Author: Abbas Ali Sheikh (Abbas Ali Sheikh)

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 24 November 2020 - FinLink Technology Limited, a data-driven, AI-enabled technology startup company engaged in cross-border financial services, today announced that Garuda Capital Asia Limited, a leading investment firm focusing on venture capital and growth investing in Asia Pacific, has acquired a significant minority interest in the company via an affiliated investment fund. This acquisition follows a previously unannounced $2.5M seed round led by PF Ventures and Garuda Capital in 2019.

Founded in 2017 in Hong Kong and China, FinLink has built up a proprietary cross-border payment and clearing engine serving small businesses in Asia, facilitating accounts payable management, receivable financing and collection. With its AI-driven software-as-a-service platform, FinLink has achieved $800M transaction volume in 2019, creating value for customers across 55 countries globally from sectors such as e-commerce, trading, tourism, logistics and etc.

"Following the acquisition, FinLink will realign its strategic focus towards strengthening data analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities," said Huang Peng, co-founder and CEO of FinLink. "With even stronger backing from shareholders, we can focus on developing innovative products and solutions for our regional clients by leveraging on existing customer relationship."

About FinLink

Founded in Hong Kong with offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, FinLink is a technology startup specializing in data analytics and artificial intelligence application development, in particular for the financial services sector.

About Garuda Capital

Garuda Capital is an investment firm that specializes in venture capital and financial advisory for early- and growth-stage companies in Asia Pacific. The firm currently has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai.

• MDRT announces new Productivity
  Action Plan to provide members with support to excel despite the economic
  crisis
• The Productivity Action Plan
  includes the all-new MDRT Focus on Resources hub and adjusted 2021 productivity
  requirements

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 24 November 2020 - In the midst
of a global pandemic and economic crisis, MDRT has made
strategic moves to ensure financial professionals and their clients are well
supported. The association announced its Productivity Action Plan, developed to
help financial professionals qualify for membership in 2021, and equip them
with proven strategies to drive
their businesses and clients towards next-level success in the current climate
and beyond.

A relief package for advisors

The MDRT
Productivity Action Plan acknowledges the challenging business conditions financial
professionals have faced in 2020. To provide its current and aspiring members
with more opportunities to join, MDRT announced it has no plans to increase
dues in 2021, and waived 2021 production requirements for 2019 and 2020 members,
allowing those members to reapply for membership without submitting their
production requirements. Considering the economic impacts on the industry, MDRT
has also adjusted the production requirements for prior-to-2019 members and new
members.

An e-Hub
for career progression

Though the pandemic has changed the way many financial professionals
do business, MDRT is focused on providing them with the innovative ideas they
need to continue succeeding. As part of the Productivity Action Plan, the
association developed the MDRT Focus on Resources hub.
Available to both members and non-members, the site is updated regularly with
timely, top-tier content from industry professionals around the globe, built to
help advisors navigate current challenges so they can continue to grow their
business, protect their clients and guide both towards a successful future. From
how to host productive virtual meetings to managing client emotions, advisors
can find the proven strategies they need to adapt,
innovate and persevere. MDRT members have exclusive access to even more
top-tier ideas via MDRT Resource Zone, Round the Table Magazine, MDRT
podcast and more.

"My MDRT membership is a big part of what got me to where I
am today. It's the innovative ideas and supportive global community that have
helped me propel my business to greater levels of success year after year,"
said Ian Green Dip PFS, 95th MDRT President. "MDRT Singapore currently has more
than 2,000 members. With this plan, we foresee welcoming more advisors to our
network and aim to ensure that advisors can become -- or stay -- members, to
continue accessing the insightful strategies from leaders of our profession
around the world, and most importantly guide their clients towards greater
financial security and success."  

An online mentorship program for aspiring members

MDRT
continues to push boundaries and innovate in ways that help financial professionals at all
stages of their career succeed. Future-focused financial advisors who do not yet
qualify for MDRT in 2021 can join the MDRT Academy to receive real-time insights and
personalized coaching that fast-tracks them to premier status. Newly launched and open for
applications, the MDRT Academy is a new kind of association with gold-standard
content that is either MDRT-original or MDRT-approved -- available anytime,
anywhere.

