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Sevens Atelier – Luxury Design and Build Consultancy, embarks on next phase of growth as a listed entity

Singapore, Jul 6, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Sevens Atelier Limited (the "Company" or "Sevens Atelier") would like to announce today its completion of the proposed acquisition of Sevens Creation Private Limited's Design and Build business. This will propel forward the Company's vision of a comprehensive and innovative Design and Build consultant for premium landed properties in Singapore. Headquartered in Singapore, Sevens Atelier taps on the expertise of a holistic in-house execution and advisory team, establishing itself as a premier Design & Build solutions provider with an innovative edge in the premium landed property space. The Company boasts a proven track record of notable design-build projects in prime residential districts, such as Orchard Rd, East Coast, Bukit Timah and Sentosa. Sevens Atelier is well-poised to build trust with its clients and continuously elevate their artisanal capabilities in the Design and Build space. As landed property prices in Singapore are expected to remain firm, if not experience an upward trend , demand for design consultancy services is also expected to face a corresponding increase, offering potential growth opportunities...

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ENNOVA Announces the Expansion of AUC Ecosystem through Mobile App ‘Tier’ and Crypto Exchange ‘LEO12’

Johannesburg, South Africa, NY, July 5, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – ENNOVA, the fastest growing blockchain service company in South Africa, announces that they expand the ecosystem of the AUC project. African countries actively used mobile money as a measure to improve financial inclusion, and as mobile money lowered the threshold for financial use and increased access, financial inclusion in Africa doubled from 23% in 2011 to 43% in 2017. In particular, according to the results of the FinAccess 2021 survey conducted to measure the nation’s financial use and inclusiveness, Kenya’s use of financial services through official financial institutions such as banks grew rapidly from 26.7% in 2006 to 83.7%. Mobile money is nothing new. Even before the pandemic, African countries were trailblazers in the industry. Per McKinsey, “Just over half of the 282 mobile money services operating worldwide are located in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Today, it is not uncommon for more citizens to have access to mobile money than a traditional bank account. What is even more impressive is that there is still ample room for growth. Per the Wall Street Journal, only 45% of the African population has an active cell phon...

Perfect Medical Announces Final Results for FY2021/22

HONG KONG, Jul 4, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Perfect Medical Health Management Limited ("Perfect Medical" or the "Company", stock code: 1830.HK), one of the largest medical groups in Hong Kong, together with its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Group"), is pleased to announce its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2022.Performance highlights-- The Company achieved a historical high revenue of HK$1.35 billion, representing a growth of 23.9%.-- Among the value of sales contract, aesthetic medical accounted for 66.0%, medical business accounted for 17.4% and beauty and wellness accounted for 16.6%.-- The Company achieved a satisfactory net profit of HK$305.2 million despite the impact of the pandemic. If excluding the government subsidies, the revised net profit after tax increased by 29.8%.-- The Company has expanded its geographical coverage to Hong Kong, China, Australia and Singapore, representing total service area increased by 39.0% to 322,000 sq.ft..-- Basic earnings per share increased by 2.1% to HK24.8 cents.-- To reward the shareholders' unwavering support, the Board recommended the payment of a final dividend of HK7.1 cents per share. To...

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EC Healthcare Announces FY2021/22 Annual Results

HONG KONG, Jun 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong, announces today its audited annual results for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2022 (the "Year").Business Highlight -- Sales volume achieved record high of HK$3,122.3 million, up 40.7% YoY-- Total revenue surged 40.3% YoY to a record high of HK$2,919.5 million-- Revenue from medical services segment increased significantly by 64.6% YoY to a record high of HK$1,689.0 million, boosting its revenue contribution to 57.9%-- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") increased by 35.0% YoY to a record high of HK$536.4 million-- Net profit after tax for the Year was HK$270.5 million, increased by 19.9% YoY, basic earnings per share was 17.1 HK cents-- The board of directors (the "Board") proposed final cash dividend of 4.2 HK cents per share, which together with the interim dividend of 10.2 HK cents per share, will bring the total annual dividend to 14.4 HK cents per share, representing an annual dividend payout ratio of 84.2%...

