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1. Huawei Highlights Continuous Innovation, Securing Competitive Edge Through Technological Breakthroughs
October 4, 2026
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Richard Yu joined Huawei in 1993, working on early developments like the first-generation program-controlled switch and participating in the establishment of Huawei’s wireless communications business, which started with GSM. Over the past decade, Yu has led Huawei’s consumer business with the vision to deliver a seamless AI life experience to all consumers across five key scenarios: HIMA-powered Smart Travel, HarmonyOS Office, Smart Home, Fitness & Health, and Entertainment, which he said is also the long-term strategy for Huawei’s consumer business over the next 10 years.
Between 2007 and 2025, Huawei invested more than CNY1.8 trillion into R&D shifting from roughly 10% of annual revenue in early years to over 20% recently. Huawei has continued to increase investment into the core technologies of the ICT domain and basic research, which has translated into robust core capabilities, extensive intellectual property, and a vast patent portfolio, and helped with achieving a series of breakthroughs in technological innovation.
The Mate 90 series smartphones Huawei just launched come with the latest Kirin 9050 Pro chip. The overall device performance is 31% higher than the previous generation. The Balong modem, image sensor processor (ISP), mobile security processor (MSP), Lingxi CPU, Maleoon GPU, and the NPU that adopts Huawei’s Da Vinci architecture for AI processing are all designed by Huawei. They offer higher energy efficiency and deliver much-improved overall system-level performance.
Even though Yu admitted that Huawei has limited access to advanced semiconductor processes, Huawei recently made a new breakthrough in the semiconductor domain – the LogicFolding technology under the Tau Scaling Law. Unveiled by He Tingbo, head of Huawei’s Semiconductor Business Department this May, this technology vertically stacks the logic layers of chips and restructures the circuit layout through inter-layer high-density interconnect to shorten critical paths and reduce latency. This technology was adopted on Kirin 9050 Pro chip, which shows very strong AI processing power. The Mate 90 series powered by this chip can run a 30B MoE on-device AI model.
In the AI domain, Yu talked about the Ascend compute foundation that Huawei provides, by remarking Huawei’s large models called openPangu, AI capabilities for intelligent driving, and HarmonyOS Celia, which is similar to Gemini in the Google Android ecosystem. Huawei is also using AI to improve the O&M of communications network equipment. By combining AI computing power with domestic open-source large models, Huawei’s vision is to help enterprises and industries around the world to become more productive and bringing more convenience to everyone.
In the past years, Huawei has launched a broad series of products and solutions, including smartphones, PCs, tablets, wearables, TWS audio products, Smart TVs, home routers, smart home control solutions, as well as intelligent electric vehicles together with partners. Underlying these products and solutions are Huawei’s chip hardware platform and HarmonyOS – another OS ecosystem after iOS from Apple and Android from Google that Huawei developed to support all the smart devices and smart hardware across all scenarios.
Development of HarmonyOS began in 2019. Before that, Huawei was a major contributor to the Android community as well as the entire Android ecosystem. Now, more than 90 million devices, including smartphones, PCs, and tablets, currently run on HarmonyOS 6 and HarmonyOS 7. This figure is expected to hit the 100 million mark by the end of this year. The number of apps and services in the HarmonyOS ecosystem has already exceeded 450,000. Its global registered developer count has reached 11 million, and Huawei now has over 23,000 app innovation partners. Expressing his special thanks to all partners and developers for their trust and support, Yu also pointed out that Huawei is considering gradually bringing HarmonyOS to the global market in the future.
Globalization is another topic of the conversation. Yu mentioned that Huawei had very good collaboration with many companies from the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, delivering huge business value and benefits to those partners. When it comes to the difficulties that Huawei overcame since 2019, Yu said that relying on homegrown technologies and capabilities, Huawei gradually designed its own operating system and developed basic tools and software by themselves, putting a domestic supply chain in place. In 2023, Huawei started to manufacture the chips used by smartphones domestically again. With these chips and HarmonyOS, and by relying on China’s domestic supply chain, materials, and process nodes, Huawei has basically gotten rid of the dependence on US technologies.
While Huawei’s global market share was once No. 1, nowadays it only sells several million units of smartphones outside China every year. However, Yu revealed that Huawei is trying to return to the overseas market step by step.
Taking wearables as an example, Huawei is No. 1 in terms of the market share both in China and globally. Other innovative products such as TWS earphones, are also growing fast and have reached No. 1 in many countries. While Huawei’s tablet and PC business was greatly affected after it was denied access to Windows and Intel x86 chips, the HarmonyOS-based tablets are now performing strongly. Another example would be CPE, which is a mobile router that provides connectivity to the unconnected in remote and rural areas. These products are also very well received across many regions outside China, helping more people connect to the rest of the world and live better lives.
Question: Both the Huawei XT 2 and the two most advanced models of the Mate 90 series use a LogicFolding chip. Will LogicFolding chips be used for more phones in the future? We understand that Huawei’s chip production capacity is still limited. Huawei has launched SuperPoDs, and AI infrastructure is a huge business. They are both very important in China. How do you secure a larger share of the chip supply internally?
