Vote Health needs an extra $1.3 billion just to stand still, research reveals
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU Bill Rosenberg, Economist and Policy Director for the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (CTU) and Lyndon Keene, Director of Policy and Research, for the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) have conducted a detailed analysis of what the government needs to allocate to health spending in the […]
Read More →Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Attracts High Quality Visitors to Macao, CSG Research Finds
Source: Media Outreach CSG Research found that visitors arriving in Macao via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), which has been open since October 2018, spend over a third more than visitors arriving through sea ports.Due to the convenience brought by the new mega-bridge, 78% of these visitors would now plan repeat visits to Macao. These […]
Read More →Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Leads in 2019 WMT International Machine Translation Competition
Source: Media Outreach MSRA won in eight out of eleven machine translation tasks it undertook as part of the challengeSINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 May 2019 – Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has achieved eight top places in the recent machine translation challenge organized by the 2019 fourth Conference on Machine Translation (WMT19), out of the eleven tasks it […]
Read More →Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Leads in 2019 WMT International Machine Translation Competition
Source: Media Outreach MSRA won in eight out of eleven machine translation tasks it undertook as part of the challengeSINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 May 2019 – Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has achieved eight top places in the recent machine translation challenge organized by the 2019 fourth Conference on Machine Translation (WMT19), out of the eleven tasks it […]
Read More →redONE Launches New Mobile Service in Singapore, Bringing Data Without Borders
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 May 2019 – redONE began offering its new mobile plans in Singapore today, in what it calls a trial launch of its postpaid services. Having already established its brand since 2012 as a budget postpaid provider in neighbouring Malaysia, redONE will be offering monthly plans ranging from $8 to […]
Read More →REBEL Fighting Championship Gets a Boost with a Sponsorship Deal
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 May 2019 – REBEL Fighting Championship (FC), a dynamic Asian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports entertainment company headquartered in Singapore, has secured a 6 million RMB (approximately 1.2 million SGD) partnership deal with Qingdao Ji Ke Apartment Management Co. Limited to support Rebel’s MMA events in the latter […]
Read More →BlockchainNZ to ask govt for a national strategy
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – BlockchainNZ will next week ask the government to research and prepare a blockchain strategy for New Zealand to get up to speed with other countries. BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pascall will present to parliament’s economic development, science and innovation select committee hearing in Wellington Thursday next week on how the economy […]
Read More →New Zealand Post public meeting
Source: New Zealand Post New Zealand Post invites members of the public to its annual public meeting. The meeting provides an opportunity for members of the public to learn more about our business performance, key challenges and plans for the future. The meeting will be held on: Thursday 30 May 2019, 8:30am Ground FloorNew Zealand […]
Read More →Global Gaming Expo Gears up to Host its Most Extensive Expo Ever
Source: Media Outreach MACAU, CHINA – Media OutReach – May 21, 2019 – Today, the opening day of its 13th edition of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, the leading Asian trade event and conference for the gaming and entertainment industry. G2E Asia 2019 gears up to host its most extensive expo ever and new bi-level exhibition […]
Read More →Collins Celebrates A Bicentennial of Diary Making with Its 200th Anniversary
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 21 May 2019 – Collins celebrates a bicentennial of diary making with its 200th Anniversary this year. A brand steeped in Scottish heritage, Collins has a rich history dating back two hundred years from its humble beginnings in 1819 when founder William Collins set up his first printing press in the […]
Read More →Elastos——The Modern Internet
Source: Media Outreach BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach – 21 May 2019 – Elatos is the first blockchain-driven smart web with security and trust. It was created by the founder Rong Chen, the co-founder Feng Han as well as Bitman cofounder Jihan Wu and NEO founder Hongfei Da. The project of Elastos has been established for 20 years and has […]
Read More →Statement on behalf of E tū members employed at Parliament – E tū
Source: Etu Union We broadly support the findings and recommendations of Debbie Francis’ independent review into Bullying and Harassment in the New Zealand Parliamentary Workplace. We want to thank staff for taking the difficult and brave step of making their voices heard in this review. The report highlights the unique and high-pressure environment of this […]
Read More →PTOM fix a welcome reform of a ridiculous system
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU Minister Twyford’s announcement this morning of reform of the Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) will be a timely fix for bad legislation that has cost jobs and pay for drivers and left public transport systems broken says New Zealand Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff. PTOM was […]
Read More →NZ companies to learn from world’s biggest biotech event
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand delegation of biotech companies will attend the world’s biggest biotech conference in Philadelphia in the USA next month. They will be among 16,000 attendees from around the globe at the Bio2019 event from June 3 to 6. The New Zealand biotech experts attending are from businesses representing all parts […]
Read More →NZ can learn from the Baltimore cyberattack
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand can take lessons from Baltimore in the United States which until a few days ago, was offline following a ransomware cyberattack for more than a week, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. What does New Zealand need to do to prevent one of its major cities being offline for […]
Read More →AIA Agrees Exclusive Asia-Pacific Regional Partnership with Medix
Source: Media Outreach Breakthrough regional partnership between AIA and Medix, a company specialising in quality global medical management, to provide improved healthcare and clinical outcomes for AIA customersHONG KONG , CHINA – Media OutReach – 20 May 2019 – AIA Group Limited (“AIA” or the “Company”: stock code: 1299) announced today that its customers across the Asia-Pacific […]
Read More →Independent Research Firm Cites Trend Micro as a Leader in Enterprise Email Security
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – May 20, 2019 – Trend Micro Incorporated ( TYO: 4704 ; TSE: 4704 ), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it has been named a leader in enterprise email security in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2019 report. Trend Micro earned the highest […]
Read More →Alibaba Cloud, China Telecom, Google Cloud, HUAWEI CLOUD & McAfee – Catch them all in one place at Cloud Expo Asia, Hong Kong
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 20 May 2019 – With just two days to go until doors open from 22 – 23 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) for the fourth edition of North Asia’s largest technology business event stack, Cloud Expo Asia and its co-located events, have received over […]
Read More →Atradius reveals fear of rising insolvencies drives up demand for credit insurance in Asia Pacific
Source: Media Outreach Over 44% of businesses in the region will increase bad debt reserves, given the challenging business environmentHONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 20 May 2019 – While global GDP growth is forecast to slow from 3.2% in 2018 to 2.7% this year, global insolvencies show a reverse trend and are expected to rise 2%. Addressing […]
Read More →Luzheng Futures & Guohai Liangshi Capital Management selected for cotton options market making, powered by Horizon
Source: Media Outreach Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange chooses Luzheng Futures and Guohai Liangshi Capital Management to provide market making for cotton optionsPARIS, FRANCE & SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach – 17 May 2019 – Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading provider of electronic trading and algorithmic technology, has announced that two of its Chinese clients, Luzheng Futures and Guohai Liangshi Capital Management, […]
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