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HG Semiconductor Announces Key Management Appointments

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HONG KONG, Feb 7, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - HG Semiconductor Limited ("HG Semiconductor", together with its subsidiaries, "the Group"; stock code: 6908. HK) today announced the appointments of Dr. XU Zhihong ("Dr. Xu") as Vice Chairman and Executive Director; Dr. CAO Yu ("Dr. Cao") as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director; and Dr. CHEN Zhen ("Dr. Chen") as Executive Director, with effect from 6 February 2023. The appointments are expected to further strengthen the Group's third-generation semiconductor business. Dr. Xu, previously the managing director of CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited and general manager of the Financial Markets Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has extensive experience in corporate financial planning. He has received the honour of Special Government Allowances of the State Council as a National Expert, and also served as a committee member of the Financial Products Committee of the People's Bank of China and a council member of the China Urban Financial Society. Dr. Xu held senior management position of China Dive Company Limited (stock code: 300526.SZ) and DTXS Silk Road Investment Holdings Company Limited (stock code: 0...

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‘Strive and Rise’: Deloitte Foundation Hong Kong uplifts youth for brighter futures

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HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Deloitte Foundation Hong Kong has donated HKD1 million to support the Hong Kong SAR government's Strive and Rise Programme, launched timely to address intergenerational poverty by helping underprivileged children, particularly those living in subdivided accommodation, realize their potential.In addition to a financial contribution, 50 professionals from Deloitte China will join the program as mentors to boost the confidence of target students, build their life skills, guide them to develop personal goals and explore different development possibilities. The firm will also organize a range of group activities that provide mentees with diversified learning and development opportunities, including firm visit, job-shadowing workshop, and experience sharing by Deloitte's senior management.Deloitte China CEO Patrick Tsang says, "For Hong Kong to continue to thrive as a global city, now more than ever we need to build a caring, inclusive society, and enhance the upward mobility of our youths by fighting intergenerational poverty in our communities.""We are committed to playing our part as a socially responsible member of society ...

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SAF hosts Exercise Suman Warrior virtually with members of Five-Power pact

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SINGAPORE - The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has successfully hosted the 30th edition of Exercise Suman Warrior, and for the first time it was held in a virtual format. The multilateral exercise is held under the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA). It involved 132 representatives from the FPDA's member nations Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday (July 14). From July 5 to Wednesday, the participants took part in a command post exercise focused on the planning of land-based operations, the Ministry added. The annual exercise was not held last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Colonel Mohamed Feroz, Commander of the 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade and leader of this year's SAF delegation, said: "The conduct of Exercise Suman Warrior amidst the Covid-19 situation highlights the strong commitment of member nations to the FPDA as well as the resilience of the Arrangements. "The exercise also allows us to learn from one another and enhance interoperability among the armed forces of member nations." Apart from Exercise Suman Warrior, the SAF also regularly participates in other FPDA exercises s...

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Star Alliance, NEC and Sita Sign Teaming Agreement, Paving the Way to Expand Touchless Journeys Across Member Airlines

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TOKYO, Jun 16, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Frequent flyer program customers of Star Alliance member airlines will soon be able to use their biometric identity across any participating airline at any participating airport following a new agreement between the world's largest airline alliance, NEC Corporation and SITA. The agreement announced today is aimed at accelerating the availability of biometric self-service touchpoints across Star Alliance's member airlines while delivering a faster, touchless airport experience. Connecting to SITA's Smart Path solution, the Star Alliance Biometrics platform will be able to use SITA's shared airport infrastructure already available in more than 460 airports. Together with SITA and NEC's global presence, multiple biometric projects can be delivered in parallel, speeding up the availability of biometric passenger processing to Star Alliance's member airlines globally. This will be vital in enabling Star Alliance to deploy biometrics faster. A further advantage is the NEC I:Delight platform -- which allows passengers who have opted to use the service to be identified quickly and with a high-degree of accuracy, even on the move -- c...

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New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific

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The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Thursday, January 28, 2021) launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk groups. Published in Osteoporosis International today, ‘The APCO Framework' comprises 16 minimum clinical standards set to serve as a benchmark for the provision of optimal osteoporosis care in the region. Developed by APCO members representing key osteoporosis stakeholders, and multiple medical and surgical specialities, this set of clear, concise, relevant and pragmatic clinical standards aims to support national societies, guidelines development authorities, and health care policy makers with the development of new guidelines, and to encourage the revision of existing guidelines. According to the Framework lead author, APCO Chairperson, and Director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism Unit at Singapore General Hospital, Dr Manju Chandran, Singapore, APCO employed a 5IQ analysis and the well-established Delphi Consensus process to analyse the 18 clinical practice guidelines currently available in the Asia Pacific region, to inf...

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Former director of NUS East Asian Institute had behaved inappropriately with subordinate: NUS

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SINGAPORE - The National University of Singapore (NUS) has determined that a former director of its East Asian Institute (EAI) had behaved inappropriately with a subordinate by hugging her without her consent during a work meeting. In a statement issued on Tuesday (Nov 17), the university said that Professor Zheng Yongnian's behaviour "was inappropriate in a professional setting" and had breached the university's code of conduct for staff. He would have been given a written warning accordingly, but as Prof Zheng has left the university, NUS recorded the outcome of its internal review in its staff records, said the university. Various sexual harassment allegations involving Prof Zheng had surfaced in August and September on social media, with social media users, who identified themselves as NUS staff, accusing Prof Zheng of harassing them. In September, the academic, through his lawyers, categorically denied all such allegations, adding that his resignation from the university was unrelated to the allegations and complaint against him. The 58-year-old professor left NUS in September this year (2020) and is understood to have joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen as ...