China’s Nansha Injects New Impetus Into Opening-up And Cooperation In The GBA

GUANGZHOU, China, June 20 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — China’s State Council issued an overall plan to promote comprehensive cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao by further deepening opening-up in the Nansha district of South China’s Guangdong province, according to a circular released on June 14. Nansha will step up such cooperation…

Qianhai’s Optimized Business Environment Better Supports Hong Kong Women Entrepreneurs

SHENZHEN, China, June 20 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — On June 15, an event themed “Chinese with the Same Root; Carnival of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Hand-in-hand” was held in Qianhai, South China’s Guangdong province, and live-broadcast in Hong Kong and Macao simultaneously. Attended by Hong Kong female entrepreneurs from Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation…

CIMB and UKM kick-start Mangrove Conservation Initiative in Kuala Selangor Nature Park

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) — CIMB Foundation (“the Foundation”) has committed to plant 7,000 mangroves through its Mangrove Conservation Initiative, restoring mangrove canopy gap areas in the Kuala Selangor Nature Park (“KSNP”) over the next two years. In collaboration with the Institute for Environment and Development of Universiti Kebangsaan…

Automation In The Plantation Sector As A Long -term Solution To Reduce Dependence On Foreign Workers

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) will continue seeking solutions to overcome the manpower shortage in the plantation sector, especially oil palm. MPIC is aware of the woes faced by the Malaysian Estate Owners ’Association (MEOA) where a severe labour crunch of about…

Sumo Logic Named a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sumo Logic (NASDAQ: SUMO), the SaaS analytics platform to enable reliable and secure cloud-native applications, today announced it has been included for the first time and positioned by Gartner in the Challengers Quadrant of the 2022 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring…

Mythical Games Announces Partnership with Leading South Korean Gaming Publisher Kakao Games as Part of APAC Expansion

​​​​​​​LOS ANGELES, June 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Next-generation blockchain gaming studio Mythical Games has announced a partnership with Kakao Games, South Korea’s leading publisher of online and mobile games. Moving forward, Mythical will integrate and support the BORANETWORK – an affiliate of Kakao Games and its proprietary blockchain and layer…

Mediaocean Joins the TikTok Marketing Partner Program As A Badged Partner

NEW YORK, June 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mediaocean (www.Mediaocean.com), the mission-critical platform for omnichannel advertising, announced today that it officially joined the TikTok Marketing Partner Program as a badged partner. Mediaocean first announced its partnership with TikTok in September of 2021 and now offers self-service functionality to create, manage, and optimize ad campaigns…

South Korea’s SPC Group Set To Build Halal Certified Food Manufacturing Facility In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) — Paris Baguette Singapore, owned by South Korean food and beverage giant SPC Group, announced their first Paris Baguette Halal certified bakery manufacturing and distribution centre to be built in Johor, Malaysia. Dubbed SPC Centre, Johor, the construction is set to begin in the third quarter…

New Boyden Board Elections

New York, June 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boyden, a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries, announces the election of a new APAC board director, as well as the re-election of two current board members to retain their board positions. The newly elected…

EIG and Aramco Sign MoU to Extend Energy Collaboration

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) with Aramco to collaborate on future energy projects. Under the terms of the MoU, the parties will look to pursue investment opportunities in…