First sponsorship with Chinese drinks company provides exciting opportunities to club's 108 million followers in China

Beijing--Media OutReach--16 January 2013 -- (NYSE:MANU) The World's biggest football club, Manchester United, yesterday announced a new sponsorship with Chinese soft drinks manufacturer Wahaha.

The new three year deal will see the popular drinks brand become the Club's first Official Soft Drinks Partner in China.

Wahaha has been the largest beverage producer in China for the past 11 years, with branded products including milk drinks, soft drinks, energy drinks, bottled water, bottled tea, fruit juice, porridges and yoghurt beverages.

Founded in 1987, the company's Founder and CEO, Mr Zong Qinghou, lead the celebrations for Wahaha's 25th Anniversary, in Hangzhou at the opening of the Group's new shopping mall, just a year after United Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated his own 25th anniversary at the helm of the Club.

With 108 million followers in China the Club's latest commercial partnership to be announced this season will enable it to engage with the country's growing fan base.

Manchester United's Commercial Director, Richard Arnold said:

'This is the Club's first sponsorship of its kind in China and we are delighted to be able to work with a company which, like Manchester United, is dedicated to innovation and leadership in its field. Wahaha is one of the most iconic brands in China and one that has come to symbolise the dynamism and strength of the modern Chinese economy. What better way to endorse this modern-day success story than to partner with the number one club in the world's biggest sport?

'Manchester United has a long association with China, visiting 11 times to play friendly matches. The first time was in 1975 and the most recent visit in August last year. Sir Alex and his team were overwhelmed with the welcome they received from fans who packed the stadium in Shanghai. This new collaboration between United and Wahaha will enable us to engage with our local followers all year round through great products and activities.'

Zong Qinghou, CEO of Wahaha said:

'The partnership between China's largest beverage company and the world's top English football club is an inspiring and huge development for Wahaha. This year is a milestone year for the company. The announcement of partnering with Manchester United represents a perfect opening paragraph in the next chapter of our history. We will continue to provide high-quality health drinks for everyone and to fulfill our commitment of 'Win Happy Health, Wahaha is always around you.'

About Manchester United

Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports on Earth. Through our 135-year heritage we have won 60 trophies, enabling us to develop the world’s leading sports brand and a global community of 659 million followers. Our large, passionate community provides Manchester United with a worldwide platform to generate significant revenue from multiple sources, including sponsorship, merchandising, product licensing, new media & mobile, broadcasting and match day.

About Wahaha

Wahaha was founded in 1987 by Zong Qinghou. Under the leadership of Mr. Zong, in 2011, Wahaha’s operation revenue reached RMB 67.9 billion, with an annual production capacity of more than 28 billion bottles of drinks, and RMB 12.3 billion in taxes. Wahaha was listed No.69 out of the top 500 Chinese manufacturing companies and ranked No.12 in China’s private enterprises in terms of operating income. Out of every eight bottles of drink consumed in a country with a population of 1.3 billion, one of these bottles is a Wahaha product. Wahaha owns a national technology center, whose laboratory has passed the CNAS (China National Accreditation Service). The company also owns a center for post-doctoral studies and the Zhejiang key Laboratory of Food and Biological Engineering. Wahaha successively won the “Most Respectable Chinese Enterprise” five times and has earned AAA-level Credibility by National Industrial and Commercial Enterprises Credibility Rating System several times.

Wahaha has more than 60 branch offices in the country. Wahaha’s procurement of agricultural products has reached RMB 35 billion driving the employment of 1.3 million rural labourers.

Wahaha’s spending on social welfare activities has reached RMB 360 million. The “25-year-old” Wahaha relies on the scientific concept of development to write its own history.

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Kate Lowe
Manchester United Ltd
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Kate.lowe@manutd.co.uk

First financial services sponsorship in China provides exciting opportunities to club's 108 million followers in the country

Beijing--Media OutReach--16 January 2013--(NYSE: MANU) The world's leading football club, Manchester United yesterday agreed a three year sponsorship with one of China's most prominent banking groups, China Construction Bank (CCB).

As part of the agreement China Construction Bank will hold the rights exclusively to produce the official Manchester United branded credit card in mainland China.

This new partnership is the Club's first sponsorship with a Chinese bank.

The CCB Manchester United Credit Card is set to be popular with the Club's fans in China, offering them a range of exciting benefits including various Club-related benefits and incentives. CCB will be marketing the Manchester United Credit Card to its almost 102 million personal banking customers in Mainland China.

Much like Manchester United CCB has accumulated many accolades, receiving over 30 awards from renowned local and international institutions in the first half of 2012.

Commenting on the partnership, Manchester United's Commercial Director, Richard Arnold, said:

"We are very pleased to be partnering with China Construction Bank to bring the official Manchester United Credit Card to China. Manchester United has a huge following in China of 108 million. We know from our visits there, including to Shanghai last summer, that our Chinese followers have always been among the most supportive. Through our relationship with CCB we hope not only to give fans an excellent product, but also bring them closer to the Club they so passionately support.

"As China's fiscal and industrial strength continues to grow, it is establishing itself as a leader in the global economy and the place for businesses to invest. In 80 major cities in China CCB have almost 60% of all branches, making them the ideal partner to connect with our fans.

"Together with our TV and mobile partners, financial services products give us tangible ways of providing real benefits to our fans that enable them to establish a closer relationship with their favourite team."

As one of the 'big four' banks in China, CCB employs over 320,000 employees and has almost 14,000 domestic branches, as well as overseas branches in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.