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EC Healthcare Signs Inaugural Dual-Tranche Sustainability-Linked Facility, The First-of-its-Kind in Hong Kong Healthcare Industry

HONG KONG, Jun 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce the signing of its first sustainability-linked facility ("SLL Facility") totalling HK$ 700 million with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ("HSBC") as sole lender and sustainability structuring bank. The inaugural dual-tranche SLL Facility is a first-of-its-kind for a healthcare services provider in Hong Kong, complementing the Group's established status as a leading industry pioneer and reaffirms the importance of sustainability in the Group's future growth strategy. The SLL Facility is comprised of a revolving credit and a term loan, and the proceeds will be used for working capital.The Group is committed to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and has developed a number of clear targets against each of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") elements. These include reducing energy consumption, increasing employee engagement, and achieving a globally recognized standard in relati...

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Sony and Honda Sign Joint Venture Agreement to Establish New Company, “Sony Honda Mobility Inc.”, to Engage in Mobility Business

TOKYO, Jun 16, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Sony Group Corporation ("Sony") and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda") announced today that they have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a new company to engage in the sale of high-value-added electric vehicles (EVs) and provide services for mobility. Today's announcement is the furtherance and result of discussion of a strategic alliance in the mobility field between the parties as announced in the joint press release entitled "Sony and Honda Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Alliance in Mobility Field" on March 4, 2022.The new company will aim to bring together Honda's cutting-edge environmental and safety technologies, mobility development capabilities, vehicle body manufacturing technology and after-sales service management experience, with Sony's expertise in the development and application of imaging, sensing, telecommunication, network and entertainment technologies, to realize a new generation of mobility and services for mobility that are closely aligned with users and the environment, and continue to evolve going forward.Sony and Honda plan to establish the new company within 2022 and to begin t...

GOGOX lands Hong Kong stock market with great potential for growth

HONG KONG, Jun 14, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - GOGOX HOLDINGS LIMITED, a major online intra-city logistics platform in Asia, announced the details of its proposed listing on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Group plans to offer a total of 31,200,000 Shares under the Global Offering (subject to the Over-allotment Option). The offer price is HK$[21.50] per Share. The Hong Kong Public Offering will commence on 14 June 2022 (Tuesday) and end at 12:00 noon on 17 June 2022 (Friday). The dealing of the Group's shares is expected to commence on the Main Board of HKEX on 24 June 2022 (Friday) under the stock code of 2246.The Group operates in more than 340 cities across five countries and regions in Asia, namely mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and India. According to Frost & Sullivan, the Group is the third largest online intra-city logistics platform in mainland China and the market leader in Hong Kong with a market share of 50.9%, each in terms of GTV in 2021. The Group owns and operates two highly-recognized, well-trusted brands: Kuaigou Dache in mainland China and GOGOX in other countries and regions in Asia. Its service offeri...

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Splyt and Binance Enter into a Partnership to Offer Ridehailing Services and Experiences on Binance Marketplace

London, UK, June 14, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) -Splyt, the superapp enabler, and Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, have partnered to offer over 90 million Binance users in over 150 countries access to ridehailing services and experiences within the Binance app. Through this partnership, Binance will become the first-ever cryptocurrency company to offer ridehailing on its platform. Once launched, users will be able to book ridehailing services and experiences on the Binance Marketplace, paying for these services in their favoured cryptocurrency. Furthermore, Binance users can seamlessly access and complete the transaction using Binance Pay, without having to download multiple apps and remembering several usernames and passwords. Splyt’s network of partners covers mobility in over 150 countries, and offers over 300,000 trips, tickets, and things-to-do worldwide. Its on-demand network is already accessible to billions of global smartphone users, through existing partnerships with Alipay, Grab, Booking.com and other leading superapps. Splyt reduces complexity for Binance and its other superapp partners by fully integrating on-demand services, natively supporting local lang...