Richard Yu: We started introducing the chip that adopts the LogicFolding technology powered by the Tau Scaling Law to the Mate XT 2 tri-fold phone. To answer your question, yes, more of our phones will definitely use these LogicFolding chips in the future.
Currently, the production capacity for advanced semiconductors in China still cannot meet the rapidly growing demand. Huawei’s Ascend chips for the AI domain also use such capacity. But we have developed a requirement plan, which also covers the chip requirements of smartphones.
The sharp price increase for memory components over the past two years has somewhat limited the smartphone sales volume. Even though the production capacity remains tight right now, generally it is sufficient to meet our market shipment needs.
We hope that production capacity will ramp up in China’s semiconductor industry so that we can manufacture more advanced products for consumers in the Chinese market as well as the overseas market in the future.
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2. HKIS – Quantity Surveying Division Conference 2026
October 4, 2026
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Transforming QS Practice in a New Era: Integrating Digital Construction, Collaborative Contracting and Payment Security
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 3 October 2026 – The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) Quantity Surveying Division hosted the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division Conference 2026 (the Conference) today at the CIC-Zero Carbon Park.
This year’s theme, “Transforming QS Practice in a New Era: Integrating Digital Construction, Collaborative Contracting and Payment Security”, reflects the evolving role of Quantity Surveyors during a time of economic restructuring.
The Conference brought together around 200 participants both in person and online, including government officials, industry leaders, professionals, academics, and young practitioners.
Mr LAU Chun Kit, Ricky, JP, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) for Development Bureau of the HKSAR Government, attended as the Guest of Honour and delivered a keynote speech.
Quantity Surveyors are trained professionals with expert knowledge of construction costs and contracts who play a crucial role throughout the project development cycle, from investment feasibility studies and procurement strategy to commercial governance, contract administration, and dispute management. The seminar aims to explore how, amidst the ever-changing landscape of the digital revolution and the implementation of new legislation, quantity surveyors can evolve from their traditional roles in contract and cost management into enablers who drive successful value creation in construction projects.
Mr. LAU Chun Kit, Ricky, JP, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, said: “The theme of this year’s conference is both timely and visionary. The Conference serves as a strategic platform for surveying practitioners and professionals to exchange insights, explore best practices, and formulate a collective vision for the future of the surveying profession. The insights and best practices generated will not only contribute in advancing the role of surveying profession in the new era, but also reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as a leader in construction excellence.”
The conference featured 20 distinguished speakers from Hong Kong Government bureaux and departments, the private sector, academia, professional institutions, and law firms to share their insights and best practices in the quantity surveying field. Through thought-provoking discussions, the event not only enhanced participants’ technical knowledge but also catalyzed long-term cross-sector collaboration, empowering the industry to continuously deliver highly efficient and resilient built assets in the future.”
Sr WAN Wai Ming, Tony, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, noted in his welcome speech, “As the construction landscape undergoes profound shifts, quantity surveyors are evolving from traditional cost guardians into strategic value architects. Under this year’s theme, we gather to explore emerging challenges, tackle critical issues, and seize new opportunities. Together, we redefine our professional identity, share actionable insights, and shape a forward-looking roadmap for the quantity surveying industry in Hong Kong.”
Sr TING Yuen Chun, Eric, Chairman of the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division, acknowledged that the built environment is facing increasingly complex social and economic pressures. He emphasised that these challenges serve as an important reminder that, while technology is a vital enabler of progress, built-environment professionals must continue to apply their expertise and professional judgement, while strengthening collaboration across disciplines, to navigate change and deliver sustainable value to society.
Sr WONG Kin Yan, Winnie, Organising Committee Chair of the Conference stated in her closing remarks, “Developments in Collaborative Contracting, Digital Construction, and Payment Security present an opportunity for our profession to evolve beyond traditional cost management.
Today’s quantity surveyors are increasingly called upon to serve as trusted advisers, driving collaboration, leading digital transformation, and championing transparency and fairness across the entire project lifecycle. By embracing these changes, we can continue to play a pivotal role in delivering sustainable, resilient and high-performing built assets for our community.”
List of Speakers (in order of presentation delivery)
Keynote Speech by Guest of Honour
- Mr LAU Chun Kit, Ricky, JP, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, HKSARG
Session 1: Collaborative Contracting
- Mr LEUNG Lap Ki, Francis, Team Leader (Trade & Procurement), Development Bureau, HKSARG
- Sr CHOI Wing Chung, Hayman, Project Strategy and Delivery Leader (Asia), Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited
- Ir LEUNG Cheuk Lun, NEC Strategic Advisor, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSARG
- Ir WANG Yan Hua, Chairman and Managing Director, China Road and Bridge Corporation (Hong Kong)
- Sr Yau Wan Fong, Deputy Director, WT Partnership (HK) Limited
Session 2: Digital Construction
- Mr WU Jin Ying, Technical Officer, Glodon (Hong Kong) Software Limited
- Mr Elvis LI, CEO, isBIM Limited
- Ir NG Chun Keung, CEO, dRoW Limited
- Mr Put HUI, Senior Digital Transformation Lead, Innovative Technology, Gammon Construction Limited
- Mr Ronald CHAN, Head of Sustainability for APAC, Currie & Brown
- Sr Sunny CHOI, Chairman of Digitalisation Sub-committee, Quantity Surveying Division, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors; Past Chairman of Quantity Surveying Division, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (2021-2023)
- Sr Dr Paul HO, Past Chairman of Quantity Surveying Division, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (2005-2006)
Session 3: Payment Security
- Sr Tommy CHAN, Executive Director, Arcadis Hong Kong Limited
- Cr Sr Ir ZA Wai Gin, Tony, Executive Director, Hip Hing Construction Co., Ltd.
