hong Kong branch has so far set up a network of 20 environmental recycling stations throughout the city. The total weight of recycling items, with the inclusion of plastic, paper, hardware and glass, amassed from the community was 268,128 kg in 2019. Tzu Chi has begun to operate the “GREEN@QUARRY BAY” which is one of the recycle stores of the “GREEN@COMMUNITY” program launched by the Environmental Protection Department. “GREEN@QUARRY BAY” launched since the end of December 2020 has taken Tzu Chi Hong Kong to a new chapter in environmental recycling.

For more information, please refer to Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center official website: www.tzuchieac.org.hk

For higher resolution photos and captions, please check this link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ntc42r12e10mdd4/AABCuvRb_0ZT5U1H_Bx0DUmua?dl=0

#BuddhistCompassionReliefTzuChiFoundationHongKong #TzuChiFoundation

Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center Presents Exhibitions

Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action and

A Breeze from the Woods

An Initiative to Promote Eco-protection Concept “Co-exist with Earth”

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 November 2021 – Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center (“Action Center”) will open to the public for free starting November 20, 2021, after green restoration of its original premises. With an aim to promote the public’s awareness of environmental protection, the Action Center will stage two art exhibitions, Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action and A Breeze from the Woods in its first season. Each in unique style carries equivalent message toward environmental concern. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is the funder for the Action Center’s environmental programmes, exhibitions, and related expenses. In addition to exhibitions, the Jockey Club “Begin in the Heart” Environmental Collective Action Programme consists of a series of workshops, vegetarian cooking classes, and themed talks on regimen, climate change and green architecture.

 

Chief Executive Officer of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. (“Tzu Chi Hong Kong”) cum representative of the Exhibition Curatorial Committee Chung Ling SZE explained, “In addition to the Action Center’s regular educational programs for the community and schools, ‘The Planet Room’ and ‘Jockey Club Eco Co-Creation Space’ are two spaces designed for exhibition activities. We hope to share our beliefs on ‘Common Understanding, Common Consensus, Collective Action’, ‘Purification at Source’ and the 7Rs[1] spirit through cooperation with different artists at both spaces; thereby, encouraging visitors to practice the environmental protection concept of ‘Co-exist with Earth'”.

 

Climate change has brought forth extreme natural hazards. Over the years, excessive use of fossil fuels, deforestation and animal husbandry, along with overconsumption have severely damaged the ecological environment, leading to seasonal instability and subsequently wind, water, fire and land disasters. Architect cum representative of the Exhibition Curatorial Committee Corrin CHAN pointed out, “When it came to curating these two exhibitions, our curatorial committee and team adhered to the belief of ‘Co-exist with Earth’. Backed by statistical research, the opening exhibition Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action reveals the catastrophic imprints from wind disasters, floods, water pollution, forest fires, and human behavior on the earth through a combination of visuals, short films, audio installation and exhibits, aiming to connect visitors with their body and mind. The other themed exhibition A Breeze from the Woods showcases the joy to life with the reuse of waste wood.”

 

Opening Exhibition – Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action at The Planet Room (Permanent Exhibition starting November 20, 2021)

The exhibition begins with Common Understanding toward the global warming crisis and its major causes, sets to achieve Common Consensus among visitors on the importance to phasing out the continuous climatic hazards through the learning of 7Rs rule, and encourages the visitors to become a Common Action Taker after awakening, live a simple life by implementing “Purification at Source”, and reach a harmonic co-existence with our planet.

Recommended viewing sequence for Common Understanding · Common Consensus · Collective Action is as follows:

 

Wind – Through short films to view casualties and financial losses around the globe caused by wind disasters, such as tornadoes and tropical cyclones.

Water – An abnormal climate has caused localized flooding disasters on the planet, as well as heavy rains and blizzards to occur one after another, while in some places there have been persistent droughts resulting from insufficient rainfall. The interactive installation “Hong Kong in 10 Bottles” assessed the quality of Hong Kong’s water resources whose samples were collected from 10 places in town by Tzu Chi volunteers from different age groups.

Fire – Wildfires caused by lightning strikes, droughts and human factors not only burn down forests and human living facilities, but the toxic smoke they produced also induces respiratory diseases.