"As a young financial advisor
aspiring to get to the next level, the MDRT Academy app was the perfect tool," said
Brandon Heckert, former MDRT Academy member and current MDRT member. "It
allowed me to keep track of my goals and obtain the resources I needed to
conduct my practice in a tech-focused world."

The Productivity Action Plan is just one of the forward-thinking ways
that MDRT has leveraged to support its members and help them thrive in 2020 and
beyond. In August, the association adapted its quintessential MDRT Annual Meeting and recently
established 2019 Global Conference into a singular Virtual Event. Members
collaborated on fresh ideas for virtual practice management, social media
marketing -- and more. On-Demand content was released the following weeks,
diving deeper into dynamic strategies for ways to avoid burn out and help clients
readjust their portfolios to thrive amid the current
crisis.

2021 MDRT membership application is open
from now through March 1, 2021. To learn more about the MDRT Productivity
Action Plan and becoming an MDRT member, visit mdrt.org.

About MDRT

Founded in 1927, Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), The Premier
Association of Financial Professionals®, is a global, independent association
of more than 65,000 of the world's leading life insurance and financial
services professionals from more than 500 companies in 70 nations and
territories. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional professional knowledge,
strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is
recognized internationally as the standard of excellence in the life insurance
and financial services business. For more information, please visit www.mdrt.org and follow them on Twitter @MDRtweet.

Participants can look forward to barista brew-offs and business opportunities with ICBS, as part of the new 3-year partnership with MSCA

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 23 November 2020 - Montgomery Asia, a global exhibitions
company with 125 years of experience, is excited to set foot in Malaysia with
the launch of the inaugural International Café & Beverage Show (ICBS).

Taking place from 10 to 12 June
2021, the three-day event will showcase a myriad of artisanal food, beverage
and café products from esteemed businesses and brands, both from Malaysia and
the greater region of Southeast Asia. As part of the partnership, Montgomery
Asia will be hosting the next three years of the internationally-recognised
Malaysia National Coffee Championship (MNCC), first organised by the Malaysia
Specialty Coffee Association (MSCA) in 2014.

"We are excited to bring the
International Café & Beverage show to Kuala Lumpur next June. Stepping foot
once again into this exciting market and working closely with the Malaysia
Specialty Coffee Association (MSCA) to bring the whole coffee industry together
to play our part in driving this fast growing industry forward." enthused
Mr Christopher McCuin, Managing Director, Montgomery Asia. "Our 125+
years of experience and focus on the global fine food & drink industry will
help us deliver a spectacular business experience for all involved. ICBS plays
a first step in a strong growth plan across the entire ASEAN region."

Headlining Coffee-Brewing
Championships

MNCC 2021, the major headlining
event of ICBS, will bring back iconic annual events such as the Malaysia
Barista Championship, Brewers Cup, and Latte Art Championship.

At the Malaysia Barista Championship,
baristas compete in a brew-off to showcase their service and personalities. The
Malaysia Brewers Cup highlights the craft of filtered coffee, challenging the
baristas' ability to extract outstanding flavours while brewing coffee by hand.
Lastly, the Malaysia Latte Art Championship will see baristas present their art
according to planned routines which will be judged on consistency and
aesthetics.

For brewers and baristas seeking
to compete on the world stage, winners of each event category will stand a
chance to represent Malaysia at the World Coffee Championships, sanctioned by World
Coffee Events (WCE). The stage, which is hosted by a different
country yearly, will see competitors, judges and volunteers from across the
country taking part.

"We are pleased to partner with
Montgomery Asia and we look forward to working with them over the next three
years to deliver yet another successful run of our iconic Malaysia National
Coffee Championship (MNCC) to our valued partners and stakeholders,"  said Ms Yip Leong Sum, President, Malaysia
Specialty Coffee Association (MSCA).

Exhibits and Opportunities to Network
at ICBS

Coffee enthusiasts as well as
F&B professionals can look forward to an exciting roster of exhibitors,
including suppliers of coffee beans, general beverages, café food items, the
latest machinery and equipment, and innovative packaging designs.