- Sr Hinson CHEUNG, Partner, Pinsent Masons
- Sr Terry CHAK, Director of North Asia Region, Rider Levett Bucknall Limited
- Sr TT CHEUNG, BBS, JP, Past President, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
- Sr CHONG Lui Chuen, Executive Committee Member, CSHK Professional Committee
- Mr Eric CHUNG, Barrister-at-Law, Pacific Chambers
- Sr Prof LEUNG Hing Fung, Professor and Head, Department of Law and Business, Hong Kong Shue Yan University; Adjunct Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong; Barrister-at-law, Arbitrator and Mediator
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Conference booklet is downloadable here
High-resolution event photos are downloadable here
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| 001 Mr Ricky LAU, JP, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, HKSARG, was invited as the Guest of Honour. |
| 002 Sr Tony WAN, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, delivered the welcome speech. |
| 003 Sr Eric TING, Chairman of the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division, delivered the opening speech. |
| 004 Mr LEUNG Lap Ki, Francis, Team Leader (Trade & Procurement), Development Bureau, HKSARG, delivered a keynote speech. |
| 005 Ir LEUNG Cheuk Lun, NEC Strategic Advisor, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSARG, delivered a speech. |
| 006 The event received extensive support from the government and industry.
Second Row: From left to right: Dr Ada TSANG, Lecturer, Department of Construction and Quality Management, Hong Kong Metropolitan University; Cr Amanda WONG, Council Member, Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers; Ar Stephen HO, Honorary Secretary, The Hong Kong Institute of Architects; Prof Ling Kar-kan, SBS, Chairman, Hong Kong Housing Society; Mr Kelvin NG, Assistant Director/Technical, Highways Department; Sr Andrew LAM, Assistant Director (Project) 2, Housing Department, HKSARG; Sr Winnie WONG, Organising Committee Chair of the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division Conference 2026; Sr Tony WAN, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors; Mr Ricky LAU, JP, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, HKSARG; Sr Eric TING, Chairman of the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division; Mr Arthur LEE, Deputy Director/Regulatory Services, Electrical & Mechanical Services Department, HKSARG; Mr Samson LAM, Assistant Director/Sewage Services, Drainage Services Department, HKSARG; Ir Prof Thomas HO, JP, Chairman, Construction Industry Council; Sr Amelia FOK, Chairman, The Association of Consultant Quantity Surveyors; Ir Prof Michael YAM, Head of Department and Professor, Department of Construction Management and Intelligence, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Sr Renee CHAN, Senior Lecturer, Department of Design and Architecture, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong First Row: Past Presidents of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and Council Member of the Quantity Surveying Division, the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors |
| 007 Sr Winnie WONG, Organising Committee Chair of the HKIS Quantity Surveying Division Conference 2026, delivered closing remarks. |
| 008 The Conference gathered around 200 industry professionals, participating in person and online. |
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HKIS work includes setting standards for professional services and performance, establishing codes of ethics, determining requirements for admission as professional surveyors, and encouraging members to upgrade skills through continuing professional development.
The Institute has an important consultative role in government policy making and on issues affecting the profession. We have advised the government on issues such as building safety and unauthorized building works, problems of property management, town planning and development strategies, construction quality, construction costs and housing problems. We have also issued guidance notes on floor area measurement, real estates valuation and land boundary survey, etc.
We have an established presence in the international arenas, have overseas connections, and have entered into reciprocal agreements with professional surveying and valuation institutes in Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Mainland China recognizing the counterpart’s member’s qualifications. In addition, HKIS is a member of various leading international surveying organisations.
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3. Chinese media praises Shanghai Electric’s latest Malaysian project: a step forward for China’s high-end power equipment in overseas markets
October 4, 2026
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Caption:Shanghai Electric’s heavy-duty gas turbine makes its overseas debut
The deal is seen as a milestone in the international commercialization of China’s heavy-duty gas turbine technology, CNS said in a news report issued on Sept. 29.
According to the report, Shanghai Electric will provide a complete package of major equipment for the 500-megawatt-class power plant, including gas and steam turbines, generators, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and an air-cooled system.
It will also serve as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor and provide long-term lifecycle services covering the major equipment,.
“This is not simply an equipment export, but a substantive breakthrough for China’s heavy-duty gas turbines in international commercial competition,” Li Wenkai, deputy head of the Power Generation Engineering Consultancy Department under the China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute, quoted as saying by CNS.
Meanwhile, Shanghai Electric is also providing an integrated solution, with the core equipment manufactured within its own industrial system and coordinated under a unified project framework, CNS said.
Unlike projects that combine equipment from multiple suppliers, this model reduces the need for owners or EPC contractors to coordinate interfaces, technical parameters and control systems across different vendors. It also brings responsibility, technical interfaces, performance guarantees and project management under a unified framework, said the report.
