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Melco celebrates construction milestone with Studio City Phase Two topping out ceremony

  • Featuring a USD 1.3 billion extension designed by Zaha Hadid Architects
  • To offer one of Asia’s largest indoor & outdoor water parks, cinematic themed experience and family-oriented entertainment

MACAU – Media OutReach – 15 November 2021 – Melco Resorts & Entertainment, a leading global developer, owner and operator of integrated resort facilities, today held a topping out ceremony and unveiled the design concept for the highly anticipated Studio City Phase 2, scheduled to complete before end of December 2022. The Ceremony was hosted by Lawrence Ho, Chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, together with representatives from Melco to celebrate the new start of Studio City.

Mr. Lawrence Ho, Melco Chairman & CEO, is joined by Mr. Clarence Chung, Melco Board Director; Dr. Kent Wong, Chief Advisor; Mr. David Sisk, Chief Operating Officer, Macau Resorts and Mr. Kevin Benning, Senior Vice President, Property General Manager, Studio City, for the topping out ceremony of Studio City Phase 2.

Designed by renowned international architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects, the USD 1.3 billion Studio City Phase 2 complex further complements the integrated resort’s existing Phase 1, which features a modern interpretation of the rich detailing, bold geometries and craftsmanship of the Art Deco period. The thrilling new entertainment and leisure destination will offer one of Asia’s largest indoor & outdoor water parks, a six-screen Cineplex comprising two regular houses and four VIP suites, as well as a state-of-the-art MICE space.

 

Mr. Lawrence Ho, Chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, said, “Melco has a strong track record of contributing to Macau’s ongoing development as a world center of leisure tourism. Studio City Phase 2 reaffirms our ongoing commitment to the city and contributes to reinforcing Macau’s non-gaming proposition in Asia and internationally. We are grateful for the support of the Central and Macau governments during the project construction.”

 

Mr. David Sisk, Chief Operating Officer of Macau Resorts, Melco, said, “Since opening in 2015, Studio City has become a destination landmark in Macau with its unique entertainment theme and experience. The extension project will complement our existing offering of ‘next-generation’ world-class entertainment and further enhance the distinctive Studio City experience.”

 

With a total gross floor area of approximately 250,000 square meters, Studio City Phase 2 is located in the Cotai area of Macau, comprising two luxury hotel towers with 900 rooms and suites, a retail complex of over 21,000 square meters and gaming space of over 2,300 square meters. It has also been named winner of the ‘Regional Award, Asia’ at BREEAM Awards 2021 in recognition of its incorporation of sustainable building design, development and management. Studio City Phase 2 is progressing on track for completion before December 27, 2022.

Please click here to watch a timelapse video that reveals the construction of Studio City Phase 2, the thrilling new cinematically-themed entertainment and leisure destination in Macau.

Please click here to watch a video featuring Viviana Muscettola, Director of Zaha Hadid Architects, who shares details about the design concept of Studio City Phase 2.

About Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited

The Company, with its American depositary shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: MLCO), is a developer, owner and operator of integrated resort facilities in Asia and Europe. The Company currently operates Altira Macau (www.altiramacau.com), an integrated resort located at Taipa, Macau and City of Dreams (www.cityofdreamsmacau.com), an integrated resort located in Cotai, Macau. Its business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com), which comprise the largest non-casino based operations of electronic gaming machines in Macau. The Company also majority owns and operates Studio City (www.studiocity-macau.com), a cinematically-themed integrated resort in Cotai, Macau. In the Philippines, a Philippine subsidiary of the Company currently operates and manages City of Dreams Manila (www.cityofdreamsmanila.com), an integrated resort in the Entertainment City complex in Manila. In Europe, the Company is currently developing City of Dreams Mediterranean (www.cityofdreamsmed.com.cy) in the Republic of Cyprus, which is expected to be the largest and premier integrated destination resort in Europe. The Company is currently operating a temporary casino, the first authorized casino in the Republic of Cyprus, and is licensed to operate four satellite casinos (“Cyprus Casinos”). Upon the opening of City of Dreams Mediterranean, the Company will continue to operate the satellite casinos while operation of the temporary casino will cease. For more information about the Company, please visit www.melco-resorts.com.

