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Yew Lee Proposes Bonus Warrants and ESOS

IPOH, Malaysia, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Yew Lee Pacific Group Berhad (Bursa: YEWLEE, 0248), an established manufacturer principally involved in the manufacturing of industrial brushes as well as trading of industrial hardware and machinery parts, today proposed to undertake a bonus issue of warrants and the establishment of an employees' share option scheme (ESOS) to reward existing shareholders as well as recognise contribution of eligible employees.Mr. Ang Lee Leong, Managing Director of Yew LeeThe proposed bonus issue of warrants will involve 1 warrant for every 2 existing ordinary shares in Yew Lee held by the entitled shareholders or the issuance of 266,217,800 warrants based on the total issued share capital of Yew Lee of RM67,530,363 comprising 532,435,600 ordinary shares as at the latest practicable date (LPD) of 3 October 2022.The proposed ESOS to be issued will not exceed 30.0% of the total number of issued shares for eligible employees and directors of Yew Lee and its subsidiaries.Mr. Ang Lee Leong, Managing Director of Yew Lee, said, "We want to reward existing shareholders for their support by enabling them to participate in warrants that come...

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Ni Hsin Obtains VTA Approval for Electric Vehicle Bikes

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Ni Hsin EV Tech Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Main Market-listed Ni Hsin Group Berhad (formerly known as Ni Hsin Resources Berhad (Bursa: NIHSIN, 7215), today received the Vehicle Type Approvals (VTA) from Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia under the Malaysia Road Transport Act 1987 for two models of its EBIXON Electric Vehicle Bikes (EBIXON EV Bikes) in the personal and commercial categories namely, the TAILG BOLD and TAILG TORQ respectively. Khoo Chee Kong, Managing Director of NH EV TECHNH EV TECH had on 23 March 2022 entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturing Agreement (OEM Agreement) with Dongguan Tailing Motor Vehicle Co., Ltd. (TAILG) for the manufacture of EV Bikes or EV Motorcycles as commonly known in Malaysia.Under the OEM Agreement, TAILG will manufacture the EV Bikes and deliver components, spare parts and software while NH EV TECH will assemble and test as well as run quality control and commission the EV Bikes in Malaysia.TAILG, established in China in 2004, specializes in R&D, manufacturing, sales and service of new energy electric vehicles. Its products cover electric bike, electric ...

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Moonstake to Attend The World’s First Staking Summit Hosted by Staking Rewards

SINGAPORE, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Moonstake is pleased to announce we will be attending the world's first staking summit hosted by the staking industry's leading data aggregator Staking Rewards on 8th November, 2022. The event sets out to gather the foremost experts and investors from across the industry, with big name speakers from Ethereum, Cosmos, Polkadot, and many more, to explore where crypto's rapidly growing $300+ billion staking ecosystem goes after the Ethereum Merge. Our advisor, Michael Burgess, will attend the event as a panel speaker on the topic of staking.The Staking Summit by Staking Rewards is part of Lisbon's Blockchain Month and it aims to tackle some of staking's thorniest questions as it advances towards institutional adoption, as well as validator and governance best practices, and behavioral insights. The event will comprise of keynote presentations, panels and discussion groups. It is sponsored by leading industry names such as Obol Labs, Luganodes, Tencent, Meta Pool, Allnodes, Ankr, Tenderize, GlobalStake, Sikka Money and Staking Facilities. The Staking Summit will be held at LX Factory in Lisbon from 9AM to 7PM, and limited to ...

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Clinical Research Opportunities in China and the Path to USFDA Approval – Whitepaper

SYDNEY, AU, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Novotech, the leading Asia Pacific biotech specialist CRO, and GlobalData have published the latest China biotech landscape analysis with expert guidance on pathways to USFDA approval for biotechs conducting research in China.Download whitepaper here https://novotech-cro.com/whitepapers/china-biotech-landscape-opportunities-china-and-path-usfda-approval The report was prepared for international biotechs considering China for their clinical research, as well as China biotechs conducting research in China, and the relevant processes required for USFDA approvals.Novotech's Vice President, Global Head of Clinical Services Dr. Yooni Kim said: "China presents exceptional clinical opportunities with vast populations and word-class research facilities and KOLs. This concise analysis of the pathway to USFDA approval expertly informs clinical stage biotechs about the China research benefits and how to manage any challenges. The report details the regulatory requirements for biotechs including NDA and IND processes as well as ex-US research guidance for a successful USFDA approval pathway. Novotech, with experienced clinical teams ...