ICBS is supported by the Malaysia
Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), with Malaysia Specialty Coffee
Association as the Official Strategic Partner. Dato' Sri Abdul Khani bin
Daud, Chief Executive Officer of MyCEB, said, "We are delighted to welcome
the International Cafe and Beverage Show 2021 to Malaysia.  It is encouraging to see a premier
international organiser like Montgomery Asia, select Malaysia as a key entry
point for their regional expansion. ICBS, with its business lifestyle theme
coupled with this partnership, promises to be a must attend event for the whole
coffee and café community in Malaysia."

"MyCEB lends its full support to
this exciting new exhibition and we wish ICBS and The Malaysia National Coffee
Championships every success for June 2021 ahead. Let's Meet In Malaysia, BE
Greater Together."

Ms Yip Leong Sum added, "We are confident that Montgomery Asia will curate an overall
memorable event that serves as a platform to bring the coffee industry together
to brew new business opportunities in the growing market sector."

About International Café & Beverage Show (ICBS)

With a focus on speciality
coffee, café lifestyle, services and equipment, ICBS will offer an
international standard exhibition in a rapidly developing sector of the
lifestyle economy.

ICBS is the marketplace for café
owners, managers, and other sections of the F&B community to network and
source high quality products. The show will also provide suppliers with
branding and sponsorship opportunities within a highly specialised and relevant
community.

About Montgomery Asia

Established in 2016, Montgomery
Asia is a fully-owned subsidiary of UK-based Montgomery Group, one of the most
widely respected exhibition companies in the world since 1895.

Montgomery Asia focuses on the
growing Asian market, striving to bring the group's flagship events to the
region as well as developing new trade shows that meet the needs of the Asian
market, in a safe, controlled manner during these difficult times.

About Malaysia Specialty Coffee Association (MSCA)

Malaysia Specialty Coffee
Association (MSCA), the national association representing the specialty coffee
industry in Malaysia was formed with the vision to build and further develop
the country's coffee frontier.

Comprising members from the
entire value chain of the coffee industry such as coffee farmers, café owners,
roasters, academies, equipment suppliers, coffee related products distributors
and manufacturers as well as baristas, MSCA aims to represent as one united
voice by the industry for the industry.

SINGAPORE - Media
OutReach - 23 November 2020 - With the opening of their third facility
in Bedok projected for end December 2020, the Ashford Dental
Centre
is expanding its operations into a wider range of neighbourhood locations.
Along with their other two branches in Serangoon and Thomson, the new facility
will facilitate the provision of dental services to match rising demand.

Out of the many dental services, perhaps
the most significant in demand spikes are dental implants. A dental implant requires
surgical placement of a titanium fixture into the part of the jaw where a tooth
has been lost. Aside from oral health reasons such as maintaining bone
structure and preserving the ability to chew, dental implants are essential to
one's confidence and self-esteem. And, that is where Ashford Dental delivers.

Specialising in same-day dental implants, Ashford Dental promises a comfortable,
efficient and safe experience for patients. Understandably so, many fret over
the physical discomfort and costs associated with a dental visit. However,
patients can look forward to the personalised and pleasant consultation that is
synonymous with the Ashford Experience.

Having undergone specific and specialised
training, the team of dentists over at Ashford Dental are well-acquainted to
deliver dental implant placements, even on the day itself, that are suited to
you. The range of clinical success stories are testament to how same-day dental
implants are one of the most highly requested and performed procedures over at
Ashford Dental.

Ashford facilities are registered day surgery centres,
which translates to capabilities for intravenous sedation (sleep dentistry).
Likewise, all clinics occupy least 1200 square feet of large business offices,
dental and recovery suites. Featuring Australian made Adec 550 chairs - the
newest generation of dentistry 'smart' chairs - and European made maxillofacial
imaging systems for oral surgeries like implant dentistry, Ashford promises to
redefine the industry with leading technologies and implementations. This makes
them stand out as healthcare providers.

The experience, specialised training and track record of
success rates are why Ashford Dental remains one of the preferred dental
centres in Singapore. Dental implants are growing in popularity because they
can be designed to match natural teeth and be employed for either replacement
or permanent teeth fixtures. Likewise, being able to offer same-day services
for dental implants is a huge plus point for patients who aren't keen on
waiting too long for dental replacement.

Having sustained high traction for their dental services,
especially for the same-day dental implants, Ashford Dental Centre is
responding to the market demand for it. And, they will be able to do so through
the opening of their third facility in the Bedok - the East region of Singapore
- and continued reliability and quality service.