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EC Healthcare Acquires Health Screening Services Chain, Further Expand Customer Base and Consolidate the Health Screening Market

HONG KONG, May 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group acquires 75% of the issued share capital of Mobile Medical International Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (the "Target Group") for a total consideration of HK$41.25 million in cash. The Target Group has a long-standing history in providing comprehensive health screening services in Hong Kong since 2002. As at the date of this announcement, the Target Group operates 4 health screening centres in Jordan, Causeway Bay, Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong, a medical center in Jordan and a laboratory in Lai Chi Kok supporting the medical laboratory testing works. According to the unaudited financial information for the eight months ended 30 November 2021, the profit after tax of the Target Group was approximately HK$6.5 million.Upon completion of the acquisition, the Group shall operate a total of 6 health screening services centers, covering New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, thereby further consolidating the h...

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Fujitsu Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Finance and Retail Industry

TOKYO, May 18, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu today announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the digital transformation (DX) of customers in the financial and retail industries with new services to be built on AWS. Under this agreement, Fujitsu will deploy these new services for customers in Japan and globally in AWS Marketplace(1). Fujitsu will additionally leverage AWS Professional Services(2) to help customers develop and operate new systems, as well as modernize their existing systems by using the breadth and depth of AWS services.Fujitsu signed an SCA with AWS to accelerate digital transformation in the mobility industry in May 2021(3). This new agreement, focusing on the financial and retail industries will create new offerings that are an integral new part of the FUJITSU Hybrid IT Service, Fujitsu's cloud service, and will allow Fujitsu to deliver a wide range of customers IT environments and solutions optimized for their needs under its "Hybrid IT" portfolio, which represents one of seven Key Focus Areas of Fujitsu's business brand, Fujitsu Uvance.Hirohisa Yamaguchi, Executive Vice Presi...

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Hitachi High-Tech and Invivoscribe Partner to Advance Molecular Diagnostics

TOKYO, May 10, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has entered into a strategic partnership (the Partnership) with Invivoscribe, Inc., a global provider of blood cancer testing kits and services, by undertaking a minority investment-based, third-party allotment of shares. The Partnership aims to accelerate the molecular diagnostics(1) and precision medicine businesses of both companies by combining Invivoscribe's technology, assay and bioinformatics development, global clinical testing, and international regulatory expertise with Hitachi High-Tech's core expertise in measurement and analysis systems technologies.In recent years, cancer treatments have begun to offer personalized medicine, in which genes and proteins are examined in detail and the treatment is tailored to the individual patient. In the medical field, there are growing expectations and demands for molecular diagnostics, including high-precision measurement devices that measure genes and proteins, and testing services that deliver highly reliable results to doctors and patients. These molecular diagnostic tests are being further developed as highly precise, sensitive, and affordable...

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Janco Announces 2022 First Quarter Results, Business Steadily Develops as Revenue Grows

HONG KONG, May 9, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Janco Holdings Limited ("Janco" or the "Group"; Stock Code: 8035), a comprehensive freight forwarding and logistics services provider founded and based in Hong Kong with a strategic focus on Asia, has today announced its 2022 unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2022 ("Period under Review").During the Period under Review, the Group's total revenue amounted to approximately HK$135.0 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.8%. Profit attributable to shareholders of the Group and gross profit amounted to HK$4.5 million (Q12021: HK$5.4 million) and HK$18.5 million (Q12021: HK$19.6 million) respectively for the three months ended 31 March 2022. Driven by the increase in shipment volume of orders from both existing and new customers during the Period under Review, revenue from ocean freight forwarding services rose by approximately HK$11.9 million. Revenue generated from ancillary logistics services increased by approximately HK$1.7 million. However, the revenue growth was partially offset by the revenue decline of air freight forwarding services and e-commerce fulfillment services. The decrease in gr...

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Propel Global Berhad Confident of Expansion Plans on New Structure and Fresh Cash Injection

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 27, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Propel Global Berhad is confident that the new corporate structure as well as the cash reserve resulting from a regularisation plan that will see it take over the listing status of Daya Materials Berhad on 28 April 2022 will support expansion plans for both the oil and gas (O&G) and building technical services businesses that the Group is acquiring from Daya Materials.Ms. Angeline Lee, Group Chief Executive Officer of Propel GlobalThe Group will trade under the stock name PGB and stock code 0091 from 28 April 2022 on the Main Market of Bursa Securities Malaysia Berhad. The listing of Propel Global follows the approval by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on 21 January 2022 of a regularisation plan for Daya Materials that had been proposed on 31 December 2020.Ms. Angeline Lee, Group Chief Executive Officer of Propel Global said, "We would like to thank stakeholders for keeping the faith with us on the corporate exercises that will conclude with the listing of Propel Global. We have seen the private placement representing 41% of our outstanding shares fully taken up by prominent investors and ind...