About Manchester United

Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports on Earth. Through our 135-year heritage we have won 60 trophies, enabling us to develop the world’s leading sports brand and a global community of 659 million followers. Our large, passionate community provides Manchester United with a worldwide platform to generate significant revenue from multiple sources, including sponsorship, merchandising, product licensing, new media & mobile, broadcasting and match day.

Media Contact
Contact
Kate Lowe
Manchester United Ltd
+44 (0) 161 868 8427
Kate.lowe@manutd.co.uk

Taipei, Taiwan, January 16, 2013 -(ASIA TODAY)- Billion Electric Co., Ltd. (Taiex: 3027, trading as Billion), a leading Asia Pacific-based supplier of communications, smart grid, smart lighting, and smart energy management solutions, today announces that its latest G.hn product series has selected Marvell's ITU-T compliant and HomeGrid Forum-certified G.hn transceiver chipset for fast wired home networking, further accelerating Billion’s G.hn product portfolio for the connected home.

“In Las Vegas this week, Marvell has been showcasing the latest developments in G.hn during the world’s largest consumer electronics show (CES). At the same time, we’re very glad to announce our new G.hn powerline product series which are powered up by Marvell ITU-T G.hn-compliant transceiver chipset,” said Greg Chen, Senior Vice President of Billion.

Billion's G.hn product BiPAC 2094 R3, Powerline Ethernet Adapter with AC Pass-through Power Socket, is based on Marvell's entire G.hn powerline reference design that enables powerful connectivity and high performance for the delivery of multimedia content to connected devices throughout the Smart Home.

The Billion G.hn product series is interoperable with all G.hn bandplans
(25MHz/50MHz/100MHz) and coexistent with non-G.hn standards such as IEEE1901 and UPA. Its LDPC forward error correction (FEC) and selective packet retransmission technologies make it reliable to provide robust operation. It also supports remote configuration management integrated on-chip and one-step firmware upgrade.

“This is the significant progress we have been waiting for with G.hn. For years Billion has made great effort and R&D investment in powerline communication (PLC) technologies, and now we’ve expanded our G.hn-powered product portfolio into higher tiers,” said Tim Chen, CEO of Billion.
“Billion aims to further build valuable collaborative relationships with worldwide strategic partners to boost more leading-edge G.hn solutions for the market.”

Contact
Annie Tsai
Email: press@billion.com
Telephone: +886-2-29145665

SOURCE / Billion Electric Co., Ltd.

Heavy fog enveloped a large swathe of East and Central China on Saturday, causing highway closures and flight delays in several provinces.

Beijing was shrouded in dense smog for a second straight day on Saturday. The smoggy weather will not clear up until Monday, the city's environment monitoring center said.

Reporting that Beijing's air is heavily polluted, the center said readings for PM 2.5, or airborne particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less - small enough to deeply penetrate the lungs - reached the range of 470-490 on Saturday morning.

The elderly, children and those suffering from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the capital have been advised to stay indoors to reduce exposure to polluted air.

Meanwhile, heavy fog has blanketed other regions including Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei. In Shandong, more than 20 highways were closed, as the fog reduced visibility in some areas to less than 50 meters, the provincial meteorological center said.

A total of 63 flights in and out of Shandong's eastern coastal city of Qingdao had been canceled or delayed by 2 pm on Saturday, affecting about 5,000 passengers, according to airport authorities in Qingdao.

In Jiangxi, visibility in eight cities was reduced to less than 500 meters. Five highways were closed and dozens of flights delayed at an airport in the provincial capital of Nanchang on Saturday morning, according to local meteorological authorities.

London, UK, December 14th 2012 - 2012 has been a year of industry change and consolidation for Concentrated Photovoltaics companies, but with over 44% efficiency (Solar Junction) and over 33% in “real-world” conditions (Amonix) 2013 could see CPV make significant strides in rivalling its PV cousin.

Whilst companies such as Green Volts and Skyline Solar have been unable to make CPV profitable and have closed their doors, the potential gains to be made from CPV are huge. In growing solar markets such as Latin America, and the Middle East. Soitec are about to open a new factory in California and companies are increasingly investing time developing project and manufacturing facilities far from their HQ.

According to reports 27% of CPV market share by 2015 and with projects deployed at a much larger scale higher volumes could see CPV system costs greatly depreciating especially with increased standardisation.

However the challenge remains, can companies actually make these commercialisation and bankability milestones, when faced with commercialisation chicken and egg problems?. Getting financing continues to be a major difficulty especially in Europe.. Developing joint ventures appears to be one way to get into new markets and develop a more sustainable business model.

PV Insider, the CPV intelligence & news provider has produced “Taking CPV in New Directions: 2013”a guide to the regulatory environments for the hottest markets for CPV In 2013 as well as the publishing the revealing results of an industry survey revealing the 2013 industry and company priorities for CPV. In the survey over 79% of respondents said the industry should focus on driving down costs in 2013.

The complimentary guide is available to download from PV Insider, and provides crucial intelligence on new markets and industry priorities.

• The regulatory environments in Saudi Arabia, Chile, Morocco and China, detailing solar targets and bidding timelines.

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Call for proposals to advance scalable solutions to water and sanitation challenges in developing countries

Abu Dhabi, 16 January 2013 -(ASIA TODAY)- The Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge was launched today, calling for innovative proposals to ensure safe water and improved sanitation for at risk communities in developing countries. The winning projects will be announced later in the year. The first prize winner will be awarded $50,000 and the second prize winner will receive $25,000 in addition to a feature in Water Research, an official journal of the International Water Association. All shortlisted candidates will receive access to Reed Elsevier scientific online publications and databases.

The Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge contributes to the Water for Life Decade (2005-2015), established by the UN General Assembly in support of the Millennium Development Goal to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water and stop the exploitation of water resources. According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 900m people in the world are without safe drinking water, while over 2.6bn people do not have improved sanitation facilities. Poor access to safe water and sanitation contributes to health crises in many developing countries, and increasingly leads to violent conflict.

Youngsuk (‘YS’) Chi, Chairman of Elsevier and Director of Corporate Affairs for Reed Elsevier, said: “As a global provider of information solutions, we publish more than 25 per cent of scientific literature in water research. Through the Environmental Challenge, applicants gain access to these resources to further develop their ideas. Our aim is to identify and support individuals and organisations making real contributions to both water and sanitation quality, and providing access where there is great need. The Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge is an excellent example of how we collaborate with key partners, including scientific institutes, industry and NGOs, to advance knowledge in an area of critical importance to people and communities.”

Applications for the Environmental Challenge will be accepted through 15 April 2013 and should focus on improving access to safe water and/or sanitation where it is presently at risk. Projects should be replicable, scalable and sustainable; set a benchmark for innovation; have practical applicability; address non-discrimination/equity of access; involve and impact a range of stakeholders; and have local/community-level engagement. Shortlisted candidates, announced by June, will be invited to develop their proposals further. Projects will be assessed by reviewers with water, sanitation and related expertise. Shortlisted projects will be considered by an international judging panel of experts in the field. The Dutch Wash Alliance, a consortium of six Dutch NGOs promoting hygienic use of sustainable water and sanitation, will be lending assistance with the reviewing and judging process in 2013.

The 2013 Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge was launched at the first International Water Summit (IWS), which takes place from 15-17 January 2013 in Abu Dhabi. The IWS is a new global platform for promoting water sustainability and the water-energy nexus in arid regions. IWS brings together policymakers, scientists and business leaders to tackle the urgent challenges of wastewater and water access and security.

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About Reed Elsevier
Reed Elsevier Group plc is a world leading provider of professional information solutions to the science, medical, legal, risk management, and business to business sectors. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including 16,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV; the combined market capitalisation of the two parent companies is approximately £13bn/€16bn. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.

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ABU DHABI, UAE – January 16, 2013 -(ASIA TODAY)- Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has announced that it will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this year. The company already has a presence in the UAE and Lebanon. This expansion is to support the company’s growth in the Middle East resulting from the development of its water and wastewater treatment offering to address pressing reuse and desalination challenges. The company is also expanding its dewatering capabilities in the region.

The company will present a broad portfolio of water transport, treatment and testing technologies and dewatering solutions at the International Water Summit (booth #3250) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from January 13-15, 2013.

“In the last year, we increased our capabilities in the Middle East so that we can provide what we call integrated treatment solutions,” said Mike Kuchenbrod, president of Xylem’s Water Solutions business. “What this means is that we can help customers achieve optimum wastewater treatment system performance by combining our extensive process knowledge and controls capability with the world-class, biological treatment, filtration and disinfection technologies in our portfolio.”

In addition, as part of its global dewatering expansion, Xylem will present its enhanced offering for the Middle East region during the International Water Summit. “We have expanded our dewatering or water removal capabilities in the region and now offer a rental fleet that includes the two leading drainage pump brands in the world – Flygt and Godwin – together with Xylem services to provide complete dewatering solutions in the Middle East,” said Kuchenbrod. Xylem boasts the world’s largest global dewatering rental fleet of 20,000 products, including diesel-driven, self-priming Godwin pumps and Flygt submersible electric pumps.

Other featured highlights of Xylem’s presence at the International Water Summit include:

• Xylem will launch its award-winning wastewater pumping solution, Flygt Experior, for customers in the Middle East. This new wastewater pumping solution is a break-through technology that offers up to 50 percent in energy savings compared to conventional wastewater pumps. This significant reduction in energy consumption has been demonstrated at a number of pump stations around the world where the system has been installed. The Flygt Experior wastewater pumping system combines state-of-the-art hydraulics, premium efficiency motors and intelligent controls in a unique concept that the company believes sets a new standard for premium wastewater pumping.

• Making its debut in the Middle East market is Xylem’s new open channel ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system, called WEDECO Duron. The WEDECO Duron UV disinfection system delivers clean, safe treated wastewater of the highest standard using a minimum of energy and eliminates the need for chemical-based disinfection. A key benefit of the WEDECO Duron system is its small footprint and ease of maintenance. An innovative 45 degree vertical incline design, combined with Xylem’s expertise in vertical lamp arrangement, means that the Duron system requires less space than other UV systems.

• Xylem’s analytical instrumentation portfolio, marketed under the WTW, YSI and Aanderaa brands, is used across the Gulf region for water testing and analysis applications. Xylem will present to customers new products, including YSI’s EXO multi-parameter water quality testing product and Xylem’s custom-built coastal monitoring platforms. These products are used to address challenges and provide solutions to customers’ environmental application needs.

Xylem’s commitment to the Middle East region extends to its corporate citizenship and social investment activities as well. Xylem’s signature citizenship program, Xylem Watermark, was created to provide and protect safe water resources in communities around the world. Xylem works with leading international non-profit organizations to provide water through community-based and emergency response projects, and to protect water resources through disaster risk reduction efforts.