Two Ashford Dental Centre branches are
located at 215 Upper Thomson Road (S574349) and 15 Teck Chye Terrace S(545723)
respectively, while the new opening will be at 337 Bedok Rd S(469514).

Media Contact: 

Dr Hardev Singh, Clinical Director 

Email: hardevs83@gmail.com 

Tel: 94529410

About Ashford Dental Centre

With more than 10 years of experience in
extending dental services to customers in Singapore, Ashford Dental Centre has
remained committed towards making the dental experience a comfortable and
relaxing one for customers. Ashford Dental prides itself on offering earnest
dental services using optimal equipment to deliver effective dental treatments.

For more information, visit our website here.

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 23 November
2020 - The 13th Social Enterprise Summit
(SES 2020) concluded successfully today, after three days of strong online
engagement. COVID-19 not only highlights the value of social innovation it
underscores the value of each and every one in our community.  Increasingly corporations and investors are
prioritizing social impact as a core business strategy for growth and
sustainable development. Social enterprises instill solid social values and
innovative ideas into the ecosystem while creating changes in the private
sector over time.

This year's call for action "Envision Citizens' Innovation
Towards 2030" was announced at the Concluding Session. Participants were
given a list of words and were asked to select one that best described the kind
of society they would like to see in ten years' time. The most frequently
chosen word was "Empower".

At the closing ceremony, Mrs Rebecca CHOY YUNG, Chair of the
Organising Committee of the Social Enterprise Summit said "SES is becoming a
social innovation movement where cross sector change makers gather collective
power to combat the increasingly unpredictable worldly challenges.  Participants were eager to establish stronger
networks and many resolves to taking action while adopting a long-term vision.".

The concluding session was titled "Yesterday's Heritage;
Today's Transformation; Tomorrow's DYNAMIC INNOVATION". It was hosted by Tony
HUNG, artist and Founder of Travel Kind (HK), with other speakers including Ren
WAN, Co-founder of JupYeah (HK), Rap CHAN, Co-founder and Illustrator of
Dustykid (HK). They curated the session as a narrative with a script telling
the story behind various initiatives for social good. Each story spoke of a
social innovator's mission, explained the targeted social impact of their work,
and showed how "taking action" could create dynamic changes through
collective power. Moreover, five
student groups shared their award-winning social innovation projects to the
audience.

On Saturday morning, the Asia Youth Entrepreneurship Exchange
opened with a moderated Panel Discussion between six renowned social innovators
from across Asia, namely Anya LIM, Co-Founder and Managing Director of ANTHILL
Fabric Gallery (Philippines), David CHRISTIAN, Founder and CEO of Evo & Co
(Indonesia), John MAK, Co-founder of MM Community (Myanmar), Peter PARK,
Founder of Angelswing (Korea), Somsak BOOKAM, Founder and CEO of Local Alike
(Thailand), and Yi LUO, Founder of Lao Tu (Mainland China). They were joined by
six young changemakers from Hong Kong, namely Eric CHEUNG, Co-Founder of
Dyelicious, Peann TAM, Co-Founder and Business Development Director of
Eco-Greenergy, Himphen HUI, Co-founder of Collaction, Lawrence LUI, Co-founder
and Executive Director of Longevity Design House, Eva WONG, Co-founder of WEDO
GLOBAL, and Tsz Wai LOONG, Chief Executive of the Land Education Foundation.
Each local social entrepreneur paired up with a regional counterpart and they
discussed issues and shared stories across the important areas of rethinking
sustainable fashion and textiles, innovating eco-friendly consumables,
promoting civic engagement through community crowdsourcing, developing
technology for human and urban resilience, building inclusive communities
through cultural tourism, and reimagining urban-rural cultural connections.