The Company is strongly supported by its single largest shareholder, Melco International Development Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and is substantially owned and led by Mr. Lawrence Ho, who is the Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

#melco #studiocity #zahahadidarchitects

Germany Tightens Travel Restrictions for Visitors From Four Countries Including Laos

Laos added to Germany high-risk travel list

Travelers from Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Laos will face tougher entry restrictions to Germany after the four nations were listed as high-risk countries.

Azbil to Exhibit Cutting-Edge Automation Technologies and Solutions Online at Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP)

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 15 November 2021 – Azbil Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange Code: 6845) announced that it will participate as an exhibitor for the fourth consecutive year in Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) to be held from November 22 to 24. Azbil’s digital exhibition will focus on the company’s cutting-edge and energy-friendly automation technologies and solutions.

ITAP is the Asia-Pacific’s counterpart to HANOVER MESSE, the world’s leading industrial tradeshow, and is the region’s premiere B2B event for promoting Industry 4.0. Because the Asia-Pacific region continues to be a prime hub for Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, the event is designed to aid businesses looking to adopt advanced manufacturing solutions and technology, especially during the pandemic. This year’s theme of “Stepping Up Capabilities with Industry 4.0” is intended to help regional businesses start, scale and sustain their digital transformation journey.

Azbil considers ITAP as an important exhibition for the purposes of expanding business in Southeast Asia and further increasing recognition in the region. The company will feature its latest products under the categories of “Industrial Automation” and “Digital Factory.” At the online ITAP auditorium, Azbil will feature multiple presentations and past webinars. In addition, Azbil will introduce its new smart society-themed website through its ITAP showcase and present its latest technologies and how they contribute to a sustainable society. Visitors to the new website can learn more about products and solutions related to process automation, factory automation, and smart cities. The exhibition’s online business matching function will allow registered trade visitors to engage with Azbil representatives from offices in the region for potential collaboration.

 

The company will also provide online presentations and participate in a panel discussion on sustainability, as detailed in “Online Events” in the following overview.

 

Event overview

Dates

Monday, November 22 to Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Event

Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP)

Registration

https://www.gevme.com/industrial-transformation-asia-pacific—a-hannover-messe-event-2021-93910603/?promo=AZBIL

(Free registration for Digital Visitor Pass)

(10% promotional discount for add-on to Digital Conference pass)

Azbil Showcase

https://www.gevme.com/page/itapconnected2021-azbil

(Available from November 22 to December 24, 2021)

Product Showcase

Process automation

・Early Warning System for Time Series Data

Forecasts and visualizes future fluctuations important for safety management

・Control Valve Maintenance Support System

Improves efficiency of control valve maintenance operations with control valve management and online diagnostics

 

Factory automation

・Network Instrumentation Module Smart Device Gateway Model NX-SVG

Accelerates device integration into an IoT network

・Digital Mass Flow Controller Model F4Q

Shows control status at one glance and provides 1% SP accuracy over a wide range

Online Events

1 Digital Exhibition and Auditorium:

・(November 22 to 24)

 

2. Presentation:

Transforming to Control Valve Smart Maintenance with CV Diagnosis

・(November 23, 12:30 to 12:50 p.m. SGT)

 

3. Industrial Transformation Forum (Panel): Sustainability – Facing the Real Costs of Sustainability in Industry and What Needs to Change in the Status Quo?

・(November 22, 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. SGT)

 

Based on the Azbil Group philosophy of “human-centered automation,” Azbil is contributing “in series” to the achievement of a sustainable society and continues to build long-term partnerships with customers.

About Azbil Corporation

Azbil Corporation, formerly known as Yamatake Corporation, is a leading company in building and industrial automation, using its measurement and control technologies to provide customers with high value-added solutions to make their operations more efficient and sustainable. Founded in 1906, Azbil serves customers across the globe in a broad range of industries and aims to contribute to people’s safety, comfort and fulfilment, and global environmental preservation.

For more information, please visit https://www.azbil.com/.