“The Malaysian market is a mature commercial market, where clients make equipment selections based on technology, delivery and full lifecycle costs,” Liu Zhitan, deputy director of the Gas Turbine Power Generation Specialized Committee of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, told CNS.
The successful bid means Shanghai Electric’s gas turbine products and integrated solutions are beginning to undergo commercial validation in a mature overseas market, Liu said.
Shanghai Electric has built up a presence in Malaysia through a range of energy projects, including the 2×300-megawatt Balingian coal-fired power plant, renewable energy projects in Selangor and the TG12 renewable energy project. In Sarawak, it has also completed a 106-kilometer, 500-kilovolt transmission line and built the state’s first off-grid microgrid project.
Such a local footprint provides an important foundation for the company to introduce core equipment into overseas markets, while strengthening its experience in project delivery and local services, CNS noted in the report.
The Samalaju project demonstrated Shanghai Electric’s overseas engineering competitiveness and core equipment capabilities, marking a shift from “equipment going overseas with engineering projects” toward direct exports of complete equipment and solutions.
The move also reflects changing demand in international power markets. Overseas developers are increasingly seeking turnkey solutions backed by long-term services rather than procuring individual pieces of equipment from multiple suppliers, said the Chinese media.
For years, China’s high-end equipment exports were mainly individual machines and equipment, with competition focused largely on hardware prices, leaving limited margins and little room for brand premiums, Liu said.
Shanghai Electric’s approach seeks to move beyond hardware-based competition by offering integrated solutions and full life-cycle support, he added.
The development comes as the global gas turbine market faces tight supply. Data shows that global gas turbine orders reached about 90-100 GW in 2025, while global manufacturing capacity stood at around 55–60 GW, highlighting a significant supply-demand imbalance.
Against this backdrop, overseas developers that have traditionally relied on established international suppliers are increasingly consider alternative providers, particularly Chinese companies capable of offering shorter delivery times and integrated solutions, Li said.
Shanghai Electric has identified global expansion as a key priority during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). It outlined three shifts: from a focus on taking engineering projects overseas to a greater emphasis on taking equipment overseas; from simple trade to international investment in production capacity and industrial supply chains; and from individual companies expanding overseas independently to broader, coordinated overseas development.
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4. Se7en Friday Provides Show-Calling for National Day Parade 2026 at the National Stadium
September 30, 2026
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NDP 2026 returned to the National Stadium for the first time since 2016 and played to a capacity crowd of about 42,000, the largest National Day Parade audience in a decade. Staged under the theme “Majulah Singapura, Go Beyond!”, the show ran across six chapters on an arrow-shaped stage measuring 162 metres long and 74 metres at its widest, served by six stage lifts and eight tunnel entrances and exits. More than 2,600 performers and 36 artistes took part alongside 32 marching contingents and 1,271 civilian participants, according to the NDP 2026 organising committee. The production carried 1,654 entertainment lighting fixtures and over 170 special effects machines, and featured NDP’s first indoor drone display, in which 300 drones flew 30 metres above a stadium floor occupied by performers.
Show-calling is the discipline that commits all of that to a single running order. Working from a cue script, the show-caller calls each segment change, performer entry, lighting state, audio cue, video roll and effect in sequence over headset to the crews and stage managers executing them. What separates a parade from a corporate show is that there is no reset. The running order cannot be paused or restarted, so a late cue does not delay the show. It puts the performers, the drones, the lighting, and the broadcast feed out of alignment with one another for as long as it takes to recover. Se7en Friday’s show-callers worked through the full rehearsal ladder, including the combined rehearsals, the two National Education shows, and the previews on 25 July and 1 August, building and testing the cue stack and the contingency calls for weather, timing overruns, and equipment faults. This same level of show control and precision underpins Se7en Friday’s work in dinner and dance event management and large-scale corporate productions.
The appreciation event that followed the parade was planned and run by the same team, covering catering, event decoration, master of ceremonies services, and the games and segments that made up the programme. Because the team producing it had worked the production from planning through to show day, the event was built by people who knew the schedule the participants had been keeping. For the organisers, it also placed a single supplier in charge of both the show-calling and the appreciation event, rather than a second vendor briefed from scratch once the parade was over.
Henry Tan, Events and Managing Director at Se7en Friday, said the engagement was decided in rehearsal.
“A show this size is not difficult because it is big, it is difficult because nothing waits. If a cue lands a second late, the performers, the drones, and every light in the building are a second out of alignment, and there is no way to take it back. So most of the work happened in the stadium in the weeks before, building the cue stack and deciding in advance what we would do if something went wrong, which meant that on the night there was nothing left to decide. The appreciation event was the other half of it. For months everybody on this project had been working to somebody else’s cue, and that was the one evening the people who built the show got to sit down and be looked after.”
The same cue scripting, stage management, and rehearsal practice apply to the company’s commercial work at a smaller scale. Se7en Friday runs conference and seminar event management, dinner and dance events, product launches and openings, family days and retreats, and livestreamed and hybrid events, using an in-house production team with its own warehousing and logistics fleet and full-time crew.
