SINGAPORE – News Direct – 19 July 2022 – Fellaz, a multi-chain Web3 entertainment ecosystem, announces the upcoming launch of their social media platform for artists and their fanbases. Through months of preparation, the Fellaz team has onboarded notable entertainers and pop stars from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the rest of the world.
In preparation for their launch, the Fellaz team held an exclusive opening event, ‘Fellaz by the bay’ on July 14th at Sentosa Island, Singapore. The platform’s Chief Producer, Felix (BAYC#8169) hosted the event and many notable investors and companies including Binance, Warner Music Group, Rakuten, GS Ventures, IDEG, JAB Consumer Fund, Norge’s Bank, Krust, Republik, Le Freeport, Coin Hakko and more were in attendance. The event revealed several famous K-pop stars, whose combined fanbases top several million. The event also showcased ‘Uptown Boy’, an original song co-produced by Fantagio and performed by Miu, Fellaz’s first metaverse-native K-pop idol. Lastly, the event coordinators held an auction for exclusive Fellaz merch to support a local cause in Singapore.
Fellaz has the ambitious mission of defining and paving the way for a Web3 entertainment ecosystem. The project will help users from the entertainment industry transition from Web2 to Web3 through a Web3-native infrastructure. Fellaz hopes to empower influencers, artists, and fans by providing them the tools to monetize their potential instead of using traditional Web2 platforms that rely on (and sometimes exploit) these fan communities for revenue.
In this new environment, artists and users will have shared ownership over their creations and derivations in the form of immutable NFTs stored on the blockchain. The platform will use a metrics-based compensation system to determine fan participation and contribution. This will lead to an incentivized and sustained fanbase, furthering the artist’s reputation.
Fellaz’s decentralized social media platform will feature individual feeds where artists can post images, videos, and audio recordings for their fanbases. Fans can comment, like, mirror (repost), and interact with their favorite artists. They can also purchase subscriptions, which give them access to premium content and platform-native NFTs called Lightsticks. Fans can gain experience points or XP, and level up their collection of Lightsticks by engaging in a set of actions that show their support. Since Fellaz is a S2E or support-to-earn platform, fans who level up their lightsticks will earn more $FLZ as they interact with their favorite artists. Fellaz is also a C2E or create-to-earn platform allowing artists to earn $FLZ by engaging their fanbase and subscribers with original and premium content.
Fellaz also plans on expanding its platform through a proprietary blockchain ticketing solution for both IRL and metaverse concerts, fan meetings, and other related events in entertainment and sports. In addition, Fellaz will be launching priority minting access to NFTs of their metaverse-native stars, limited-edition goods, exclusive airdrops from partners, a live chat feature, personalized NFTs for fanbases, and a leaderboard to rank artists much like Billboard does with music artists.
Bobby Bhatia, CEO of Fellaz, commented, “We look forward to starting our journey in the Web3 entertainment space and will do our best to nurture and cultivate a vibrant community of artists, influencers, and fans.”
Hashtag: #Fellaz
About Fellaz
Based in Singapore, Fellaz is a multi-chain Web3 entertainment ecosystem providing content production and distribution for the metaverse, an NFT solution for artists, and a decentralized fandom community infrastructure. Alongside its network of global partners, Fellaz is a one-stop solution and ecosystem designed to help businesses, creators, and fans transition into the Web3 entertainment space by taking the best from the metaverse, decentralization, and NFT blockchain technology and integrating them with original content and Web3 diversification.
About Bobby Bhatia Fellaz CEO, Bobby Bhatia, is a seasoned finance and technology professional, mentor, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of public and private investment experience. From FinTech to EdTech to financial services and blockchain technology, Bobby is a pioneer in digitally transforming and disrupting industries to create a more equitable world. After graduating from Duke and completing a Young Scholars program at Stanford, Bobby has worked in private equity throughout Asia since 1995. He also was the principal head investor at AIG, and Principal and Founding Member at JP Morgan Partners Asia. Moreover, Bobby is a board member at Palma Capital (Dubai), Bharat Light & Power (India), Livesports (Singapore), and Sentinel Capital (Singapore).
Consumers can look forward to exclusive gifts with purchase and attractive discounts during Danone’s Regional Brand Day on Shopee Mall.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 18 July 2022 –Danone, a leading multi-local food and beverage company building on health-focused and fast-growing categories; and Shopee, a leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, have announced the launch of “Let Wellness Take Flight”- Danone’s Regional Brand Day campaignon Shopee Mall. The 1-day joint campaign will bring Danone’s full suite of nutrition products to consumers across Southeast Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Happening on 23 July, Danone’s Regional Brand Day on Shopee will feature products from all Danone brands including Aptamil, Dumex, Alpro, as well as water brands such as evian and Volvic. Inspired by Danone’s vision of One Planet One Health, the campaign aims to motivate consumers to lead healthier lives and start their journey towards wellness.