#AzbilCorporation

Government Issues Regulations for Cryptocurrency Miners and Platforms in Laos

Laos has issued regulations on cryptocurrency mining and trading (Photo: Brian Wangenheim)
Laos has issued regulations on cryptocurrency mining and trading (Photo: Brian Wangenheim)


The government of Laos has issued new regulations governing cryptocurrency mining operations and trading platforms.

Social Impact Enterprise Kind Citizen Set to transform pandemic aids and the grey zones

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 November 2021 – In line with World Kindness Day, social impact enterprise, Kind Citizen, officially launches its marketplace platform that provides an avenue for contributors to pay it forward with holistic and essential gifts to a broader range of beneficiaries with its wide range of merchant partners in Asia.

 

Built in alignment with the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17, the tech-for-good enterprise is the result of two years of development and establishing partnerships with community groups, government and merchants, integrating them into a single platform to deliver lasting social impact.

 

The platform is a first-of-its-kind social impact marketplace rooted in the concept of paying it forward with holistic gifts beyond the basic needs, including essential lifestyle services, for beneficiaries at a time that is most needed for the individual. The platform aims to be all-inclusive by having a broader range of beneficiaries than the usual charity, such as frontline workers, mental health support staff, caregiver supporters, special needs individuals, single parents and ex-offenders. The platform hopes to be able to comprehensively support social inclusion, and motivate people to live well again in a timely way.

 

How Kind Citizen Platform Works


Already boasting a strong line up of community partners and retail merchants including Singtel, ComfortDelGro, Ez-link, Grab, merchants can list their food, lifestyle and essential items on the platform for contributors to purchase and pay it forward. Following which, community partners perform due diligence, managing the beneficiaries directly and according to the support they need.

 

Users can select the contributions they wish to make from their favourite merchants, or based on the top needed list on the marketplace app. They can then complete their orders similar to how they would any other e-commerce site, in addition to leaving their personalised kindness message. Subsequently, they will be notified when their Kind contribution is received.

 

Through its platform, Kind Citizen enables anyone to extend help in an easy, practical and transparent manner, and to demonstrate kindness to the invisible struggles of others. By providing accessible and timely help to often unseen groups of people (such as caregivers of elderly), Kind Citizen facilitates greater social inclusion to those who may have fallen through the cracks, especially in tough times during the pandemic.

 

To ensure transparency and the appropriate allocation of resources, Kind Citizen works with community partners including grassroots community development, local social enterprises, non-profit organisations, social service agencies and ground-up community projects. Through the consolidated efforts, any wastage or mismatch of resources is minimised, ensuring that contributions are well handled and accessible to beneficiaries who need them the most.

 

Kind Citizen is supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) Our Singapore Fund for Digital Readiness, and is also affiliated with a number of notable partners, including Singapore Management University’s Business Innovations Generator, its startup incubator. In addition, Kind Citizen is backed by venture capital firm, Quest Ventures, which focuses on digital commerce in early-stage marketplaces.

 

Mr Jackson Chia, CEO of ComfortDelGro Private Mobility Group, said: “ComfortDelGro is happy to be able to participate in Kind Citizen’s pay-it-forward initiative and we hope that point-to-point transport will be made easier for all who are in need, whether it is for their medical appointments or social outings.”

 

On partnering with Kind Citizen, Mr Nicholas Lee, CEO at EZ-Link, said: “EZ-Link is delighted to partner Kind Citizen to power the growth of social giving in Singapore. At EZ-Link, we strongly believe in building an inclusive society. Our EZ-Link Wallet credits enable consumers to make purchases conveniently for meals at hawker centres or make top-ups to their EZ-Link cards for their daily transport needs.”

 

Leading up to its timely launch this World Kindness Day, Kind Citizen, started by Founder and CEO, Bernice Tan, has been in the works for two years. The platform was developed closely alongside the UN’s SDG 17 goals, combining the need for strong partnerships between multiple stakeholders to aid in sustainable development, with the concept of paying it forward. Having been the beneficiary herself of generous contributors, Ms Tan aims to drive social impact with the use of technology through Kind Citizen’s digital channel.