Xylem and Mercy Corps, the disaster relief organization and Xylem Watermark partner, have been working in partnership in Jordan to secure a sustainable water supply for Syrian refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp. Through Watermark, Xylem has provided funding and technical expertise to facilitate the construction of a deep well capable of providing a daily supply of clean water for up to 130,000 people in the camp.

This Xylem Watermark program will be presented in the Sustainable Solutions Village during the International Water Summit.

About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2011 revenues of $3.8 billion and 12,500 employees worldwide. In 2012, Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at 　www.xyleminc.com.

Xylem, Aanderaa, Duron, EXO, Flygt, Experior, Godwin, Wedeco, WTW, and YSI are registered trademarks of Xylem Inc. or one its subsidiaries.

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Sound Demand Management strategy can resolve water scarcity problems in arid regions, says Eid

16 January 2013, Abu Dhabi -(ASIA TODAY)- As the Middle East and North Africa continues its fast pace of urban development, water leaders from across the globe tackle issues of sustainable development in this water-scarce region. At this year’s inaugural International Water Summit 2013 (IWS), hosted by Masdar, experts from all industry sectors come together to Abu Dhabi to highlight the importance of awareness, financial sustainability and technology adoption to ensure global sustainability for water.

Speaking during a panel discussion, Uschi Eid, Vice Chair UN Secretary Generals Advisory Board on Water, highlighted the importance of policy makers to device a sound water demand management strategy. Eid discussed that while the three T’s (Taxation, Tariff and Transfer) play an important role in giving financial sustainability to operators, the UN is exploring possibilities for water utility companies around the world to have access to local financing market.

Eid said, “Through our research in some countries, we found that a range of water sanitation and utility companies manage to cover the costs of maintenance. However, the revenues they generate are not being reinvested in the water sector. In addition, interest rates are high, return periods are short and these utilities are too small to own bonds by themselves”
To resolve this, Eid added, “It is important for governments to create conditions to pool together such small and healthy local water utilities and improve access to commercial markets.”

Anthony Cox, Head of Division at Environment and Economy Integration, OECD stated that in a broad context, “challenges facing water-poor or water-rich countries are the same”. He pointed out that it is therefore important for governments and economic regulators to engage in strategic financial planning that go beyond the three T’s. “Matching political ambition with financial realities is critical to give confidence to both, consumers and water utilities about the sustainability model.”

According to Harry Seah, CTO, Public Utilities, Singapore, key solutions to the water scarcity challenge include “making conservation as a way of life”, innovation in technology to help use water efficiently and keeping costs affordable, and working with industries towards a sustainable model.

In its inaugural edition, the IWS is being held concurrently with the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

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The International Water Summit (IWS) is hosted by Masdar, with Borouge and Borealis being the principal sponsor, and Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority a strategic partner.

IWS will be co-located with the World Future Energy Summit, also hosted by Masdar, as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (13 – 17 January 2013), alongside the International Renewable Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi (ADIREC) and the 3rd session of the Assembly of IRENA.
For more information about the International Water Summit, visit: 　www.internationalwatersummit.com

For more information, contact:

Reem Diab or Ian Mason
ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel: +971 2 6334133
reem.diab@bm.com
ian.mason@bm.com

SHANGHAI, January 16, 2-13 -(ASIA TODAY)- After Shanghai Electrical Design and Research Association (SEDRA) announced that they would organize the top designers from the designing institute to conference “New Technology and New Product Presentation Seminar” and it only opens to MATELEC EIBT China 2013, recently, more forums and conferences have followed up, now here is some information about new forums launched on MATELEC EIBT China 2013 show site.

“Building Automation Forum”, on March 27th, 2013, organized by Chinese Association of Automation- Intelligent Building and Building Automation Committee, will share the development of latest technology and products and the application in the building, city construction, security and building energy conservation at home and abroad.

“Building Energy Conserving Technology Forum”, on Mar 27th , 2013, organized by ib-china.com in response to the issues of intelligent building and building energy conservation technology. Top professionals will be invited to talk about latest products and technology, as well as the development trend during the next decade.

“China Intelligent City and Intelligent Building Technology Forum “held by qianjia.com will mainly discuss the development and deepening of Intelligent Building and Intelligent City in China on March 28th, 2013.

Please log in 　www.matelecchina.com for more information about the forums.

Contact details

 For booth booking, please contact Mr. Kent ZHANG at
Tel: 0086-21- 33231369
Cell: 0086-1391632440
Email: kentzhang@chcbiz.com

 For media partnership and show visiting, please contact Ms.Cathy Liang at
Tel: 0086-21- 33231351
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14 January 2013 – More than 1,800 exhibitors from 30 countries and regions are taking part in the 44th HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter and the 11th HKTDC World Boutique, Hong Kong. The twin fashion fairs opened this morning and continue through 17 January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Together, the two fairs welcome 115 buying missions from 43 countries and regions, representing more than 5,400 buyers from over 3,900 companies.

Product Spotlights
Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter, the largest event of its kind in Asia, and the world’s second largest fashion fair, features two new product zones: Fashion Jewellery Feast, and Men in Style. Returning to the fair are Fashion Gallery, focused on high fashion from Hong Kong and overseas, Emporium de Mode, presenting distinctive garments in an elegant setting, the Garment Mart, offering mass merchandise, and such special product zones as Denim Arcade and Intimate & Swim Wear.