The NDP engagement is the largest application to date of the production discipline Se7en Friday applies to its corporate work. The company continues to operate from Singapore, serving government ministries, statutory boards, and corporate accounts. The direction Tan has set out is for the company to continue operating as a single production partner across the full run of an event, from cue scripting and technical delivery through to the events that follow it, rather than as a supplier engaged for one component of a programme.
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Founded in 2015, Se7en Friday Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based corporate event management company with more than 10 years of industry experience. The company has delivered over 5,200 events across more than 20 industries for clients including the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, alongside statutory boards and Fortune 500 corporations. Its services span conferences and seminars, product launches and openings, dinner and dances, family days and retreats, and livestreamed, virtual and hybrid events, supported by an in-house production team, company-owned warehousing and a logistics fleet. Se7en Friday is bizSafe Level 3 certified, a certified Safe Event SG organiser, and the exclusive carrier of L-Acoustics professional audio systems in Singapore.
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5. DP World Expands Contract Logistics Network in Thailand with New Bang Na Distribution Centre
October 2, 2026
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New 10,000-square-metre distribution centre supports high-value and time-sensitive supply chains, connecting Greater Bangkok with Laem Chabang Port and manufacturing centres in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor.
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 2 October 2026 – DP World today announced the opening of a new contract logistics distribution centre in Bang Na expanding its logistics capacity in Thailand and strengthening its ability to support customers across key manufacturing and consumer sectors.
Image is only for reference. This is the interior of one of DP World’s warehouses in the region
The approximately 10,000-square-metre facility is located in a modern industrial park in Bang Na, an established distribution hub within the Greater Bangkok metropolitan area, with connectivity to Laem Chabang Port and major manufacturing centres along Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
The distribution centre provides storage and distribution services for high-value and time-sensitive products, including consumer electronics, semiconductors and automotive cargo. The facility operates around the clock, helping businesses manage critical inventory and maintain reliable flows across domestic and international supply chains.
Jeanie Tan, Chief Commercial Officer, Logistics, Asia Pacific, DP World, said: “Thailand sits at the heart of some of Asia Pacific’s most important manufacturing and distribution networks. Our investment in Bang Na gives customers additional capacity in this important market while connecting them with DP World’s wider freight and logistics capabilities. By bringing these services together, we help customers reduce complexity, respond more quickly to changing demand and keep goods moving reliably within Thailand and across the Asia Pacific region.”
The opening of the Bang Na distribution centre is part of DP World’s continued investment in contract logistics capabilities across Asia Pacific, following recent investments in Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. With additional facilities set to open in Kuala Lumpur and the Philippines later this year, DP World is expanding its logistics capabilities across key manufacturing and consumer markets in Southeast Asia. The expanded network gives customers greater access to integrated logistics services across increasingly complex regional and international supply chains.
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6. A vintage month. EIT at the centre of Hawke’s Bay wine
October 2, 2026
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EIT Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science student, Katelyn Church, EIT CEO Lucy Laitinen and NZME Breakfast Broadcaster Adam Green.
There’s been plenty worth raising a glass to in Viticulture and Wine Science at EIT. The school has recently hosted the judging of the country’s oldest regional wine competition, put its own research in front of an international audience of Chardonnay specialists, and watched a former scholarship winner take a seat at the judging table.
For more than 20 years, EIT has been training the people who grow, make and judge Hawke’s Bay wine, and that steady supply of homegrown talent is part of what earned Hawke’s Bay its place among the Great Wine Capitals of the World. The region joined the network in 2023 after an assessment that weighed not only its wine industry and history, but its wine tourism, business and education opportunities. From 18 to 22 October, Hawke’s Bay hosts the network’s international conference and AGM, with more than 150 delegates from member cities including Bordeaux, Porto and San Francisco/Napa Valley.
For EIT Chief Executive Lucy Laitinen, it’s that education piece that ties EIT so closely to the region’s international standing.
“When a region is measured against the great wine capitals of the world, it’s not only the vineyards that count, but also the people behind them. Many of the winemakers and viticulturists working across Hawke’s Bay today trained here at EIT, and our students learn alongside some of the best in the industry, often at the very wineries where they go on to build their careers. That relationship has been more than 20 years in the making, and you see it at its best every September, when the Hawke’s Bay Wine Awards judging comes to our campus and our students are in the room with the region’s top winemakers,” says Lucy.
This year, on 15 and 16 September, EIT’s winery and science laboratories on the Hawke’s Bay campus in Taradale were handed over to the judging of the Hawke’s Bay Wine Awards. Run by the Hawke’s Bay A&P Society, it is the oldest regional wine competition in the country, and EIT has been part of it for decades, as a sponsor, venue, and the hands behind the glasses.
Tim Creagh, EIT’s Viticulture and Wine Science Programme Coordinator and lecturer, has coordinated the judging for years and sits on the Wine Awards committee alongside winemakers from Sacred Hill, Clearview Estate, Church Road and Easthope Family Winegrowers.
School of Viticulture and Wine Science staff and students act as stewards for the judging – sorting, pouring and presenting every wine so the panels taste completely blind, knowing only the vintage and that the wine is from Hawke’s Bay, a hands-on experience Tim thinks is vital to their education.