Coupled with the increase in online demand for health and nutrition products, Danone aims to meet this need by partnering with Shopee to bring a greater variety of offerings to more consumers through Shopee Mall. Together with Shopee, Danone is committed to offering high-quality and safe products that benefit consumers’ health.
Deborah Chong, Global Head of eCommerce, Danone, said, “We have witnessed an incredible growth for our online business, including a 105% growth across Southeast Asia during the Shopee 12.12 Birthday Sale last year. With more consumers turning to e-commerce platforms like Shopee to seek convenient and reliable product options, we believe this collaboration will further scale our presence in the region. Prioritizing consumers’ health is crucial for us and we believe this regional campaign lets us show our care and appreciation for our consumers by providing convenient access to our products.”
Vera Saw, Country Manager Malaysia & Singapore added “We are glad to partner with Shopee on the Regional Brand Day in creating an opportunity for everyone to share our passion for nutrition, health and wellness. The campaign also provides consumers access to Danone’s full Specialized Nutrition (SN) portfolio for the whole family, which includes core milk products for children, pregnant and lactating mothers, and the newly launched Alpro plant-based milk in Singapore. With more people going online to shop for health products, the collaboration aims to support more families to make informed nutrition choices and discover products that support their health and nutrition needs.”
Underpinned by an upward trend toward e-commerce and a wide range of nutritional choices, Danone has provided consumers with the right nutrition choice for everyone’s needs. In line with the company’s mission as a purpose-driven company and to bring health through food to as many people as possible, Danone is committed to offering high-quality and safe products that have a positive impact on the health of consumers.
Pavan Challa, Director, Regional Brand Partnerships at Shopee said, “Shopee shares Danone’s belief in offering quality products that benefit consumers at a great value. With this campaign, we hope to empower shoppers to lead healthier lives through better nutrition, by sharing with them helpful health tips and great deals to stock up on the brands they love.”
On the campaign day, shoppers can look forward to a host of exclusive deals on Shopee Mall, including:
Dumex: ● Buy 4 Free 2 Promotion Packs* ● Free Shangri-la Staycation worth $370 with 12 tins purchase* ● 12-2am: Additional 2% off storewide + Flash Vouchers ● Flash Sales: throughout the day
Aptamil: ● Free Oasia Resort Sentosa Staycation worth $355 with 24 tins purchase* ● Free InterContinental Kids Afternoon Tea set worth $120 with 12 tins purchase* ● 12-2am: Additional 2% off storewide + Flash Vouchers ● Flash Sales: throughout the day
Alpro: ● Free Alpro Bamboo Stainless Steel Tumbler** worth $14.90 with min. $10 spend on any Alpro products
evian & Volvic: ● Free evian Thermal Tumbler** (worth $20) with purchase of $50 on evian and Volvic products on Shopee Supermarket
* Applicable for Dumex & Aptamil products, excluding infant and follow-on formula (0 to 12 months). T&Cs apply.
** While stocks last. Colours are randomized when given out
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Hashtag: #Danone #Shopee
About Danone (www.danone.com)
Danone is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing and on-trend categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-standing mission of bringing health though food to as many people as possible, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional, social, societal and environment impact. Danone has defined its Renew strategy to restore growth, competitiveness, and value creation for the long-term. By 2025, Danone aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain global B Corp™ certification. With 100,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €24.2 billion in sales in 2021. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others) as well as strong local and regional brands (including Aqua, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Mizone, Oikos, Prostokvashino and Silk). Listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX market via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability indexes including the ones managed by Vigeo Eiris and Sustainalytics, as well as the Ethibel Sustainability Index, the MSCI ESG Indexes, the FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and the Access to Nutrition Index.
About Shopee Mall
Shopee Mall is the region’s leading online mall offering one-stop access to a wide range of international and local brands and retailers. Shoppers can enjoy three guarantees delivered by Shopee Mall — 100% authentic products, free returns and free shipping. With always-on deals, entertainment and a robust loyalty programme, Shopee Mall offers an unparalleled online shopping experience and the best value all year round.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 July 2022 – The BusinessFocus Award Presentation ceremony 2022 was successfully held at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong on 8 July 2022 (Friday). The award honours technology inventions, innovative corporate initiatives and excellence service providers adapting to the “new economy direction” in Hong Kong.