Five group pavilions – from the Chinese mainland, India, Macau, Pakistan (new this year) and Taiwan – are participating. The Hong Kong Fur Federation’s “Designers Love Fur Collection 2013” is on display at the Hall 1C Concourse, and the Hong Kong Apparel Society is featuring fashion by Hong Kong fabric suppliers at the Fashion Fabrics Hub Display, Hall 1B Concourse.

Hot Picks Showcase
Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter also offers a Small-Order Zone, featuring more than 1,000 products from some 200 suppliers. A “Hot Picks” showcase will allow buyers to try out products. The zone is located at the Expo Drive Entrance.

Global Fashion
The 11th edition of World Boutique, Hong Kong, is showcasing a record-high 559 brands, including Ashworth, b+ab, bread n butter, IKA BUTONI, Che Che New York, Episode, Jessica, KATIE JUDITH, Language, MARCCAIN, Mini Cream, Moiselle, Pashma, tout ā coup and Ztampz. Peruvian designer Sumy Kujon is spotlighting her latest collection of baby alpaca blended with silk.

Industry associations with pavilions include the Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association, Japan’s Kokusai Fashion Centre, the Indonesian Fashion Designers Association, the Carpi Italia, the Taiwan Textile Federation and the Los Angeles Regional Export Council.

Fashion Extravaganza
World Boutique, Hong Kong, once again includes Hong Kong Fashion Extravaganza. Tonight’s event spotlights the latest collections of Paris’ Nana Aganovich and Brooke Taylor designer duo, Beijing’s Chi Zhang, London’s Holly Fulton and Hong Kong’s Johanna Ho. The gala presentation will also be broadcast live at Causeway Bay’s Times Square, as part of “Hong Kong in Fashion.” (The HKTDC will broadcast the show live as well, via the Google+ Hangouts On Air online.) The promotion, showcasing Hong Kong’s role as a fashion hub and lifestyle trendsetter, continues through 23 January. The city-wide campaign includes the participation of local fashion retailers, restaurants, shopping malls and coffee shops.

Spotlight on Design
The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers Contest gala evening, 15 January, will present awards in four categories: Contemporary Day-wear, Party & Evening-Wear and Best Innovation, as well as an overall winner. The judging panel includes French creative consultant Marc Ascoli, this year’s VIP Judge, as well as Kyoko Mashiko, Director of the Harajuku Project Showroom, HP France Inc, and Hong Kong fashion designer Hidy Ng. Winning designs will be on display at the Hall 1D Concourse during the fair.

The fairs offer a variety of seminars on fashion and design trends. Speakers include representatives of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Fashion Snoops, the Hong Kong Apparel Society, Li & Fung Ltd, Peclers Paris, Stylesight and WGSN. Fashion Extravaganza designers Johanna Ho and Nana Aganovich and her partner Brooke Taylor will also be speaking about their work during the fair.

Websites
Fashion Week: 　http://hktdc.com/hkfashionweekfw/
World Boutique: 　http://hktdc.com/worldboutiquehk/
Hong Kong in Fashion: 　www.hktdc.com/hkinfashion

Media Enquiries
Please contact the HKTDC's Corporate Communication Department:

Joe Kainz
Tel: (852) 2584 4216
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16 January 2013 – Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Chairman Jack So has welcomed the economic initiatives proposed by the Hong Kong Chief Executive in his Policy Address, which was unveiled today. Mr So agreed that the government should introduce policies responding to the global economic shift to the East and the implementation of the national 12th Five-Year Programme.

Chief Executive CY Leung said that the government must be “appropriately proactive” in developing Hong Kong’s economy by deepening and expanding Hong Kong’s industries. He proposed setting up an Economic Development Commission to enhance the study of long-term policies. Mr So hoped the commission would thoroughly examine Hong Kong’s potential by seeking new opportunities and studying how to reinforce existing sectors, including exhibition and tourism.

Mr Leung also outlined a series of policies supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by exploring the Chinese mainland market and promoting branding of Hong Kong products and services. “As a long-term SME partner, the HKTDC has set up 11, out of its more than 40 overseas offices, on the mainland to help SMEs expand their market there,” said Mr So. “The HKTDC will be in lock step with the government’s direction and help SMEs upgrade to grasp more business opportunities.”

The Chairman also welcomed the Chief Executive’s plan to boost Hong Kong’s financial, legal and shipping services, and promote industries where Hong Kong enjoys clear advantages, including innovation and technology, testing and certification, and intellectual property trading via Hong Kong’s well-established legal and trading platform.

“Those industries are the pillars and shining stars of our economy,” said Mr So. “Enhancing them can surely reinforce Hong Kong’s role as the Central Business District of Asia. The HKTDC will fulfill its important mission by matching government policies and assisting in every way.”

Media Enquiries
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Joe Kainz
Tel: (852) 2584 4216
Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org

HONG KONG - AusBiotech and Beacon Events have joined forces to launch Asia’s premiere event for biotech investment and capital raising: Asia Biotech Invest!

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One of the world’s last remaining greenfield telecom opportunities may just be open for business as Myanmar continues with its often unfathomable pace of reform.

The exact plans are unclear at the moment, but insiders have said that the telecom sector could be the first to benefit from privatisation plans with announcements being made soon, Reuters reported.

“We’re going to finish it soon, we really cannot wait,” Kyaw Soe, a senior official at the Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs, told Reuters.

“It’s closely related to economic growth of our nation, so this is a priority sector,” he said.