“EIT has been involved with the Hawke’s Bay A&P Wine Awards since 2001, and it’s great to see our students playing such an important role. They do the hard work behind the scenes, checking and preparing the wines, working with the judging panels and making sure everything runs smoothly”, says Tim.
Full circle for Young Vintner Scholarship winner Ngaun Siau
Recent graduate Ngaun Siau at EIT’s Hawke’s Bay Taradale Campus vineyard
Among the associate judges was a familiar face. Recent graduate Ngaun Siau returned to EIT’s judging room a year on from the 2025 Bayleys Hawke’s Bay Wine Awards, where she was named the Craggy Range Young Vintner Scholarship recipient and her Penrose Cabernet Franc 2025 took the EIT Best Student Wine award. In the months since, she has completed her vintage placement at Craggy Range, and the associate judging role is the final piece of the scholarship – one Ngaun considers an honour.
“I got to work with some great people across multiple industries, sommeliers, marketers, winemakers, so it was great to hear all the different perspectives and be immersed in the environment.”
And while her passion may be creating reds, it was the whites that really stood out in the judging. “Albariño, pinot gris, I tasted some really delicious wines that I would go out and buy.”
Her vintage placement allowed her to follow her passion for pinot noir at Craggy Range, one of New Zealand’s most respected pinot producers.
“It was great to work with a famous winery, to make their pinot and really get involved in the whole process. I consider myself lucky to be part of the 2026 harvest team.”
Judging wrapped up with a sponsor and industry tasting at EIT.
EIT research on the Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium programme
A day later, the conversation moved to Toitoi, Hawke’s Bay Arts and Events Centre in Hastings, for the third Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium on 17 and 18 September. This year’s symposium took on quality: the features of whenua, climate and philosophy that make premium Chardonnay possible, and how the country can produce it consistently.
EIT Senior Lecturer and Researcher Dr Chandré Honeth opened the symposium’s second session, “Leaf Cover vs Quality,” presenting results and applications from Chardonnay research carried out by EIT and the Bragato Research Institute, before joining a tasting and discussion panel with BRI’s Braden Crosby and Ryan Fraser from Paritua, chaired by Stephen Wong MW.
Chandré was thrilled to present at the Chardonnay Symposium and share research that speaks to some of the industry’s most relevant challenges.
“We’re glad EIT can play a part in this, and it’s important to us that our research remains practical and applicable. We’ve had great support from the BRI and Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers and maintaining these relationships is key to keeping our research directly relevant. The research we do also feeds straight back into our teaching and our degree students go even further, each completing a small research project in collaboration with an industry partner.”
Hawke’s Bay Wine Awards
The run finished at the Hawke’s Bay Wine Awards event on 1 October, where the Craggy Range Young Vitner Scholarship was awarded to Autumn Parker and Lucy Laitinen presented the Best Student Wine Award to 3rd year Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science student, Katelyn Church for her Albariño wine. Assistant Head of School Primary Industries, Viticulture and Wine Science Lisa Turnbull, says the selection committee was most impressed by the scholarships recipient’s passion for the industry and their clear vision for the future.
“Autumn embraced both the academic and practical aspects of their studies and demonstrated the qualities that employers are looking for in the next generation of wine professionals. This scholarship helps bridge the gap between study and industry, giving students opportunities that can help shape the direction of their careers.”
Growing the next vintage of winemakers
EIT has been training people for the wine and viticulture industry for more than twenty years and offers the widest range of viticulture and wine qualifications in New Zealand, on campus and by distance. Students learn in a teaching and research winery, a sensory laboratory, and an instrument laboratory with advanced analytical equipment, with a demonstration vineyard next door and glasshouses on site.
The three-year Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science focuses on practical work every year of the degree: vineyard work experience, a commercial vintage, and a research project run alongside the industry. The programme was built with an industry liaison group of wineries, growers and graduates and has produced some outstanding winemakers.
Then there’s the location. Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s oldest and most diverse wine region, with more than 200 vineyards, over 70 wineries and 38 grape varieties in the ground, all within easy reach of EIT’s Taradale campus. For students, learning doesn’t stop at the campus gate. The region is their training ground, and its wineries are where graduates like Ngaun go on to make their mark.
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/10/02/a-vintage-month-eit-at-the-centre-of-hawkes-bay-wine/
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7. Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services Regulatory Report 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025
September 30, 2026
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
The Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services Regulatory Report 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 provides information and statistics relating to the use of compulsory assessment and treatment legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
For more mental health and addiction data, please see Mental health and addiction data.
The legislation covered includes the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003, and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. It includes subjects such as the use of seclusion, compulsory treatment orders, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and the drug checking regime.
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/30/office-of-the-director-of-mental-health-and-addiction-services-regulatory-report-1-july-2024-to-30-june-2025/
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8. Bracell Advances Sustainable Industrial Practices and Air Quality Management in Bahia
October 1, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
The Company has reduced carbon emissions intensity by 47% since 2020 and strengthened environmental monitoring, renewable energy use and conservation initiatives
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 October 2026 – As Brazil marks National Day for Industrial Pollution Control in August, Bracell is highlighting its continued efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its industrial operations while advancing operational efficiency and sustainable development in Bahia.