The three-day SES 2020 online International Symposium
brought together over 80 speakers from 15 locations to contribute to thirteen
seminars, two thematic sessions, a workshop, a keynote speech, a policy
dialogue, an exchange session, and a concluding session. Four sub-themes were
featured in parallel sessions, namely "Community Empowerment",
"Digital Social Innovation", "Sustainability and Business",
and "Education Innovation". Meanwhile, an online social innovation
exhibition showcased the latest work and the most recent accomplishments of the
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, including the new
batch of intermediaries, the Food Support Flagship Project, the first
"Pay-for-Success" project, etc. A series of short films on social
innovation and stories about Hong Kong social innovators were also shown to
help participants learn more about social innovation initiatives. The social
innovation exhibition is open for one month until 18 December. Register here  http://bit.ly/SES2020Reg to visit the online exhibition.

About Social Enterprise Summit

Social Enterprise Summit (SES) is a cross-sector platform to inspire
and empower social innovation and social entrepreneurship. The flagship
International Symposium builds on the experiences of over 80 speakers from 15
locations to inspire, innovate, connect and collaborate with delegates from the
civic society, businesses, government and academic sectors from Hong Kong,
China; Asia Pacific region and beyond to advance positive societal changes.

2020
Theme: "new normal · collective power" ︱ 19-21. 11. 2020 ︱ Online ︱

The
turn of the decade 2020 begins with a pandemic affecting people around the
world, raising attention to health and changing the way people work, study,
commute or socialise. Everyone in our society will require some shifts to come
out of the current situations. Collective efforts are needed to re-focus on
fostering mutually reinforcing solutions, continuous communication towards
common agendas and making swift decisions based on current data and
measurement. This International Symposium will examine the process through 4
thematic tracks: Community Empowerment, Digital Social Innovation,
Sustainability and Business as well as Education Innovation.

Community engagement
activities are held in eight different districts in Hong Kong during the year
to expand the participation and reach beyond the conference rooms, applying
knowledge, social entrepreneurship and innovative mindsets to various day to
day life settings.

Official Website: http://ses.org.hk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SocialEnterpriseSummit/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sesummit/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ses_socialinnovation/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESummitHK

CEMAC takes up the Challenge and Mobilizes 3.8 Billion Euros to Finance Integration Projects in the CEMAC zone

 PARIS, FRANCE - EQS Newswire - 20 November 2020 - After two days spent in Paris meeting with representatives of the French Government, heads of community institutions, representatives of international institutions, donors and private investors, CEMAC can boast of significant economic success.

Over 3 Million Trees Planted on New Hanover Island

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media
OutReach - 20
November 2020 - The Joinland Group, a diversified Malaysian
conglomerate of varied business interests, has planted over 3 million trees on
the Papua New Guinea (PNG) island of New Hanover since the inception of its agriculture and forestry venture, the
Central New Hanover Agro-Forestry Project in 2012.

This
milestone achievement is just one of many initiatives that the Joinland Group
has undertaken to ensure the long-term and sustainable socio-economic
development of both the island and its residents -- meeting its commitments as a
responsible partner to the island community.

Since
the New Hanover Project began, Joinland Group has planted 2.5 million rubber
trees, 560,000 cocoa trees and 54,000 coconut trees in order to create
sustainable jobs and income for local residents and landowners both now and in
the future.

Commenting
on this achievement Dato'
Sri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, the founder of Joinland, said, "We are happy to have achieved this tree
planting milestone. Our New Hanover project in Papua New Guinea is benefitting
members of the surrounding communities as the efforts of our labour over
the past eight years are starting to bear fruit. Our goal is to empower
the people of New Hanover and provide opportunities for them to earn
income both in the short and long term."

Joinland's New Hanover
Project, which covers a total of 56,592 hectares, was always planned as a
long-term project with several phases designed to contribute to the economic
and social growth of the residents of New Hanover. The first phase, which was
to develop New Hanover's underutilised land in a sustainable manner, is well
underway. While Joinland has already planted over 3 million trees, the company
is committed to hitting a target of 5 million by 2022.

The second phase of the
project, encompassing the processing and marketing of the agricultural crops,
is currently in progress with the objective of ensuring that New Hanover's
farmers and landowners reap maximum value for these agricultural resources. The
third phase of the project is also already underway. This phase is focused on
environmental sustainability, primarily the reforestation of areas cleared as
part of the project.

Currently Joinland is
planting 15 essential native tree species for every single tree cleared as part
of its forestry activities, which fund all the socio-economic investments that
the company is making to benefit the residents of New Hanover and the Papua New
Guinea government via enhanced tax revenues. So far, the company has planted
over 800,000 calophyllum trees, as part of its effort to preserve the natural
ecosystem of the island."