Land – The impact of human destruction on mountains, forests, and land are evident when a number of severe soil erosion occur amid earthquakes and heavy rains. Chris CHEUNG (h0nh1m)’s interactive ink installation Carbon Reveries records the stupefying increase in carbon emission over the past 63 years. 12 bamboo pipes are used to form a bamboo grove. Each corresponds to a set of annual carbon emission data, allowing visitors to rethink the relationship between carbon emission, nature’s vibrancy and human intervention to the ecosystem. Chris explained, “This work makes visitors feel as if they were in the bamboo grove, breathing in sync with the nature and sensing the vibrancy of nature. When visitors touch each bamboo pipe with their own hands, the warm temperature of their palm will make the ink color of the bamboo pipe gradually fade out, implying human intervention to the nature.  The entire installation also looks like a set of factory exhaust pipes, reminding visitors that global warming is a crisis that brooks no further delay.” Upon understanding the irregularities of wind, water, fire and land, visitors can meditate at the round-shaped mediation area to reflect on what have been seen, heard, and felt; together with the round, mellow and harmonious sound of singing bowls, the entire setup is intended to awaken and inspire visitors to environmental protection from the body, mind to consciousness.

 

Themed Exhibition – A Breeze from the Woods at Jockey Club Eco Co-Creation Space (November 20, 2021 to March 12, 2022)

Woodwork artist Che LAM (Che Gor) has been engaged in hand-made woodwork for nearly two decades. His themed exhibition A Breeze from the Woods features a large-scale installation of 108 wooden sharks of various sizes. Hanging down horizontally from the ceiling to the ground, this installation brings visitors the pleasure of being in the deepness of the ocean, where they gaze face-to-face with the sharks. As an enthusiastic diver himself, Che Gor thinks that sharks are not terrible.  The stronger preying upon the weaker follows the law of nature, while high-end predators in the food chain like sharks are only small creatives existing in nature, yet the most important link to maintain the marine ecosystem. There are also several different mortise and tenon wooden furniture and toys on display at the same venue, including tenon wooden stools, wooden radios, wooden boxes with frosted glass depicting begonia flower motifs, wooden mobile phone holders, etc. Che Gor says, “Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center’s belief in cherishing materials coincides with my belief in ‘trees have life’ and the recycling of surplus wood and waste wood from any renovation projects.  I believe visitors to the Action Center will understand the power of environmental protection and will use all natural resources in a proper way.” A series of sharing sessions and workshops will be held in December, allowing visitors to craft wooden tops, mobile phone holders and experience tenon joints of wooden stroller assembly, etc. For registration and details, please refer to the Action Center’s official website.

Members of the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center Curatorial Committee include Chung Ling SZE, Shu Lin LEE, Wing Kam LEUNG, Yuk Lin CHOW, Ching Hsiu HUANG, Man Lee NG and Corrin CHAN. Advisors include Stanley WONG (Anothermountainman) and Chi-ming SHUN (Opening Exhibition), while Kathfree FUNG and Sunny WONG are co-curators for both exhibitions.

 

Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center

Address

:

5 Che Kung Miu Road, Tai Wai

Opening Hours

:

10:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00 Mondays, Wednesdays to Sundays

(Closed on Tuesdays and Public holidays)

Telephone

:

2337 0158

Fee

:

Free Admission

*To avoid overcrowding, visitors are advised to register on Action Center official website before visiting. Walk-in visits will be subject to availability.

Website

:

www.tzuchieac.org.hk

 



[1] The 7Rs include RESPECT all things, both animate and inanimate; REPAIR things to make them durable as much as possible; RECYCLE all resources in a systematically way; REFUSE excessive consumption and packaging; encourage to REDUCE at source; REUSE whenever possible; and RETHINK the importance of the symbiosis between humans and Earth.

About Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation HK Ltd.

Established in 1993, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. is a non-profit charity organization upholding the spirit of great-loving kindness with the elements of “Sincerity, Integrity, Faith and Truthfulness” and “Unconditional Kindness. Universal Great Compassion” for more than two decades. Apart from actively promoting charitable works, such as regular visits to hospitals, homes for the blind, nursing homes, mentally recovered individuals, and schools for physically- challenged children, Tzu Chi Hong Kong also engages in other benevolent works from cases, including individual care services, visits to the homeless, emergency relief and free health check. Additionally, the Hong Kong chapter is committed to promoting Tzu Chi’s humanistic culture, advocating the teaching of Jing Si Aphorisms, organizing parent-child growth classes for children, and providing financial assistance for the underprivileged students.

In November 2009, Tzu Chi established the first environmental education station in the Tai Wai Liaison Office, where a new impetus was injected to power Tzu Chi’s mission on Hong Kong’s environmental protection. The Hong Kong branch has so far set up a network of 20 environmental recycling stations throughout the city. The total weight of recycling items, with the inclusion of plastic, paper, hardware and glass, amassed from the community was 268,128 kg in 2019. Tzu Chi has begun to operate the “GREEN@QUARRY BAY” which is one of the recycle stores of the “GREEN@COMMUNITY” program launched by the Environmental Protection Department. “GREEN@QUARRY BAY” launched since the end of December 2020 has taken Tzu Chi Hong Kong to a new chapter in environmental recycling.