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Asia’s education leaders to gather at EDUtech Asia in Singapore to discuss the digital future of education

Singapore, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - On 9 and 10 November 2022, education leaders, professionals and EdTech providers across Asia and beyond will gather in Singapore for the 7th Annual EDUtech Asia to share their successes, strategies, and plans for the future of education.Headlining the event are four inspirational international keynotes. Kiran Sethi, Founder/ Director, The Riverside School - Riverside Education Foundation & Founder, Design for Change - Global, India will highlight the importance of design thinking in cultivating a human-centered, collaborative and optimistic mindset, during her keynote, "Human by Chance. HumanE by Design." Founder and Chief Executive Officer of School of Humanity, United Arab Emirates, Raya Bidshahri will be exploring a practical vision of how we can reimagine and reinvent schools globally. Chief Economist of Asian Development Bank (Philippines), Albert Park will be alerting us to the current learning loss and learning crisis in Asia, and the urgent need for governments, schools, institutions, and the community to remediate these losses. Steve Isaacs, Education Program Manager, Epic Games, United States will be sharing...

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Honda Begins Sales of “Honda Power Pack Exchanger e:” Battery Swapping Station

TOKYO, Oct 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun sales of the Honda Power Pack Exchanger e: battery swapping station in Japan, with the first unit delivered to Gachaco Inc., a battery sharing service joint venture. Gachaco today began operation of the first mass-production model of the Honda Power Pack Exchanger e: in Japan.Honda Power Pack Exchanger e:Product website: www.honda.co.jp/mobilepowerpack/exchanger (Japanese)Honda is striving to realize carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities Honda is involved in by 2050. Electrification of mobility products, which is indispensable to achieve this goal, has three challenges that need to be addressed: short range, long charging time and high battery cost. By addressing such challenges with swappable batteries and their sharing service, Honda is striving to contribute to the acceleration of electrification and expansion of the use of renewable energy.Honda Power Pack Exchanger e: is a battery swapping station that simultaneously charges multiple units of Honda Mobile Power Pack e: (MPP e:) and enables smooth battery swapping for users of electric motorcycl...

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SCIB Announces Changes at Board Level

KUCHING, MALAYSIA, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Civil engineering specialist Sarawak Consolidated Industries Berhad (Bursa: SCIB, 9237) today announced Encik Shamsul Anuar bin Ahamad Ibrahim be redesignated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect.Encik Shamsul Anuar bin Ahamad Ibrahim, SCIB's new Independent Non-Executive ChairmanEncik Shamsul Anuar said, "I am delighted on the redesignation and I look forward to working even more closely with the team in our journey to transform SCIB to a better, stronger and more sustainable business through our expansion to Peninsular Malaysia and more recently, our exploration into projects in neighbouring Kalimantan, Indonesia.""We welcome Encik Shamsul Anuar as our new Chairman and look forward to working with him to grow SCIB. His experience in state-owned enterprises will be invaluable to us," Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SCIB, Encik Rosland bin Othman, said.Encik Shamsul Anuar, a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, was first appointed to the board of the Company on 1 September 2015. He is a membe...

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NFA promotes healthy eating to reduce food waste

Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The National Food Agency (NFA) has started a campaign to promote eating healthy and delicious food by providing recommendations for the composition of foods on the plate in order to reduce waste.Head of the National Food Agency (NFA), Arief Prasetyo (ANTARA/HO-NFA)NFA Head Arief Prasetyo said on Sunday that the campaign aimed to reduce food waste from the farm to the table, was initiated as part of Gelar Pangan Nusantara to mark the 42nd World Food Day.The campaign is encouraging people to fill one-third of their plates with staple foods (not necessarily rice), one-third with vegetables, one-sixth with side dishes, and one-sixth with fruits."Such composition is suitable to meet the standard of expected food pattern as well as energy sufficiency," he explained.The campaign is also advising people to eat at least one egg every day to increase their nutritional intake and reduce the prevalence of stunting in children, considering that eggs are nutrient-rich and affordable.As part of this year's Gelar Pangan Nusantara, people and stakeholders related to food have been invited to jointly help achieve food se...