Between 2020 and 2025, Bracell reduced its carbon emissions intensity by 47% per ton of pulp produced, reaching 0.257 tons of CO₂ equivalent per ton of product (tCO₂e/adt) across its operations in Bahia, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul.
The progress is part of Bracell 2030, the company’s long-term sustainability strategy, which is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The strategy comprises 14 targets across four pillars: Climate Action, Sustainable Landscapes and Biodiversity, Sustainable Growth, and Empowering Lives.
Under its Climate Action pillar, Bracell aims to achieve a 75% reduction in carbon emissions per ton of product by 2030, reaching 0.122 tCO₂e/adt. At Bracell’s industrial unit in Camaçari, one of the key advances has been the modernisation of a pulp production line. A new cooking line, which began operating in October 2025, has improved process efficiency by reducing the amount of steam required during pulp manufacturing.
“As part of our goals, we seek to increase operational efficiency through continuous investments in innovation and technology in our processes, making us more sustainable, competitive, and aligned with our commitment to reducing carbon emissions,” said Angela Ribeiro, Sustainability Manager at Bracell Bahia.
Bracell also conducts an annual corporate inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals. In 2025, the inventory covered the company’s pulp and paper value chain, including industrial operations in Bahia and São Paulo, forestry activities in Bahia, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, and logistics operations.
Environmental controls at Bracell’s Camaçari industrial unit include continuous and isokinetic monitoring of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), particulate matter and reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs). According to the company, monitoring results consistently remain below applicable legal emission limits.
“Environmental control includes continuous and isokinetic monitoring of parameters such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), particulate matter, and reduced sulfur compounds (RSCs). The results consistently remain below legal emission limits, reinforcing the efficiency of the environmental control systems implemented at the factory,” said Angela.
The monitoring is conducted in accordance with Brazilian environmental legislation and forms part of the company’s broader approach to continuous environmental management. Bracell’s work in measuring, managing and transparently disclosing GHG emissions has also been recognised with the Gold Seal of the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program for four consecutive years. The programme is developed by the Centre for Sustainability Studies at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), in partnership with institutions including Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment and the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Bracell also participates in the Air Quality Monitoring Program of the Camaçari Industrial Complex, conducted by Cetrel. The Air Monitoring Network has operated continuously since May 1994 and is nationally recognised for the quality and technical reliability of the data generated.
Beyond reducing emissions from its industrial operations, Bracell has set a target to remove 25 million tons of CO₂ equivalent from the atmosphere between 2020 and 2030. Over the first five years of the programme, the company removed approximately 6 million tons of CO₂ equivalent. In 2025 alone, 3.4 million tCO₂e were removed, including 1.8 million tons from planted forests and 1.6 million tons from preserved native vegetation.
The results reflect the balance between emissions from operations, carbon sequestration in eucalyptus plantations and the conservation of native vegetation managed by the company, as well as areas conserved in partnership with governments in the states where Bracell operates.
“One of the most relevant milestones in our sustainability agenda is the progress of the One for One Commitment, through which we support the conservation of one hectare of native forest for every hectare of eucalyptus planted,” said Meryellen Baldim, Environment and Certifications Manager at Bracell Bahia.
By 2025, Bracell, a member of the RGE group of companies founded by Sukanto Tanoto, had contributed to the protection of approximately 301,000 hectares of native vegetation across the states where it operates, achieving its established goal ahead of schedule.
In Bahia, the company owns four Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPNs). One of these is Lontra, located on the North Coast, which protects 1,377 hectares of Atlantic Forest, a biome of strategic importance for water and climate security. The reserve is recognised as an Advanced Post of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve (RBMA) by UNESCO.
Bracell’s climate strategy also focuses on increasing the efficiency of its industrial operations and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. At its industrial unit, approximately 90% of the energy consumed comes from renewable sources, supporting the company’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and the environmental impacts associated with industrial activity.
Together, investments in process efficiency, emissions monitoring, renewable energy, carbon removal and native vegetation conservation form part of Bracell’s broader commitment to developing more sustainable industrial practices while contributing to economic development and environmental responsibility.
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9. Farewell Funerals Expands Singapore Funeral Services with New Online Tribute Option
October 1, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
The Singapore funeral provider has added online memorial tributes to its funeral services, allowing families to share funeral information and preserve memories of loved ones online.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 October 2026 – Farewell Funerals Pte. Ltd. has announced an expansion of its funeral services in Singapore with the introduction of an online tribute option for bereaved families.
The new service connects traditional funeral arrangements with a dedicated online memorial. Families can now arrange funeral services while also creating an online tribute where relatives and friends can view funeral details, photographs and memories of the person who has passed away.
The addition is part of Farewell Funerals’ move to extend support beyond the physical wake and funeral. It gives families another way to communicate important arrangements while creating a lasting record of the person being remembered.
Families can access the new online tribute service through the Farewell Funerals website.
A New Option Alongside Funeral Arrangements
The online tribute has been introduced as an optional addition to Farewell Funerals’ existing funeral services rather than as a separate replacement for traditional arrangements.
When planning a funeral, families typically need to coordinate the wake, religious or non-religious rites, transportation, cremation or burial, and communication with relatives and friends.
Farewell Funerals funeral packages in Singapore cover different arrangements based on a family’s religious traditions and practical requirements.