For more information, please refer to Tzu Chi Environmental Action Center official website: www.tzuchieac.org.hk

For higher resolution photos and captions, please check this link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ntc42r12e10mdd4/AABCuvRb_0ZT5U1H_Bx0DUmua?dl=0

#BuddhistCompassionReliefTzuChiFoundationHongKong

Korean Firm Partners with Wanfeng Property to Attract Investment to That Luang SEZ

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Laos Confirms 1,401 New Cases of Covid-19

Covid-19 Update

Laos has recorded 1,401 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with four new deaths.

Electricity Exports On the Rise as Laos Powers Up ASEAN

Lao Electricity Imported to Cambodia


Laos has earned USD 2,012 million from the export of electricity to other countries this year, up by 12 percent compared to last year.

Laos to Reopen Under Green Zone Travel Plan

Tourism Laos


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Botify expands in Asia Pacific – empowering brands locally to enhance ROI from search with its enterprise SEO platform

Brands in Asia Pacific can now join the growing number of global enterprises that are discovering the power of organic search, achieving impressive measurable results from search as a key performance marketing channel.  

 

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 18 November 2021 – Botify, the leading enterprise software company for performance-driven organic search, today announced its incorporation in Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. This promises to help Asia-Pacific customers transform their SEO strategies and capabilities, scaling up the performance of their websites through the sustainable growth of online traffic and revenue from organic search.


Meet the Botify team in Asia Pacific

“There are growing numbers of regional and local brands that are looking to enhance their traffic and revenue through more robust SEO strategies and capabilities. Establishing Botify locally in Asia Pacific, allows us to better serve their needs, Ghislain Le Chatelier, President of Botify Asia Pacific said.  “We’re investing more resources locally, like sales & marketing, professional services and customer success, to get closer to our customers and partners, and better serve their needs. We are excited to work every day with our customers in these markets, to help drive their sustainable growth through search”.

 

Botify has a track record of optimising the websites of some of the world’s largest brands (including Expedia, Macy’s, L’Oréal, The New York Times, Groupon, Marriott, Farfetch), generating hundreds of millions of visits and billions of dollars from organic search. According  to a Forrester Report, assessing the Total Economic Impact™ of Botify, enterprise organisations using the platform can achieve a 584% ROI from their SEO and less than 3 months payback period. The key metrics used by our customers include:

●      New traffic growth

●      Retention/loss prevention of existing traffic

●      Reduction in overhead costs due to productivity gains

 

Building on this global success, and the growing groundswell of companies seeking advantage through organic, Botify Asia brings best practices to regional customers including: Airtasker, Zalora, Tiki, IOIX, Furla Japan and more.

For example, one global Food & Beverage retail customer in Japan has achieved 29X ROI by adopting Botify’s enterprise SEO solution, enabling their new online ordering channel to generate sustainable sales revenue over a 12-month period.

 

Following the US$55 million Series C funding in 2021, Botify is doubling-down on machine learning technologies to develop new, innovative features for its enterprise customers. These features will enhance its ML and AI-powered SEO platform, strengthening the unmatched depth and scale of its analytical and automation capabilities. Through such developments Botify is steadily leading a revolution in optimised organic for enterprises, helping brands and their customers around the world unlock the full potential of search. We are proud to reinforce our commitment to enabling these outcomes in Asia Pacific.

About Botify

Botify is an enterprise software company that helps brands turn organic search into an efficient, measurable, and sustainable channel for growing both traffic and revenue. Powered by a unique unified data model, prescriptive insights, and automated processes, Botify delivers a powerful end-to-end enterprise SEO solution that enables customers to unlock the true potential of their websites. If search unlocks the internet, Botify unlocks search. For brands, consumers and for the good of all. By reducing their reliance on paid, Botify’s solution helps brands to be found and favoured by their customers, and helps marketers stay on top with fewer resources. Botify’s enterprise SEO solution is used by 500+ leading companies across industries including e-commerce, travel, media & publishing, classifieds, and more.

Founded in 2012, Botify is a fast-growing, VC-backed, SaaS company with $82M in funding and offices in New York, Seattle, Paris, London, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

For more information, please visit botify.com.

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Kenanga Investors Appointed Fund Manager for Dana Wakaf Bencana

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 18 November 2021 – Kenanga Investors Berhad (“Kenanga Investors”) has been appointed Fund Manager for Dana Wakaf Bencana (“Emergency Waqf Fund”), an emergency relief fund established for the purposes of channelling resources to those affected by climate change-related disasters as well as future pandemics.