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JCB and Trust Payments welcome increased JCB acceptance across 48 European regions

TOKYO & LONDON, Oct 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced a new partnership with Trust Payments, a leader in fintech powering truly innovative customer commerce solutions. JCB's growing community of over 140 million cardmembers will now be able to seamlessly make payments across Trust Payments' vast network of online and physical merchants, spanning 48 regions in Europe.Relied upon by over 20,000 businesses[1] - in retail, financial services, travel, hospitality, and other emerging verticals - Trust Payments empowers ecommerce and POS capabilities for their global merchants. This JCB and Trust Payments partnership will give Trust Payments' merchants more opportunities to generate higher profits and welcome new customers - by tapping into JCB's loyal cardmember community. JCB cardmembers are globally appreciated for their significant spend when travelling and transacting on digital platforms and in-store, both in Europe and beyond.As part of this partnership, J/Secure(TM) 2.0, JCB's cardmember authentication programme conforming to the EMV(R) 3-D Secure Protocol and Cor...

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Fujitsu launches “Fujitsu Computing as a Service (CaaS)” in Japan, new global co-creation partner program

TOKYO, Oct 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu today announced that it started to offer "Fujitsu Computing as a Service" (hereinafter CaaS), its service portfolio to deliver customers access to world-leading computing technologies via the public cloud to the Japanese market, with global roll out to follow in fiscal 2023.Figure 1: Overview over the CaaS service lineupFigure 2: 12 startups currently participating in the programFujitsu simultaneously launched the "Fujitsu Accelerator Program for CaaS," a new global partner program that aims to provide prompt solutions to societal issues including labor shortage in the logistics business, countermeasures to infectious diseases and the development of new highly functional materials by co-creating use cases on the CaaS platform with innovative companies such as startups.Fujitsu's new cloud services include "Fujitsu Computing as a Service HPC" (hereinafter CaaS HPC) as well as "Fujitsu Computing as a Service Digital Annealer" (hereinafter CaaS Digital Annealer) for developing and running simulations, AI technologies and combinatorial optimization applications. The launch also includes "Fujitsu Computing as a Service Tech...

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Asia Video Summit Returns in 2022 with a Focus on a Future of Growth and Sustainability in Asia

Singapore, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The annual marquee event of the Asian video industry, the Asia Video Summit (https://asiavideosummit.com), will return as a full hybrid event this year on 1-2 November 2022, with physical events in both Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as a live stream of all sessions to be made available on its interactive event platform. The Asia Video Summit is organized by Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) with Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor. The aim of the Asia Video Summit (Summit) is to tell a holistic story of the state of the video industry, looking at all aspects of it and articulated by its decision makers, to provide its delegates with a comprehensive view of the state of the video industry today. In the post-COVID-19 era, media and entertainment companies have been the darlings of Wall Street. This narrative has recently changed, however, and arguably irrational exuberance has given way to irrational pessimism. But is the streaming business model fundamentally flawed, or is this just a recalibration in an era of inflation and post-pandemic trauma? How...

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Helping to Grow the Work from Cafe Culture in Balestier

SINGAPORE, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - A newly-established co-working space with food and beverage (F&B) options is aiming to enhance and build on a work from cafe culture in the heart of Balestier, while allowing for hybrid working and interacting with communities within the vicinity.Located at 355, Balestier Road, Thank You Come Again (TYCA) is a social hub with a cafe and restaurant, and also presents a flexible workspace for residents around the area who have been craving for a comfortable location to call their own as they continue with remote working several days a week. Apart from just providing them a location to get work done, which also includes private work pods for conference calls and livestreaming, TYCA will also curate different kinds of experiences for patrons of the venue, which was officially opened on 22 October.TYCA, a lifestyle brand created by Cover Projects, which also started the Initial Residence - a service residence at the same location - will also offer F&B options ranging from breakfast all the way to dinner which is a mixture of Mediterranean and contemporary cooking.TYCA's grab and go provides convenience for people on go...

