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Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund Continues Supporting Talents in Food and Nutritional Sciences

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Friday, January 12, 2024

HONG KONG, Jan 12, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund ("Charity Fund") has successfully held the 2023-2024 Nissin Foods Scholarship Presentation Ceremony today, together with The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK"), to award scholarships covering full tuition fees for a total of ten awardees for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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  • HONG KONG, Jan 12, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund ("Charity Fund") has successfully held the 2023-2024 Nissin Foods Scholarship Presentation Ceremony today, together with The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK"), to award scholarships covering full tuition fees for a total of ten awardees for the 2023-2024 academic year.
  • Mr. Kiyotaka ANDO, Chairman of Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund (middle right), and Professor Anthony CHAN, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of CUHK (middle left), at the 2023-2024 Nissin Foods Scholarship Presentation Ceremony today.
  • Established by the Charity Fund and CUHK in 2023, the scholarship aims to encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students of CUHK's Food and Nutritional Sciences (Hons) programme to pursue academic excellence.
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    Mr. Kiyotaka ANDO, Chairman of Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund, said, "As a leading food manufacturer in Hong Kong and worldwide, Nissin Foods is committed to discovering the possibilities of food and creating good tastes.

Alipay+ and Partner E-Wallets Drive Sustainable Travel in Year-End Global Campaign

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Ant International is committed to promoting sustainable and responsible tourism across its Alipay+ markets, with an ESG program closely aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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  • Ant International is committed to promoting sustainable and responsible tourism across its Alipay+ markets, with an ESG program closely aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • The campaign features special offers from Alipay+ and partners to encourage sustainable travel behavior, such as free overseas mobile data packages, in-app discounts across Alipay+’s extensive merchant network, and opportunities to win 100% rebates at partner stores.
  • Dr Cherry Huang, General Manager of Alipay+ Offline Merchant Services, Ant International said, “Our year-end campaign is not just about travel; it’s about making a positive impact.
  • Touch ’n Go eWallet cross-border payments in the Chinese mainland have grown by more than 100% month-on-month in 2023.

LF Edge Project Portfolio Expands Footprint with Two new Community Projects Addressing Different Layers of the Stack, Nexoedge and NanoMQ

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

NanoMQ is an ultra-lightweight and blazing-fast Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) broker for IoT Edge.

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  • NanoMQ is an ultra-lightweight and blazing-fast Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) broker for IoT Edge.
  • It helps users unify critical data in motion and data in use between Edge and Cloud in an efficient manner.
  • "LF Edge continues to grow across the ecosystem, and we are thrilled to welcome Nexoedge and NanoMQ to the project fold," said Arpit Jopshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT, the Linux Foundation.
  • The Nexoedge team will explore integration opportunities across LF Edge projects by offering the critical edge storage component.

CU Medicine study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that a novel oral microencapsulated live bacteria consortia (SIM01) alleviates long COVID symptoms

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Friday, December 8, 2023

The study has profound implications for the role of gut microbiota modulation in improving symptoms in subjects with long COVID.

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  • The study has profound implications for the role of gut microbiota modulation in improving symptoms in subjects with long COVID.
  • The landmark findings have recently been published in The Lancet Infectious Disease, a publication from The Lancet Group.
  • Long COVID refers to long-term symptoms involving multiple systems and organs that persist in recovered COVID-19 patients.
  • The research team has previously shown that patients with long COVID lacked a series of beneficial gut bacteria, which may contribute to multiple symptoms.

CU Medicine study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that a novel oral microencapsulated live bacteria consortia (SIM01) alleviates long COVID symptoms

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 8, 2023

The study has profound implications for the role of gut microbiota modulation in improving symptoms in subjects with long COVID.

Key Points: 
  • The study has profound implications for the role of gut microbiota modulation in improving symptoms in subjects with long COVID.
  • The landmark findings have recently been published in The Lancet Infectious Disease, a publication from The Lancet Group.
  • Long COVID refers to long-term symptoms involving multiple systems and organs that persist in recovered COVID-19 patients.
  • The research team has previously shown that patients with long COVID lacked a series of beneficial gut bacteria, which may contribute to multiple symptoms.