In a country where owning a SIM card is a luxury, it comes to no surprise that few people even own personal phones. Infrastructure is poor and data service costs are prohibitively high.

Five years ago, a personal SIM card cost $1,000, while today it is sold for about $200. Visitors can rent cards at the airport on arrival, but many Burmese can only afford one-time SIMs that are costly for the average wage earner and expire after one month.

Myanmar has the second-lowest mobile phone penetration rate in the world, just ahead of North Korea, and its 60 million people are so removed from the developments of smart phone technology that the idea of email and data services on phones is an alien concept.

Usage is extremely low, at just 1.24 per cent of the population in 2010, compared with 64 per cent in Laos, 57 per cent in Cambodia and more than 100 per cent in Thailand and Malaysia where individual ownership of multiple phones pushes usage above population levels, according to the Asian Development Bank.

The Myanmar population is due for a close encounter soon if reformists continue with their ostensible predilection for welcoming investors.

Kyaw Soe said that a total of four operating licenses would be granted; two for Myanmar companies and two for foreign firms, with 4G services targeted as early as 2013.

Plans to implement a regulation and privatise the state-owned operator are also being discussed.

Australia could be self-sufficient in renewable energy in 10 years by converting to solar and wind energy if the country had the right social and political leadership, according to the Energy Research Institute of the University of Melbourne.

In a paper published before the current catastrophic heat wave (the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan), the researchers conclude that existing proven technologies could be deployed on a large scale to show an example to the world and to wean Australia off its addiction to fossil fuels.

Australia, the world’s largest coal exporter, has one of the highest per capita emissions of greenhouse gases and has, until recently, resisted tackling climate change.

The report says that if there were the political will Australia’s enormous renewable potential could be harnessed and within a decade both make the country carbon-neutral and create thousands of new jobs.

About 40% of Australian renewables would come from wind farms, but key to the success of the project is the empty landscape and the almost constant solar power of the interior.

Solar power would be produced by many buildings, but most power would come from vast towers containing salt water with sunlight directed upon them from fields of mirrors.

The water, heated to more than 500°C, would drive turbines and create 60% of Australia’s electricity. Surplus heat generated during the day would be stored in underground molten salt storage tanks, which would release the heat overnight to enable the turbines to run continuously.

To cover times when the sun did not shine and the wind did not blow there would be back-up plants burning biomass, mostly waste from crop production. Existing reserves of hydropower would be held back to fill any gaps.

Even assuming that electricity demand was 40% higher than today, in 2020 it would still be possible to achieve 100% renewable generation, the report says.

There would need to be large-scale improvements in energy efficiency, particularly to smooth out peaks in demand. But the Institute says this is not impossible. Germany’s per capita electricity use is already 30% less than Australia’s, and its policies are expected to reduce this further over the next 20 years.

The researchers point out that Germany is a modern industrial economy, with a high standard of living, partly based on manufacturing and metal production (including five aluminium smelters), so Australia cannot plead it is a special case.

While the report says that building new electricity production to power homes, offices and factories would come first, Australia would also have to embrace the electric car and train. Again this could be achieved, given the political will.

A total switch to electricity would cost 3% of Australian GDP annually, about A$37 billion (US$39 billion), for 10 years, and an added 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour on the electricity price.

Researchers say wind and solar thermal generators have far lower life-cycle emissions than any other available technology. This is true even of schemes to capture and store carbon from coal plants and of nuclear power, mainly because of the initial fuel mining, processing, transport and handling. Both sorts of plants also take much longer to commission that either solar or wind.

New jobs

The report details where these huge solar and wind power generators could be sited around Australia.

The plan is for 23 wind farms, each containing turbines able to produce 2,000 to 3,000 megawatts (a typical coal power station produces around 600–700 megawatts, while a unit in a nuclear power plant has an electrical power output of 900–1300 megawatts).

They would be dispersed around the country to take advantage of the windiest places and the diversity of weather systems.

There would be 12 sites for concentrated solar power, each containing several towers. Each tower would contain molten salt water and would have 18,000 two-axis tracking mirrors focusing sunlight on the receiver – heating it to at least 565°C.

The towers could be adjusted for the seasons to get the maximum power from the sun. Despite the vast size of the wind and solar farms they would take up less than 0.4% of Australia’s land area.

The plan shows that many more jobs would be created with the construction of a 100% renewable energy grid than those lost with the phasing-out of coal and gas from the existing energy supply chain.

The plan would create 80,000 jobs in the construction phase and 45,000 in operation and maintenance that would continue for the life of the plant. There would be an additional 30,000 jobs in manufacturing if half the plant was made in Australia.

By Paul Brown
SOURCE / RTCC

MALAYSIA, 15 Jan 2013 — Avnet Technology Solutions, a global IT solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), today announced that it has launched its VirtualPath™ practice in Malaysia. As a value added solutions distributor for HP, Avnet’s VirtualPath™ practice with HP will enable its resellers to address their customers’ virtualization offerings. This virtualization practice will provide Avnet partners with enablement and educational resources, as well as knowledge of HP technologies, designed to help them scale and win more opportunities to grow their businesses.

Chiew Yue Lam, country general manager for Avnet Technology Solutions, Malaysia commented, “Our VirtualPath™ solutions practice will enable our HP resellers with the skills they require to be successful in crafting and developing solutions that address business and IT challenges. With Avnet’s success of virtualization practice in the U.S. and India, I am confident that this program will benefit our valued resellers and accelerate their capabilities to pursue IT Virtualization opportunities in Malaysia.