Concluding Dato' Sri
Thomas, said, "Joinland has clearly demonstrated its long-term commitment to
the sustainable socio-economic development of New Hanover and its residents. We
are happy with what we have achieved to date, but are also determined to
maintain and even enhance our efforts in partnership with the Papua New Guinea
government, New Hanover stakeholders and residents moving forward. We remain
committed to successfully developing the island and improving the lives of
everyone on it."

About Joinland Group

The Joinland Group is a diversified Malaysian conglomerate including
property, plantation, forestry and agricultural management, insurance and
shipping businesses, to name a few. The company operates businesses and
investments in many markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia,
Papua New Guinea, China and New Zealand, among others.

The company was founded by Dato' Sri Thomas Hah Tiing Siu, a self-made entrepreneur who started out in the cold storage business. In
2013 he was awarded the honorary title of Dato' Sri by the Sultan of Pahang
(Malaysia) in recognition of his management skills and business acumen in
building the Joinland Group.

For
more information on the Joinland Group please visit www.joinlandgroup.com.my

Acquisition expected to create a new global IT supply and services business

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 20 November 2020 - Irish headquartered IT procurement and services company, Arkphire, today announced it is to be fully
acquired by Presidio, a leading North American IT solutions provider.  The deal represents a further consolidation
of scale in the ICT services market creating a global IT supply and services
business. Arkphire will support Presidio
as a strategic platform to drive business expansion across both Europe and Asia
Pacific.

Commenting on the acquisition, Paschal Naylor,
chief executive at Arkphire said: "This announcement with Presidio is a hugely
positive development for Arkphire, our people and our customers, equipping us
with the ability to extend our global reach and further evolve our service
offering to customers in response to their changing needs. We are in the business of enablement. Being part of the enlarged Presidio family
will open up many new possibilities and provide us with a natural partner to
support the IT needs of our customers, regardless of where they want to do
business."  

Both Arkphire and Presidio have a shared core
business model focused around digital infrastructure, cloud, security and other
IT services. Presidio's $3 billion IT solutions and services business has a
local presence in over 57 locations across the United States serving
approximately 7,300 middle market, large and government organisations across a
diverse range of industries.

Chris Ambler, Head of Asia-Pacific,
Arkphire

Commenting on the acquisition, Presidio CEO
Bob Cagnazzi said: "Presidio was attracted to Arkphire by the quality of
its portfolio of solutions and services, and the customer-centric culture of
excellence that characterized the management team. The acquisition is expected
to provide Presidio an opportunity to assimilate Arkphire's best practices into
our own in the US, while providing Presidio a platform to scale our ambitions
in Europe and Asia Pacific."

The acquisition will mark another major milestone
for the successful Irish technology services company Arkphire. Originally
established in 1979, Arkphire has grown to become a €160m business with more
than 250 employees and serving customers across more than 90 countries. In
2018, Private Equity firm, Bregal Milestone invested in Arkphire which has
enabled Arkphire to further expand its international operations, notably
establishing a presence in Asia Pacific through the acquisition of
Singapore-based Generic Technologies.

The change in ownership at Arkphire will have
no immediate impact on day-to-day business operations.  The senior management, including its
co-founder and chief executive, Paschal Naylor, will remain in their roles.   

Arkphire and Bregal Milestone were advised on
the acquisition by William Blair (corporate finance) and Reed Smith (legal).
Completion of the transaction is now subject to approval from the European and
Irish competition authorities.

About Arkphire

Arkphire is a leading IT product procurement
and IT services company, serving customers internationally across more than 90
countries. Arkphire provides integrated technology solutions that span
desktops, networking, cyber security, cloud and data centre, enabling the
digital workspace and supporting businesses on their digital transformation
journey.    

Following its acquisition of Trilogy
Technologies in 2020, Arkphire is now positioned as the largest and fastest
growing Irish headquartered IT procurement and IT managed services
business. 

Arkphire Group has an unrivalled network of
partnership accreditations with leading global IT vendors and is a Check Point
4-Star, Cisco Gold, Citrix Platinum, Dell Technologies Titanium, HP Platinum,
IBM Gold, Lenovo Platinum and Microsoft Gold Partner.  Arkphire is also an
Apple Authorised Enterprise Reseller (AAER). 