Hua Medicine Announces 2023 Interim Results

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Friday, August 25, 2023

Hua Medicine (the "Company", HKEx: 2552) today announces the unaudited consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the six months ended June 30, 2023 (the "Reporting Period").

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  • Hua Medicine (the "Company", HKEx: 2552) today announces the unaudited consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the six months ended June 30, 2023 (the "Reporting Period").
  • Dr. Li Chen, the founder and CEO of Hua Medicine, said, "the first half of 2023 was a critical stage for Hua Medicine to begin commercialization.
  • The revenue of Hua Medicine for the first half of 2023 was RMB70.3 million, which was an increase of approximately 299.6% comparing to the second half of 2022.
  • This article contains the statements regarding the future expectations, plans and prospects for Hua Medicine and the investigational product.

Prenetics and Globally Renowned Scientist Prof. Dennis Lo Establish US$200m Joint Venture "Insighta" for Breakthrough Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening

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Monday, June 26, 2023

-- Insighta is a 50/50 Joint Venture by Prenetics and Professor Dennis Lo.

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  • -- Insighta is a 50/50 Joint Venture by Prenetics and Professor Dennis Lo.
  • -- By 2030, the early cancer detection screening opportunity is estimated to be US$6bn in Asia on an annual basis.
  • The joint venture will be governed by a six-person board of directors composed of three directors from each side, with Prof.
  • From prevention (CircleDNA) and early detection (Insighta) to treatment (ACT), our innovative approach promises to significantly raise the bar in healthcare."

The 8th Quam IR Awards was Successfully Held

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The keen enthusiasm for the 8th Quam IR Awards can be seen from the entries.

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  • The keen enthusiasm for the 8th Quam IR Awards can be seen from the entries.
  • The 8th Quam IR Awards came to a successful conclusion, thanks to our supporters in the business community, media friends and sponsors in Hong Kong and mainland China.
  • Quam IR is grateful for the strong support and generous sponsorship from HKTaxi, which make Quam IR Awards 2022 a success.
  • Website of Quam IR Awards 2022: https://eventedm.tonghaiir.com/QIRA2022-23/EN_US/

Healthcare Week boon for medical industry

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

Two flagship events attract global healthcare elites, affirming confidence for Hong Kong's stronger role in the medical and healthcare sector in the region

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  • Two flagship events attract global healthcare elites, affirming confidence for Hong Kong's stronger role in the medical and healthcare sector in the region
    HONG KONG, May 18, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Global healthcare sector leaders streamed into Hong Kong for the second International Healthcare Week, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).
  • "The strong support from the healthcare industry for the Healthcare Week is overwhelming.
  • It has created synergies for medical and healthcare industry professionals and unleashed Hong Kong's strengths in upstream and downstream healthcare industries, Hong Kong is ready to play a bigger role in the medical and healthcare fields in the region," Dr Lam added.
  • A number of content-rich events, including the highly anticipated HKMHDIA Medical Fair Forum, were held during the Medical Fair with keen participation from industry professionals.

CKGSB Professor Wins CICF Best Paper Award for Novel Measure of Financial Flexibility

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

BEIJING, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CKGSB Professor of Finance Dr. Erica Xuenan Li and her coauthors have won the CICF Best Paper Award by the China International Conference in Finance in 2023.

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  • BEIJING, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CKGSB Professor of Finance Dr. Erica Xuenan Li and her coauthors have won the CICF Best Paper Award by the China International Conference in Finance in 2023.
  • The paper "Balance Sheet Financial Flexibility", co-authored by Professor Li, Professor of Finance Sudipto Dasgupta at CUHK and PhD student Siyuan Wu at CUHK, is one of the three award-winning papers out of 2,000 papers submitted worldwide.
  • Financial flexibility is a key factor affecting business investment decisions and is said to be the primary goal when building corporate capital structures.
  • In contrast, Professor Li's research proposed a novel method to measure financial flexibility based on firms' investment behavior rather than financial statement disclosures.