foundit (formerly Monster APAC & ME), one of the leading talent platforms, today published the foundit Insights Tracker (fit) for May 2023, previously Monster Employment Index (MEI). According to the fit Report for Malaysia, job roles in the Hospitality and Travel sector have shown impressive growth of 120% over the past year. fit also reveals a promising year-on-year (YoY) growth of 8%, as the index climbed from 73 in May 2022 to 79 in May 2023. Additionally, a month-on-month (MoM) analysis indicates a notable 6% surge, with an index of 73 recorded in April 2023. The rising index values reveal…
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Group plans to open clinics in northern region of Peninsular Malaysia while expanding presence in southern region DC Healthcare Holdings Berhad, an established aesthetic medical services provider specialising in the provision of non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures, launched the prospectus today in conjunction with the Group’s initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. The IPO will raise RM49.81 million via the issuance of 199.26 million new shares at the IPO price of RM0.25 per share to fund DC Healthcare’s growth plans as well as working capital and repayment of borrowings. The proceeds will be…
The Asia Video Summit marked a successful return to Hong Kong, with almost 300 delegates attending the conference in person and virtually. Hosted by the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), the Summit conversations centred around the key themes of “The Making of Korea and the Model for Who’s Next?”, “Video at the Crossroads”, “Technology Taking Over”, “The State of Video 2023” and “The Advance of Advertising”, with a special opening session to set the stage, led by Henry Tan, Special Advisor, Astro, & Chairman, Astro Awani and Vivek Couto, Executive Director, Media Partners Asia with Louis Boswell, CEO, AVIA. While…
At a time when the Philippines is battling a diverse spectrum of cybercrimes, organisations within the country are oozing as much as $1 million to recover from the attacks. Considered as the biggest hindrance to its growing digital economy, cybercrime has become a national concern. Quite naturally, 43% of the private companies have increased their fund allocation for cybersecurity solutions and are on the lookout for the best cybersecurity vendors and a collaborative space that can develop cutting-edge counter-intelligence against cybercrimes. Even the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has earmarked a budget of $10.9 million for achieving…
Moolec Science SA ((NASDAQ:MLEC) Company; Moolec), a science-based food ingredient company focused on producing animal proteins in plants through Molecular Farming technology, announced today an outstanding achievement in its Meat Replacements Program for the Soybean platform, as its new Piggy Sooy produced a significantly high amount of pork protein. The animal protein reached a high expression level up to 26.6% of total soluble protein in soy seeds, 4x higher than initially projected by the Company. The result can be directly observed due to the pink color of Moolec’s soybeans, the same color as the pig (access the picture by clicking…
NAI Global has released survey results on the impact of remote and hybrid work trends from its international offices in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Easily one of the most unique aspects and consequences of the pandemic has been the work-from-home phenomenon (WFH), or as we eventually adopted, related phrases such as work-from-anywhere, digital nomad, or simply, remote and hybrid work. None of us working today, or in the history of the modern workforce, have been forced to operate office-oriented businesses and tasks from anywhere but the office – traveling salesmen, deal-making M&A professionals, auditors and others are obvious exceptions. By…
Yadea, the world’s leading electric two-wheel mobility brand, was again making waves at EUROBIKE 2023 (June 21-25), following its first participation last year. EUROBIKE, the global trendsetter in the cycling industry, attracts buyers, manufacturers, agents, retailers, professional visitors and cycling enthusiasts from around the world to visit, interact, and discuss global cycling trends and the future, helping drive development in the global cycling industry. Throughout the growth of the green commuter market, the global demand for e-bikes has grown significantly. In 2022, the European e-bike market exceeded 5.5 million units sold, a y/y increase of around 20%. And Yadea has…
We are pleased to invite you to attend CISO Singapore! Taking place on 22-23 August, to strengthen security posture, prevent new and emerging threats, drive change, and enable secure and safe growth. The 2023 edition will feature InfoSec leaders from Singapore’s large and established companies, including SMRT, DWS, Changi Airport, SeaMoney, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), CitiBank, Ninja Van, Standard Chartered and many more. For all cyber security matters, this event is the best on the calendar! Get inspired, make new contacts, and don’t miss out on all the fun! Top 5 Reasons to Join Us at CISO Singapore:…
Apeiron Bioenergy (“Apeiron”), a leading integrated global player in bioenergy, raised S$50 million on Friday, 23rd June 2023, through the landmark issuance of a 5-year senior unsecured green bond guaranteed by Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility, a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank (“CGIF”), and an ASEAN+3 initiative to develop local currency bond markets. Rated AA by S&P Global Ratings, the privately placed bond was well-received by investors and was oversubscribed despite a challenging macro environment. The green bond was issued at par and bears a coupon rate of 4.487% with HSBC as the sole lead manager. The proceeds will…
Faster, Cheaper, Fairer Tashi, an innovative company developing proprietary technology has emerged from stealth mode to introduce a truly serverless, leaderless P2P multiplayer game backend. Tashi (www.tashi.gg) is demonstrating how distributed ledger technology can be used to dramatically reduce server costs and completely eliminate certain categories of cheating in real-time multiplayer gaming. Tashi’s pioneering consensus engine (“TCE”) revolutionizes the game backend, shifting from a centralized to a distributed architecture where every player acts as a server, thereby distributing the computation and storage of the game state across the network. What truly sets Tashi apart is that it offers the security…