 

Sharing her insights into the launch of Kind Citizen, Ms Tan said: “I believe that the spirit of helpfulness and unity has always been evident in Singaporeans. Kind Citizen aims to enhance the way Singaporeans can do holistic giving by providing the flexibility on a transparent platform that connects merchants, community groups and contributors. It is my hope that this will help people to see the good in everyone and provide companies with practical ways to advance their social responsibilities.” 

 

Alongside the aforementioned partners, Kind Citizen has more than 100 merchants on its platform to date, including Flash Coffee, Love Bonito, Huggs Coffee and Swensens, to aid a pool of over 3000 beneficiaries.

About Kind Citizen

Kind Citizen is a social impact marketplace with the concept of Pay-it-forward. The Tech-For-Good platform enables everyone to contribute meals and essential lifestyle services to complement nationwide community campaigns with a holistic and effective approach. Its primary goal is to create a new social inclusion movement where everyone demonstrates graciousness and kind understanding for the invisible struggles of others.

For more information, visit https://www.payitforward.com.sg/

#KindCitizen

Vientiane Capital Reserves Land for Smart City Development

Buddha Park in Xiengkhuan Village, Hatxaifong District
Buddha Park in Xiengkhuan Village, Hatxayfong District


The sale of land across 12 villages in two districts of Vientiane Capital has been prohibited by city authorities after greenlighting a Smart City project.

Justin Sun Is Invited to 2021 Milken Institute Asia Summit

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 November 2021 – On November 15, the 2021 Milken Institute Asia Summit kicked off at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. TRON founder Justin Sun has been invited to attend this event and will join in the discussion of “Crypto’s Continuing Chronicles”, one of the summit’s major sessions.

The Milken Institute Asia Summit, hosted by the U.S.-based non-profit think tank Milken Institute, is now in its eighth year. This three-day summit will focus on “the Power of Human Connection”. It will bring together senior officials, politicians, philanthropists, industry leaders, and academics across the world, including Gan Kim Yong (Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore), Jacqueline Poh (managing director of IDA Singapore), and Simon Birmingham (Minister for Finance of Australia), who will be discussing how to address the challenges that are looming large in the world. The key solution is to build a more sustainable, inclusive, and equal society by utilizing the power of human connection.

According to the conference program, over 20 sessions will be held, covering topics such as “Real Assets Investment in the Years Ahead”, “Crypto’s Continuing Chronicles”, and “Technology Changing Lives”. The session of “Crypto’s Continuing Chronicles” will be held from 13:40 SGT to 14:20 SGT on November 15 in Singapore, focusing on topics including supervision on crypto assets and prospect of the cryptocurrency industry. Speakers of this session include Justin Sun, the leading role of the blockchain industry, and Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer of Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Justin Sun is invited to this event because TRON, under his leadership, has been powering the blockchain sphere with its constant endeavor. Public statistics show that TRON is now among the world’s top three public chains and boasts over 610 million users with the number of transactions topping 2.5 billion. TRON is also the largest blockchain where stablecoin (USDT) circulates, with over 50% global market share and over $50 billion on-chain cryptocurrency assets. TRON has now formed a sound blockchain ecosystem, holding a leading position in the mainstream smart contract-based applications inlcuding DeFi, NFT, stablecoin, and distributed protocol.

Recently, TRON also rolled out BitTorrent Chain (BTTC), the first heterogeneous cross-chain interoperability protocol in the industry. It will provide global mainstream blockchains with practical scaling solutions and deliver heterogeneous cross-chain communication that is decentralized and free of trust, ushering in a new era of “connecting all chains”. It can be expected that BTTC will help TRON further cement its dominant position in the blockchain space.

Milken Institute Asia Summit 2021, one of the largest international conferences held in Singapore this year, brings together around 400 leading roles across the political, business, and academic fields to discuss feasible solutions to the raging challenges of the day. This year’s summit includes in-person meetings, virtual sessions and private roundtable forums on specific topics and will be broadcast live globally through its official channel.

#TRON

Covid Death Toll Reaches Over 100 in Laos

Vientiane Covid Update


Laos has recorded 826 new cases of Covid-19 today, with five new deaths bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 104.