“Partners in Malaysia are under increasing pressure to provide the latest technology solutions and services to help customers respond to changing business requirements,” said Thiyagu Letchumanan, general manager, Enterprise Group, Hewlett-Packard Malaysia. “Through solutions such as VirtualPath™, HP helps businesses to facilitate their move to private and hybrid clouds with its leading virtualization portfolio, which is built on HP Converged Infrastructure technology. Together with Avnet’s extensive partner network, HP is able to provide partners with opportunities to expand their businesses by delivering virtualization services and solutions easily and confidently.”

HP and Avnet have worked together globally for more than 30 years to create innovative solutions for HP resellers. As a value-added solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions is continuously adding value to the channel through actively engaging with the channel ecosystem and aligning business partner programs with the technology strategies of suppliers.

The Avnet VirtualPath™ University is part of a global Avnet SolutionsPath™ partner program designed to help partners develop solid solutions strategies, along with strategic marketing plans that accelerate their profitability, market share and business growth jointly with Avnet.

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PV Insider has published a new guide on upcoming photovoltaic opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa.

2012 saw a number of high-profile announcements in the MENA region, the most prominent made in Saudi Arabia. The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) revealed a target of 16GW of PV would be installed in the Kingdom over the next 20 years, with 1.1GW up for grabs in the first phase.

Around the Gulf new opportunities continue to arise. In July last year the Oman Power and Water Procurement company initiated research into a potential 200MW solar plant incorporating photovoltaic technology, while Qatar has indicated that PV will play a role in powering the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

To assess and explain these new prospects, PV Insider has released a complimentary document entitled the PV guide to the MENA region. The guide provides detailed analysis on four key emerging markets, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Oman, as well as data on existing example projects and information on the local players there.

The guide can be downloaded from www.pv-insider.com/menasol/content.php

Contact:
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PV Insider
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CSP Today announces the release of the ‘CSP guide to the MENA region’, an analysis of the prospects for concentrated solar power in the Middle East and North Africa.

The creation of the guide reflects the CSP industry’s rising interest in emerging markets, where the technology can play a prominent role in the energy mix. Nowhere is this more prominent than in Saudi Arabia, where the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) announced a 25GW CSP target to be installed in the Kingdom over the next 20 years.

CSP Today has released the CSP guide to the MENA region to provide context and analysis on four of the hottest CSP markets, namely Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE and Morocco. This week, creator Matt Carr explained the rationale behind the guide: “After conducting extensive research into the CSP industry, we identified strong demand for more information on these four markets”, Carr explained.

“Using exclusive project data from the CSP Today Global Tracker, together with our analysis of the region, we have collated some extremely valuable information on the CSP opportunities that industry insiders will find useful.”

The complimentary guide can be downloaded at www.csptoday.com/menasol/content.php

Contact:
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CSP Today
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Tokyo, January 17, 2013 –(ASIA TODAY)- NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) recently performed the world’s first (*1) successful trial of real-time 1Tb/s super-channel transmission using 100GbE subcarriers over a trans-oceanic distance.

In recent years, the international demand for bandwidth is growing at a remarkable pace, thanks in part to the globalization of resource-hungry applications such as VoD, High Definition videoconferencing and cloud computing. As a result, efforts are continuously being made to increase the bit-rate capacity and transmission reach of submarine cable systems, which support more than 99% of trans-oceanic data traffic.

With 100Gb/s technologies now commercially deployed, the focus of recent development is turning to high capacity channels, beyond 100Gb/s, with more efficient bandwidth utilization. As part of this movement, NEC has proposed optical superchannels to increase fiber capacity in both terrestrial and submarine networks. Optical superchannels are based on advanced technologies such as parallel high-speed transceivers, advanced modulation formats and advanced pulse shaping. Superchannels constitute a practical platform for next-generation submarine systems specifically designed to help carriers to significantly increase transmission capacity in a cost efficient, scalable and flexible manner.

As a result of these proposals, NEC successfully tested a 1Tb/s superchannel for submarine ultra-long haul systems that uses the latest optical and digital technologies to provide traffic management flexibility and improve transmission performance over ultra-long haul transmission distances. Results from this real-time operation with error-free performance were presented at the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference in Shanghai in November 2012.

Key technologies of the 1Tb/s superchannel are as follows:

a) NEC combined a software-defined pulse shaper (*2) together with flexible-grid (*3) real-time 100Gb/s subcarriers (*4) to create a 1Tb/s superchannel. The pulse-shaper is designed to mitigate transmission impairments and to offer flexible bandwidth allocation capabilities. NEC achieved error-free transmission over a 5,400km link consisting of commercially available optical fiber and cost-effective repeater spacing. This technology provides a 43% improvement over the bandwidth utilization of current commercial systems.

b) NEC also implemented a 1Tb/s superchannel composed of full-digital (*5) 100Gb/s subcarriers. Each subcarrier is equipped with a digital signal processor at the transmitter, which can potentially extend the re-configurability to a variable modulation format and/or for variable error-correction capabilities. This cutting-edge digital-transmitter technology enables the 1Tb/s superchannel to successfully transmit beyond 7,200-km.

NEC’s strength in ultra-long-haul transmission technologies is supported by its achievements providing the world’s first transmission of Optical-OFDM over 10,000km and the world’s first trans-pacific transmission of 16QAM signals. Now, NEC has reinforced its position by demonstrating the first real-time 1Tb/s superchannel transmission designed for ultra-long haul communications.