As an affirmation to the achievement of business owners and their teams, the BusinessFocus Award 2022, with the theme of “Creating a New Direction for Our Economy”, has recognised 13 companies which performed exceptional dedication and accomplishments in striving for the best with innovative business ideas in the past year. The rewarded companies include:
Henderson Land Development Company Limited
Hang Seng Bank
Tencent Cloud
ORIX Asia Limited
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Limited
YOOV Internet Technology (HK) Limited
UMP Healthcare Holdings Limited
KPay Merchant Service Limited
Golden Emperor Properties Limited
Town Health International Medical Group
Igniting Capital
Innothrough Academy
CYOTC
Dr. Allan Zeman, the Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, Mr. Stephen Liang, the Assistant Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Prof. Terence Chong, the Executive Director of Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, as the honoured guests and participated in the ceremony with Ms. Cherry Liu, the Vice President of Business Strategy and Co-Founder of PressLogic hosted the award ceremony together.
Messages from Business Leaders & Academics, With Best Wishes to Corporations in Seizing Opportunities to Innovate
Dr. Allan Zeman, the Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, addressed his faith in the inauguration of the new governing team to bring a new ambience to society. Moreover, Hong Kong has gotten over a hard time in the past years, and he believes the current Chief Executive, Mr. John Lee will be working jointly with all sectors to embrace a better future for Hong Kong. In addition, he mentioned that he had contributed to suggesting the “result-oriented” approach raised by Mr. Lee earlier, and he believes that Hong Kong is moving toward a brighter future under his leadership. Besides, Dr. Zeman encourages business leaders to maintain enthusiasm for high quality service and innovative business initiatives as the COVID-19 precautionary measures would be relaxed soon. He added that he is optimistic about Hong Kong’s economic growth and progression especially with a huge potential market in the Greater Bay Area. Lastly, he wishes the corporations in Hong Kong a very prosperous future.
Mr. Stephen Liang, the Assistant Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, expressed his appreciation of the flexibility of corporations in Hong Kong during the pandemic to seize the opportunities that follow. He also pointed out that in society nowadays, you have “no cash with no tech”. Hence, he believes under the leadership of the new governing team, the cooperation between the Government, industry, academia, the research and commercial sector will be even closer and bring new opportunities to the Hong Kong economy.
Prof. Terence Chong, the Executive Director of Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, shared that it is difficult to create new economic directions, but he noticed that there are 3 crucial elements of the coming business trend, which are the people-oriented applications of technology, ESG strategies, and the quality of services and products.
Last but not least, Ms. Cherry Liu, the Vice President of Business Strategy and Co-Founder of PressLogic, stated that holding the BusinessFocus Award every year aims to motivate and recognize enterprises in Hong Kong for their resilience in the current challenging business environment and their contribution to the local economy. Besides, she added that Hong Kong is a place full of innovation initiatives and is the dream city for young entrepreneurs. She believes enterprises in Hong Kong will be continuously exploring different possibilities and creating more and more development opportunities, promoting the development of Hong Kong’s economy in different new directions.
The ceremony provides an unparalleled opportunity for honourable guests, business leaders and BusinessFocus team to share valuable insights, innovative technology ideas and evolving business strategies with each other. For more information on the award, please visit https://businessfocus.io/campaign/award2022
Rewarded Companies and Their Representatives:
Best ESG Planning Company Award Henderson Land Development Company Limited Mr. Johnny Yu – Advisor to Chairman
Best SME E-banking Service Award Hang Seng Bank Mr. Eric Chow – Head of Digital Delivery
Best Cloud Service Provider Award Tencent Cloud Mr. Steven Choi – Head of Tencent Cloud, Hong Kong & Macau
Outstanding SME Financing Bank Award ORIX Asia Limited Mr. Adrian Pang – Managing Director
Outstanding Commercial Innovative Application Award FUJIFILM Business Innovation Hong Kong Limited Mr. Alex Chow – Head, Solutions & Services Strategy
Outstanding Enterprise Cloud Solution Award YOOV Internet Technology (HK) Limited Mr. Philip Wong – Chief Executive Officer
Best Medical Service Company Award UMP Healthcare Holdings Limited Ms. Jacquen Kwok – Managing Director & General Manager
Outstanding Fintech Service Provider Award KPay Merchant Service Limited Ms. Kelly Tang – Senior Business Strategy Manager
Outstanding Overseas Property Agency Award – Thailand & Vietnam Golden Emperor Properties Limited Mr. Ivan Yam – Managing Director & Partner
Outstanding Integrated Medical Service Company Award Town Health International Medical Group Mr. Zhaogen Jin – Chief Executive Officer
Outstanding Venture Capital Institution Igniting Capital Mr. Kelvin Luk – Founder and Managing Partner
Best SME Academy Innothrough Academy Mr. Sam Sio – Co-Founder & Operation Director
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
About BusinessFocus
BusinessFocus, under PressLogic, is a fast-growing online business and finance magazine that provides managements, technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs with new business, investment, technology and entrepreneurial inspiration. Empowered by our patent AI analytic system, BusinessFocus crafts and distributes original strategic content to connect and inspire people. With over a million social media followers, BusinessFocus helps the brand marketers and corporations to engage with their target audiences and create impactful branded content with partners.