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Janco 2021 Audited Annual Results: Profit Attributable to Shareholders Surges by 54.5% to HK$17.3 million

HONG KONG, Apr 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Janco Holdings Limited ("Janco" or the "Group"; Stock Code: 8035), a one-stop freight forwarding and logistics service provider founded and based in Hong Kong with a strategic focus on Asia, announced its 2021 audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021 ("Year under Review").During the Year under Review, the Group's total revenue amounted to approximately HK$569.0 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 16.7%. Profit attributable to shareholders of the Group amounted to HK$17.3 million, a 54.5% surge relative to the same period last year. Gross profit increased by 18.5% to approximately HK$76.7 million for the year. Due to a rebound of the shipment volume to normal after a significant drop due to COVID-19 during the previous year, revenue from ocean freight forwarding services increased by approximately HK$34.3 million. As for e-commerce fulfillment services, its revenue increased by approximately HK$77.4 million, mainly attributable to an increase in orders from both new and existing customers during the year. However, the revenue growth was partially offset by the revenue decline of air freight f...

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Trofi Set to Launch Its Platform for Users to Access Crypto Products and Services

The platform is offering exciting new crypto wealth management products and services New York, NY, April 22, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Trofi (https://trofi.group/) is introducing a new user-friendly platform to provide crypto wealth management services and products, with an emphasis on bringing a variety of structured products to the market that are prevalent in traditional banking but not yet available in the crypto markets. “We aim to offer structured products that will help users to improve their investment returns based on their risk preferences,” said Trofi co-founder Andrew Lam, a crypto portfolio manager and an experienced banking professional who previously worked at HSBC New York and Hong Kong as an Options Trader, managing FX options risk for the Bank. “At this moment, there are a minimal range of products in the crypto markets compared to traditional banking. We aim to extend these products to the crypto markets, and we aim to build a one-stop-shop where users can have access to all products.” Lam added. More than just a crypto exchange, an all-in-one financial services platform Users can swap their crypto assets, earn interest automatically daily, and lock them in for higher...

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Colt Technology Services delivers higher bandwidth for AWS Direct Connect Hosted services

TOKYO, Apr 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Colt Technology Services has today announced that it can now support Colt On Demand cloud connectivity to AWS Direct Connect Hosted services, with speeds of up to 10 Gbps, for customers in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.10 Gbps connectivity was previously only available on AWS Direct Connect Dedicated services, but with this enhancement, customers can now connect directly to AWS Direct Connect Hosted services without having to use cross-connects, reducing their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increasing speed of delivery. Customers can also make use of different AWS virtual interfaces (private, public, transit).Initially launched in Europe last year, with this announcement, Colt is now offering the service in Asia (Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore), with high bandwidth of up to 10Gbps, in a fully flexible connectivity solution with Colt On Demand.The recent increase in hybrid working has also increased the need for flexible traffic control. Colt On Demand enables rapid network deployment to take full advantage of the flexibility of the cloud. In addition, bandwidth can be adjusted in real-time, according to the ratio of offi...

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EC Healthcare expects sales volume to increase 35% Y-o-Y to no less than HK$3 billion for the Year

HONG KONG, Apr 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the expected performance of the Group's sales volume for the Year ended 31 March 2022 (the "Year").Benefiting from the diversified business portfolio and continuous improvement in operation efficiency, the Group's business grew steadily against market headwinds. During the 104 business days of compulsory closure, the Group was able to boost sales in the local market and in Mainland China through proactive client engagement via online channel and e-commerce campaigns; stimulate cross-selling among different medical disciplines; actively expand anti-epidemic related medical services and complete acquisitions of certain medical establishments to expand the Group's market share in healthcare market. The Group also expanded business via organic growth and M&A so as to further consolidate its leading position. Despite the adverse economic conditions resulting from the fifth outbreak of COVID-19 with continuous travel restri...