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Kitchen Culture’s Board, Acting on Legal Advice, Says 1 November EGM Called To Remove 5 Directors Is Invalid; Urges Shareholders Not to Attend

SINGAPORE, Oct 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. said today shareholders should not, and are advised not to, attend an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) called to remove 5 of 6 directors as the Purported Notices of the EGM attempted to be issued by 8 requisitioners, including its largest shareholder OOWAY Group Ltd., were defective and therefore invalid.The Board of Directors of Kitchen Culture said that after consulting 2 law firms, it had been advised that the Purported Notices had not been properly served to shareholders in accordance with the Constitution of the Company and did not give shareholders the 21 days' notice required. As such, the Company should not announce the Purported Notices and the EGM should not and will not proceed at 9.00 am on 1 November 2022 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel as proposed by the requisitioners."Any resolutions passed during any EGM convened on the basis of the defective Purported Notices of EGM would be invalid," said the Board of the SGX Catalist-listed provider of solutions and products for kitchens and wardrobes.As announced on 14 October 2022, the Board received letters, including the Purport...

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‘playNomm’ Appoints John Wainwright, a Maestro of Silicon Valley, as the Technical Advisor

Seoul, Korea, October 24, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – ‘playNomm’ (CEO Sung Uk Moon), NFT marketplace 2.0, announced that John Wainwright has joined the project as a technical advisor as of 29th September 2022. John Wainwright is one of the first-generation Silicon Valley computer scientists who has developed the pure object-based computer languages. After working at Kaleida Labs, a joint venture between Apple and IBM, John Wainwright served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Autodesk and Crowd Science. He is a world-class developer evaluated as an expert not only in technology but also businesses in the IT industry. He is especially well-known as a chief designer of ‘ScriptX’ and ‘3dsMAX’, the computer languages used to develop 3D animations such as the Sims, and the sale of the framework of virtual machine operating system to Apple. John Wainwright will provide technical advice on both the marketplace and the LeisureMetaverse projects. The NFT marketplace 2.0, playNomm, based on its self-developed LeisureMetaverse blockchain mainnet, has a goal of building 1 million DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) through carefully selected and created NFT projects. Along with improved ...

Kitchen Culture’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 1 November 2022 To Proceed as Planned

SINGAPORE, Oct 24, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Relevant shareholders[2] of Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. today announced that they wish to reiterate and clarify to all shareholders of the Company on the following:1. EGM to proceed on 1 November 2022, 9am as planned;2. Relevant Shareholders had on 14 October 2022, at about 5pm, informed Kitchen Culture of the requisition of EGM; 3. Notice of EGM on a major local English newspaper was published on the 16 October 2022 edition of the Sunday Times.4. To date (as at 24 October 2022, 6pm), Kitchen Culture has failed to announce the Notice of EGM, requisitioned by shareholders under Section 177 of the Company Act 1967, which is a clear breach of Catalist Rule 704 of the SGX Listing Manual; 5. Relevant shareholders do not need to send the Notice of EGM and Proxy Form to all Kitchen Culture's shareholders by post, due to current exemptions[3] related to COVID-19. This exemption was also applied in the previous Annual General Meeting of the Company held in March 2022.The Relevant shareholders said, "We encourage all shareholders of Kitchen Culture to vote at the EGM, either in person on 1 November 2022 (9am), or by proxy by 30 O...

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MU:CON 2022 Opens Successfully with Showcase Videos to be Released

Seuol, Korea, October 24, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – The 2022 Seoul International Music Fair opened offline for the first time in three years on Nodeul Island from October 19 to 21, and was successfully completed. This year is the 11th MU:CON, and it is Korea’s largest global music market hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency. It was held for three days on Nodeul Island and online, with various global music business programs such as showcase, business workshop, and biz matching. In the MU:CON Biz Matching program, 40 showcase musicians and 5 music tech companies met with the music industry officials from 30 countries, including Mexico, the United States, Thailand, and Australia, and shared their know-how and experiences to revive the music industry that has been normalized after the pandemic. In particular, the open session was broadcast on YouTube live streaming so that anyone could participate, and it drew a lot of attention. At the MU:CON Showcase, 40 teams of participating musicians from various genres and 11 teams of guest musicians performed spectacular stages for three days to communicate with music fans who visite...