About BusinessFocus Award
The annual event was first introduced in 2021, the BusinessFocus Award recognises the exceptional dedication and accomplishments of enterprises in continuous contributions to innovative business development and growth in Hong Kong.
Clinical Trials in Canada, India and U.K. Confirm the Efficacy
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 July 2022 –Chemill Pharma Ltd, today announced the launch of a clinically proven and safe nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS), under the brand name VirX™ for prevention against the pandemic virus, in Hong Kong.Developed and patented by SaNOtize Research in Canada, the nasal spray, containing nitric oxide, can be delivered in small amount into a person’s nasal cavity, thus killing 99.9% viruses in the respiratory upper airways within 2 minutes. Its proven anti-microbial properties with a direct virucidal effect on SARS-CoV-2 help reduce viral load and act as a physical and chemical barrier to prevent viruses from incubating and spreading to the lungs.
The safety and efficacy of VirX™ has been proven in several clinic trials conducted in Canada, U.K. and India clinical trials from its innovator, SaNOtize showed Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) was a safe and effective antiviral treatment for SARS CoV-2. In the first 24 hours, NONS reduced the average viral load by around 95%, and then by more than 99% within 72 hours.[i]1
VirX™, the breakthrough antivirus nasal spray, is effective in preventing infection in nasal cavity, which helps stopping the spread of the pandemic virus alongside with other antivirus measures, such as vaccination, wearing mask and hand-sanitising.
Ray Tejsinghani, CDO of Chemill Pharma Ltd.,said, “As an enterprise our constant endeavour is to make an impact and help resolve existing health issues of the region, by bringing innovative drugs and medical technologies. Over the past couple of years, several variants of pandemic virus have impacted Hong Kong; and with the recent Omicron variant infecting in waves, it is important to have a strong and efficacious defence tool. We are pleased to partner with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and SaNOtize Research & Development Corp to bring the highly effective and safe VirX™ Nasal spray to fight the pandemic virus in Hong Kong.”
VirX™ retails at HKD 299.00 in select Mannings Stores in Hong Kong and selected ecommerce stores such as HKTVmall.com. It is an over-the-counter nasal spray that could be purchased conveniently and protect people’s health in various vulnerable situations, such as travelling, under quarantine and in crowded places.
[1]Winchester et al. J Infect. 2021;83(2):237-279.
Hashtag: #VirX #VirXNasalspray #NasalSpray
About Chemill Pharma Ltd.
Chemill Pharma Ltd. is an impact driven healthcare organisation committed to accelerate accessibility to affordable, innovative healthcare solutions. Ensuring sustainable health systems, by partnering with leading companies globally, to make best in class medicine available with disruptive technological advantages. Chemill Pharma is a leading importer, distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products and medical devices.
SaNOtize Research & Development Corp. is a Pharmaceutical company based in Vancouver, BC, commercializing the multi-faceted antimicrobial properties of a liquid producing nitric oxide. The company has developed and patented a Nitric Oxide Releasing Solution platform technology (NORSTM) to treat and prevent upper respiratory and topical infections.
About Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (BSE: 532296 | NSE: GLENMARK) is an innovation-driven global pharmaceutical company with a presence across Specialty, Generics and OTC businesses. It focuses on the key therapeutic areas of respiratory, dermatology and oncology. The company has 10 world-class manufacturing facilities spread across 4 continents and operations in over 80 countries. Glenmark is ranked among the world’s top 100 biopharmaceutical companies (Top 100 Companies Ranked by Pharmaceutical Sales, 2020, by In Vivo/Scrip 100) and among the world’s top 50 companies in the off-patent sector (Top 50 Generics and Biosimilars Companies ranked by Sales, 2020, by Generics Bulletin/In Vivo). The company was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), one of the world’s most respected and widely accepted sustainability benchmarks, under the category of emerging markets (2021) for the fourth consecutive year in a row.
Laos to produce more fertilizer and animal feed (Photo: ADB)
The government of Laos is urging private companies to invest in the manufacturing of fertilizer and animal feed in response to global supply chain problems.
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