With the new tribute option, families can also create an online space connected to those arrangements.
The memorial can provide people with the wake location, visiting hours, funeral date and other relevant details without requiring the family to repeatedly distribute the same information to different groups.
For relatives and friends who cannot attend the wake, particularly those living overseas, the page also provides a way to learn about the arrangements and remember the deceased remotely.
More Than a Standard Funeral Notice
Farewell Funerals has designed the tribute option to accommodate different levels of personalisation.
A family may use it primarily to communicate funeral information or build a more detailed memorial around the person’s life.
Basic information can include the person’s name, photograph, date of birth and date of passing.
Families who want a more personal tribute can add a written life story and significant milestones. This gives them space to document memories, experiences and important moments that would normally not appear in a short funeral notice.
A separate family message can also be included, allowing relatives to contribute their own words of remembrance.
Photographs form another part of the service. Families can submit a gallery of up to eight images, providing an opportunity to show different stages and memories from the person’s life.
Information about surviving family members can also be included where the family considers it appropriate.
Funeral Information Included Alongside the Tribute
The tribute also serves a practical function for sharing funeral-related information.
This can include the wake location, dates and visiting hours, as well as cortege arrangements and details of the cremation or burial.
Where a service involves a church or other venue, the relevant time and location can also be noted, along with any dress code considerations shared by the family.
Having this information alongside the tribute provides a single reference point for those planning to attend.
Guidance for Guests Paying Respects
The memorial can also include guidance on condolences, if the family wishes to provide it.
This may include information about condolence contributions or floral tributes, depending on what the family considers appropriate.
These elements are optional and can be included or omitted based on family preference.
Memorials Are Reviewed Before Going Live
Online tribute submissions are reviewed before publication.
Families provide the memorial information through the submission process, after which Farewell Funerals reviews the details and can contact the submitter if clarification is required.
This process allows funeral information, names and other submitted details to be checked before the memorial becomes publicly available.
The contact details of the person making the submission are used for administrative communication and are not intended to appear as part of the public tribute.
Extending Funeral Support Beyond the Wake
The introduction of online tributes reflects a broader extension of Farewell Funerals’ funeral services.
The company coordinates Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Catholic, Free Thinker and Soka funeral arrangements in Singapore, together with direct cremation and international repatriation services.
While the physical funeral remains at the centre of these arrangements, the online tribute provides an additional option for how families communicate and preserve memories.
It can be particularly relevant when a person’s relatives, friends or former colleagues are spread across different countries and cannot all attend the wake.
The memorial remains focused on the deceased, bringing together the person’s story, family memories, photographs and relevant funeral information in one place.
Hashtag: #FarewellFunerals
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10. Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ’s climate policy regression
September 30, 2026
Source: Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace Aotearoa has joined a complaint to the EU, lodged by EU-based organisation Both ENDS, over New Zealand’s failure to comply with clauses in the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement requiring strong climate action.
Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Dr Russel Norman says, “The New Zealand Government has spent the last three years systematically undermining climate and environment laws and regulations in our country, often with the explicit stated purpose of gaining trade benefits.”
“We are in a climate and biodiversity crisis, and the UN is warning that we are set to breach 1.5℃ of global temperature rise. We need urgent action to cut climate pollution rapidly, but the Government has instead spent the last three years engaged in a race to the bottom on environmental regulation – and that’s why we have co-sponsored this complaint.”
Norman says that this action comes after years of good-faith engagement with the New Zealand Government.
“Over the last three years we have met with the Prime Minister, Ministers and senior officials on many occasions to urge them to change course and to warn them that they were breaching the sustainability chapter of the free trade agreement with the European Union. We have mobilised people to sign petitions, we’ve made submissions against their legislation, we’ve marched in the streets, and more. But this Government has not listened.”
“Hence today we are joining this complaint in the hope that the risk of losing preferential trade access to the EU market will encourage the New Zealand Government to change course. Sadly it seems that money is the only language they understand.”
The EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2023, requires both parties to ‘effectively implement the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, including commitments with regard to nationally determined contributions’, and ‘to refrain from any action or omission that materially defeats the object and purpose of the Paris Agreement.’
Dr Norman says, “We need to act collectively as a global community to achieve our climate and environmental objectives, yet the New Zealand Government has consistently and deliberately undermined global efforts, and undermined the Paris climate agreement in particular.”
“Whatever the outcome of the New Zealand general election in November, we need to insist that the next New Zealand Government rejoins the nations of the world that take their climate and environment responsibilities seriously.”
The Both ENDS complaint identifies several areas of concern as evidence of a breach of the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement, including:
- The reversal of the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
- The weakening of the biogenic methane target
- The removal of the ETS backstop for agricultural emissions, and refusal to price agricultural emissions at all.
- The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Act, which retroactively prevents legal action against climate-polluting companies.
- A failure to set ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as required under the Paris Agreement
The Both ENDS complaint is co-sponsored by the following New Zealand organisations and individuals: the Environmental Law Initiative, Greenpeace Aotearoa, Ngāti Pūkenga Iwi ki Tauranga Trust, OraTaiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council, Mike Smith, and Professor Emeritus Jane Kelsey.
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