Arkphire group employs over 250 people and
generates revenues of over €160m.

For more information visit  www.arkphire.com       

About Presidio

Presidio is a leading IT services and
solutions provider that helps customers connect IT of today to IT of tomorrow.
Our deep technology expertise across cloud, security, modern IT infrastructure
and networking underpin our ability to help customers accelerate
time-to-outcome via agile digital platforms. We deliver this technology
expertise through a full life cycle model of professional, managed, and support
services including strategy, consulting, implementation and design.

As of June 30, 2020, we served approximately
7,300 middle-market, large, and government organizations across a diverse range
of industries. Approximately 2,800 Presidio professionals, including
approximately 1,600 technical engineers, are based in over 57 offices across
the United States in a unique, local delivery model combined with the national
scale of a $2.8 billion-dollar industry leader. We are passionate about driving
results for our clients and delivering the highest quality of service in the
industry. For more information visit: www.presidio.com

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 20 November 2020
- Letting Hong Kong people to experience Black Friday, the busiest shopping
day of the year, GoBuyShip has launched a series of Black Friday discounts
with dozens of online stores. Online shops with diversified types from fashion
lifestyle, leisure, care, health care, and beauty to household products, there
will have a big discount for Black Friday.

Countless offers for
Black Friday in Hong Kong

Origins in the United States, Black Friday is
the day after Thanksgiving Day, the 4th
Thursday of November every year.  It is a
huge business opportunity and even the highest single sales day throughout the
year, for European and American stores. In 2019, Adobe Analytics tracked 80 of
the 100 most popular e-commerce platforms for retailers in the United States,
with online purchases reaching US$7.4 billion (approximately HK$57.7 billion).
For customers, it is an excellent opportunity for a shopping spree, huge
merchants and online shopping platforms such as Amazon will offer big
discounts.

eCommerce Logistics Platform,
GoBuyShip, has now associate with Local stores in Hong Kong, to promote
"Black Friday" sales campaign. GoBuyShop collected a series of Black
Friday discounts with dozens of online stores. 
Costumer may learn the list of stores from this URL: https://www.gobuyship.com/tc/black-friday-hk.html. Products will also be accompanied by the GoBuyShip
Black Friday logo for identification easily.

About GoBuyShip

GoBuyShip.com is a platform, provides
one-stop global e-commerce logistics services and develops into a transshipment
center for online shopping according to the different needs of customers.
Creating an international online shopping flow hub. The service network covers
all parts of the world which providing customers with one-stop service.

GoBuyShip.com integrates
online shopping discount information, logistics services, and transshipment
services. At the same time, it creates a five-star logistics service for
customers, which is different from the other logistics companies in the current
market.

1. Overseas
consolidation without boundaries

Ship different types of goods with confidence.

2. Local
logistics plus freezer service

Flexible to meet all the needs for industries plus
equipped thirty -18^oC frozen storage.

3. Double
protection, Double Careful

We provide customers with optional logistics protection
plans. If customers transport valuable electronic products, we are offering an
optionally plan with pay a premium of 3% of the product price for a maximum
guaranteed compensation amount of HKD100,000.

4. Wide service
network coverage

The service network covers Hong Kong, China, the United
States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and
Indonesia.

5. Easy to
extract without restriction 

Operate and cooperates with local shops more than 60
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Europol, UNICRI and Trend Micro uncover current and future threats of AI and how to combat them

HONG
KONG SAR - Media OutReach -
20 November 2020 - A
jointly developed new
report by Europol, the United Nations
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and Trend Micro looking into
current and predicted criminal uses of artificial intelligence (AI) was
released today. The report provides law enforcers, policy makers and other
organizations with information on existing and potential attacks leveraging AI
and recommendations on how to mitigate these risks.

The complete results of this research are available here:
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hk/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/exploiting-ai-how-cybercriminals-misuse-abuse-ai-and-ml  .