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JCB, IDEMIA and Soft Space launch JCBDC pilot to test CBDC in-store payments

TOKYO & PARIS & KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Japan's only international payment brand JCB Co., Ltd. ("JCB") has launched "JCBDC" (JCB Digital Currency) pilot project with identity technologies no. 1 IDEMIA and the world's leading fintech company Soft Space Sdn. Bhd. ("Soft Space"). JCBDC pilot will develop a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) payment solution and conduct a pilot test with Tokyo merchants.Over the past few years, central banks in many countries and regions have been testing CBDCs that should soon be widely accepted by consumers and merchants. However, merchants might be reluctant to accept them, and mass-market rollout may be held up by people without smartphones, like children and the elderly, who could find the user interfaces and payment systems hugely challenging.As a result, JCB will have CBDC acceptance tested using existing JCB Contactless (JCB's EMV(R) based contactless payment) merchants, POS terminals and plastic card-based user interfaces, with guidance from IDEMIA and Soft Space.JCB, IDEMIA and Soft Space will conclude payment system development by late 2022 and conduct the pilot test with Tokyo merchants unti...

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NEC launches worldwide pre-sales of hearable device through Makuake Global

TOKYO, Oct 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has globally released a new device that uses ear acoustic biometric authentication to identify individuals and prevent unauthorized use of devices. The "Hearable Device" was jointly developed with Foster Electric Company, Limited, and was made available from October 21 through "Makuake Global," a service to support pre-ordering provided by Makuake, Inc.In 2020, when the Hearable Device first became available in Japan, it immediately achieved its sales target approximately 2 hours after its release. As a result, it was nominated for "Makuake Of The Year 2021," which is awarded to projects for story, topic, number of supporters and pre-ordering totals. In addition to the existing ear acoustic authentication, speech active noise canceling and sensors that were already installed, this new model is equipped with functions that acquire biometric information (ear canal surface temperature and pulse related information) from ears, thereby enabling a new way to verify personal authentication. Moreover, it provides an SDK for application development, which makes it possible for users to independently develop...

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Three Partners to Jointly Undertake Proof of Concept (PoC) Applying “CO2NNEX”, a Digital Platform for CO2 Accounting across its Supply Chain for Synthetic Methanes

TOKYO, Oct 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), and IBM Japan, Ltd. have agreed to jointly conduct a Proof of Concept (PoC) of a system enabling visualization of the environmental value of synthetic methane, in the context of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across the entire supply chain. The system will make use of CO2NNEX, a digital platform for visualizing the CO2 supply chain being developed by MHI and IBM Japan targeted at visualization and optimization of synthetic methane's environmental value. In undertaking the PoC, the three partners will also exchange views with the Japan Gas Association, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Toho Gas Co., Ltd., and INPEX Corporation aiming for increased adoption of synthetic methane and the establishment of its environmental value.Today, discussions are underway concerning methods for counting and using CO2 in the context of CCU (carbon dioxide capture and utilization: with the captured CO2 used in the manufacture and usage of fuels, chemicals, building materials, etc.), including methanation, and studies are going forward into the application of the accounting methods to the use of s...

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Mr. Chow Bok Hin Felix was appointed as the new director of ASTRI

HONG KONG, Oct 24, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Niche-Tech Semiconductor Materials Limited ("Niche-Tech Semiconductor" or the "Company", with its subsidiaries collectively referred as the "Group"; HKEx Stock Code: 8490.HK), a leading semiconductor packaging materials manufacturer, is pleased to announce that Mr. Chow Bok Hin Felix, Executive Chairman and Executive Director of the Company, was appointed as the new director of The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute ("ASTRI") for the period from 21 October 2022 to 20 October 2024.ASTRI is an institute founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI's core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under four Technology Divisions: Trust and AI Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies and Integrated Circuits and Systems. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, Re-Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse. As of 2021/22, AST...