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Notes:
*1: As of January 17, 2013. Source: NEC

*2: Software-defined pulse shaper
An optoelectronic device that changes the shape of an optical pulse according to values predefined by the user.

*3: Flexible-grid transponder:
A transponder capable of modifying the wavelength of the optical subcarrier.

*4: Real-time 100 Gb/s subcarrier
Based on an in-house commercial transceiver module incorporating results from “R&D on High Speed Optical Transport System Technologies (2009)” and “R&D on Ultra-high Speed Optical Edge Node Technologies (2010-2011),” which are supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan.

*5: Full-digital subcarrier
An optical carrier that is generated with a digital transmitter and it is detected with a digital-coherent receiver.
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Initiatives designed to meet Asia’s growing capacity needs

HONG KONG-- (ASIA TODAY) - MediaOutreach-- 17 January 2013 -- Pacnet today announced plans to deploy an optical mesh network with 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) technology and integrated Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching utilizing its wholly owned subsea cable network EAC-C2C, giving it the ability to meet explosive future capacity needs throughout Asia.

The deployment will create the foundation for Pacnet to offer customers a seamless set of network services between its inventory of interconnected datacenters throughout the region.

"With the rapid intra-Asia digital content growth continuing to fuel soaring bandwidth demands in the region, this latest initiative is a significant step in strengthening our network services to handle the continued growth of Internet traffic," said Andy Lumsden, Chief Technology Officer of Pacnet. "We are committed to making our infrastructure more agile and efficient, providing a competitive edge for our customers in a rapidly evolving market."

Enabling greater efficiency and capacity management flexibility, the new backbone integrating subsea fiber infrastructure and terrestrial backhaul links will support pure packet technology in the optical core, in addition to the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (DWDM/SDH) technologies currently utilized by the existing core network. The upgrades are scheduled to begin in early 2013.

"The increase in network capacity will significantly improve the efficiency of data transmission across regional network routes and allow Pacnet to extend and expand its Carrier Ethernet and Virtual Private Line Service capabilities. The upgraded core network will also provide for high bandwidth connections with speeds up to 100GE demanded by large carrier and enterprise customers," said Mr Lumsden.

EAC-C2C is the leading state-of-the-art fiber optic submarine cable network in Asia, spanning 36,800 km with cable landing stations throughout Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines and China. With multiple landing points in most locations, EAC-C2C provides Pacnet's customers with greater route diversity.

About Pacnet

Pacnet is Asia Pacific's leading provider of integrated network and technology solutions for enterprise, service provider, and carrier customers. Ownership of the region's most extensive high-capacity submarine cable systems with over 46,000 km of fiber and connectivity to 24 data centers – including its facilities in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney – gives Pacnet unparalleled reach to major business centers throughout the region including Japan, China, India, and the United States. Combined with a complete set of services for managed data, private line, hosting, co-location, and content delivery, its assets and experience in the region have helped Pacnet service large businesses worldwide including many of the Fortune 1000. Pacnet is headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, with offices in all key markets in Asia and North America. For more information, please visit: 　www.pacnet.com.

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17 January 2013 – The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest 2013 awards ceremony took place 15 January, with Elizabeth Lin named Overall Winner, Party & Evening-Wear Group Winner and Best Innovation Award Winner. Ms Lin will work at Rue du Mail in Paris with fashion designer Martine Sitbon for a month. The winners of the 37th Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest 2012 are:

Overall Winner: Elizabeth Lin: “Time Capsule”
Party & Evening-Wear Group Winner: Elizabeth Lin: “Time Capsule”
Contemporary Day-Wear Group Winner: Holly Lai: “Fear Tales”
Best Innovation Award: Elizabeth Lin: “Time Capsule”

"YDC has given me a golden opportunity to know more about Hong Kong and the people here,” said Ms Lin, who grew up in the United Kingdom and graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins. Her collection, “Time Capsule,” was inspired by a typhoon she once encountered following a flight. Her eclectic mix of images, digitally printed on waxed cotton and linen, captures the many facets of Hong Kong. Her use of Victorian silhouettes reflect her Hong Kong-UK background.

International Panel
The judging panel included industry experts, media representatives and local and overseas designers. French creative consultant Marc Ascoli was the VIP judge. Shirley Chan, Chairman, HKTDC Garment Advisory Committee, was Chief Judge. Joining them were Kyoko Mashiko, Director, Harajuku Project Showroom, HP France Inc; Deborah Cheng, Vice President, Marketing & International Business, I.T Apparels Ltd; Hidy Ng, Fashion Designer, Co-wear International Ltd; Jimmy Chan, Chairman and CEO, Semeiotics Inc; and Jing Zhang, Fashion Editor, South China Morning Post.

Creativity and originality, marketability, suitability in the use of fabric, workmanship and overall appeal were the main judging criteria.

Mr Ascoli said that Ms Lin’s work was “full of energy and freedom. She was not afraid of doing a big item. She could tell her personal story and demonstrate a great sense of point-of-view through her fashion pieces.”

Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest has discovered many talented designers over the years, including Anki Cheung, Mag Choy, Mim Mak, Sandra Chau and Seth Yeung. They showcased their new fashion pieces after the competition. The Young Fashion Designers’ Contest is one of the highlights of HKTDC World Boutique, Hong Kong, and HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter. The two events, organised by the HKTDC, continue through 17 January.

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Fashion Week: 　http://hktdc.com/hkfashionweekfw/
World Boutique: 　http://hktdc.com/worldboutiquehk/

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