From left to right:
Tuan Haji Syed Zafilen Syed Alwee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kenanga Investors Berhad
Senator Tuan Haji Idris bin Haji Ahmad, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs)
Charles Hay, British High Commissioner to Malaysia
Prof. Madya Dr. Amir bin Shaharuddin, Chief Executive Officer, Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia
Suhana Sidik, Member of MATCH Foundation and Board Member of MRCS

 

On 10 November, Kenanga Investors as Fund Manager, together with Yayasan Waqaf Malaysia (waqf administrator) and MATCH Foundation (distribution agency), signed a Memorandum of Agreement to ensure funds collected are invested and distributed according to waqf principles. The signing was witnessed by Senator Tuan Haji Idris bin Haji Ahmad, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) and Mr Charles Hay, British High Commissioner to Malaysia.

 

“We are honoured to be appointed as Fund Manager for the Emergency Waqf Fund in alignment with the 12th Malaysia Plan (RMK-12) and the government’s intention for increased efficiency in waqf management. We look forward to providing support to the waqf institution by means of the establishment of an emergency fund governance structure through this strategic partnership which will see the timely deployment of resources to areas of need”, says Ismitz Matthew De Alwis, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. He further explained that the appointment is attributed to Kenanga Investors’ track record in fund management and experience in the management of waqf assets through the Kenanga Waqf Al-Ihsan Fund which was launched in April 2021.

 

The Emergency Relief Fund will be receiving a portion of the RM10 million allocated in Budget 2022 as part of its initial seed funding, announced in October 2021. Funds received from institutional investors would be invested directly into a wholesale fund established by Kenanga Investors who will manage and invest it accordingly, in line with the proposed fund structure. Derived income will be distributed to investors and YWM respectively. YWM will then channel the allocated percentage of funds to MATCH Foundation for emergency response activation for the returns to reach communities at risk.

 

In Malaysia, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (“FCDO”) appointed PwC Malaysia as consultant for the Islamic Social Finance space, who then reported the necessity of establishing an emergency fund to mitigate climate related disasters and to protect the lives and livelihoods of those most vulnerable. The FCDO, under the purview of the British High Commission, runs the Financial Services and Intellectual Property Programme (“Programme”) to strengthen economic growth by addressing poverty and inequality issues in developing Southeast Asian countries.

 

“The Programme is an international effort and operates in six countries which are Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It provides technical assistance to Malaysia’s Year 1 of the Prosperity ASEAN Economic Reform Programme through six workstreams: FinTech, Accounting Standards, Intellectual Property, Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime, Capital Markets, and Islamic Finance.

 

“Kenanga Investors recognises the importance of a firm driven by ESG considerations and goals, and social responsibility is a major aspect of that agenda. It is our responsibility, on behalf of asset owners, to generate positive environmental, social and governance impact through their investments. With this appointment, we hope to drive impact investing in Malaysia to new heights”, says De Alwis.  

 

For more information about Kenanga Investors Berhad, please visit www.kenangainvestors.com.my.

 

About Kenanga Investors Berhad 199501024358

We provide investment solutions ranging from collective investment schemes, portfolio management services, and alternative investments for retail, corporate, institutional, and high net worth clients via a multi-distribution network.

Most recently, the FSMOne Recommended Unit Trusts Awards 2021/2022, named Kenanga Balanced Fund as “Balanced – Malaysia” for the 3rd year, Kenanga ASnitaBOND Fund as the “Core Fixed Income – Malaysia (Islamic)” for the second time, while Kenanga OnePRS Conservative Fund was awarded the “Private Retirement Scheme – Conservative” title (3rd year).

At the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021 (Malaysia), KIB won overall best Malaysia Islamic Funds Group Awards (Equity) and Malaysia Provident Funds Group Awards (Mixed Assets). The Kenanga SyariahEXTRA Fund was awarded “Mixed Asset MYR Balanced – Malaysia” award for 3-years and 5-years in both categories of Malaysia Islamic Funds and Malaysia Provident Funds while the Kenanga Growth Opportunities Fund won “Equity Malaysia Small & Mid-Caps” for 3-years under the Malaysia Provident Funds category. Kenanga SyariahEXTRA Fund also won “Mixed Asset MYR Balanced – Malaysia” for 3-years and 5-years at the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2021 (Global Islamic). The Hong Kong-based Asia Asset Management’s 2021 Best of the Best Awards awarded KIB under the following categories, Malaysia – Best Equity Manager, Malaysia CIO of the Year, Malaysia – Best Islamic Fund (Equity), and Malaysia Best House for Alternatives.

For the fifth consecutive year, KIB was affirmed an investment manager rating of IMR-2 by Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad, since first rated in 2017. The IMR rating on KIB reflects the fund management company’s well-established investment processes and sound risk management practices. During the first half of 2021, KIB’s 20 largest unit trust funds outperformed its benchmarks for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods.

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