"AI promises the world greater
efficiency, automation and autonomy. At a time where the public is getting
increasingly concerned about the possible misuse of AI, we have to be
transparent about the threats, but also look into the potential benefits from AI
technology." said Edvardas Šileris, Head of Europol's Cybercrime Centre. "This
report will help us not only to anticipate possible malicious uses and abuses
of AI, but also to prevent and mitigate those threats proactively. This is how
we can unlock the potential AI holds and benefit from the positive use of AI
systems."

The report concludes that cybercriminals will leverage AI
both as an attack vector and an attack surface. Deepfakes are currently the
best-known use of AI as an attack vector. However, the report warns that new
screening technology will be needed in the future to mitigate the risk of
disinformation campaigns and extortion, as well as threats that target AI data
sets.

For example,
AI could be used to support:

• Convincing social engineering attacks at scale
• Document-scraping malware to make attacks more efficient
• Evasion of image recognition and voice biometrics
• Ransomware attacks, through intelligent targeting and evasion
• Data pollution, by identifying blind spots in detection rules

"As AI
applications start to make a major real-world impact, it's becoming clear that
this will be a fundamental technology for our future," said Irakli Beridze,
Head of the Centre for AI and Robotics at UNICRI. "However, just as the
benefits to society of AI are very real, so is the threat of malicious use.
We're honored to stand with Europol and Trend Micro to shine a light on the
dark side of AI and stimulate further discussion on this important topic."

The paper
also warns that AI systems are being developed to enhance the effectiveness of
malware and to disrupt anti-malware and facial recognition systems.

 "Cybercriminals
have always been early adopters of the latest technology and AI is no
different. As this report reveals, it is already being used for password
guessing, CAPTCHA-breaking and voice cloning, and there are many more malicious
innovations in the works," said Tony Lee, Head of Consulting, Hong Kong &
Macau, at Trend Micro. "We're proud to be teaming up with Europol and UNICRI to
raise awareness about these threats, and in so doing help to create a safer
digital future for us all."

The three
organizations make several recommendations to conclude the report:

-  Harness
the potential of AI technology as a crime-fighting tool to future-proof the
cybersecurity industry and policing

-  Continue
research to stimulate the development of defensive technology

-  Promote
and develop secure AI design frameworks

-  De-escalate
politically loaded rhetoric on the use of AI for cybersecurity purposes

-  Leverage
public-private partnerships and establish multidisciplinary expert groups

About Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)

Europol set up the European
Cybercrime Centre (EC3) in 2013 to strengthen the law enforcement response to
cybercrime in the EU and thus to help protect European citizens, businesses and
governments from online crime. Our focus is on cybercrime committed by
organised crime groups, which generate large profits (online fraud), seriously
harm victims (online child sexual exploitation) or impact critical
infrastructure and information systems in the EU, including cyber-attacks.
Since its establishment, Europol's EC3 has made a significant contribution to
the fight against cybercrime: it has been involved in hundreds of high-profile
operations and hundreds on-the-spot operational-support deployments resulting
in hundreds of arrests. https://www.europol.europa.eu/about-europol/european-cybercrime-centre-ec3

About UNICRI

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
was established in 1968. Within the broad scope of its mandate, the Institute
contributes, through research, training, field activities and the collection,
exchange and dissemination of information, to the formulation and
implementation of improved policies in the field of crime prevention, justice
and emerging security threats, due regard being paid to the integration of such
policies within broader policies for socio-economic change and development, and
to the protection of human rights.

In 2017, UNICRI opened its Centre for Artificial Intelligence and
Robotics in The Hague, the Netherlands, with a view towards advancing
understanding of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
vis-à-vis crime prevention, criminal justice, the rule of law and security.
The Centre seeks to share knowledge and information on the potential beneficial
applications of these technologies and to contribute to addressing any harmful
effects and the malicious use. www.unicri.it

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity, helps make the
world safe for exchanging digital information. Leveraging over 30 years of
security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend
Micro enables resilience for businesses, governments, and consumers with
connected solutions across cloud workloads, endpoints, email, IIoT, and
networks. Our XGen™ security strategy powers our solutions with a
cross-generational blend of threat-defense techniques that are optimized for
key environments and leverage shared threat intelligence for better, faster
protection. With over 6,700 employees in 65 countries, and the world's most
advanced global threat research and intelligence, Trend Micro enables
organizations to secure their connected world www.trendmicro.com.hk.