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50 customers who purchase their Hydrated Radiance Set ( S$ 243 ) will be invited to the exclusive Estee Lauder zone during the event at ION Orchard or Paragon, the company announced in a social media post.
The collection is only available for one order per person and is available from 12 p.m. on September 15 at Estee Lauder’s ION Orchard Boutique and shop at Metro Paragon. The 50 customers will either be selected at random or on a first-come-first-serve schedule, according to Estee Lauder.
Days after her King The Land co-star & nbsp, Lee Jun – ho, revealed that he will hold his first fan meeting here in December, Yoona’s appearance here was also announced.
With the track Into The New World, Yoona made her debut as a member of Girls’ Generation in 2007. One of the most popular female K-pop groups always, the party gradually released a constant flow of hits like Gee, Genie, and Hoot.
Yoona has from gained notoriety and has appeared in a number of advertisements and television programs. She is also well-known as an actress and has won numerous acting prizes in South Korea, including the Grand Bell Awards and the Best Supporting Actress at the 2022 and & nbsp.
When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a new strategic partnership with the Philippines on Friday (September 8) in Manila, the ceremony marked the culmination of a year-long charm offensive to win over Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s Western-friendly administration.
Albanese described the new partnership as “historic” and a “watershed moment” that will “contribute to an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.” Marcos Jr said the new bilateral deal was “very gratifying” and “terribly important” amid growing geopolitical uncertainty in the region.
The pact underscores the growing convergence between the two US allies on the need to enhance maritime security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding footprint and rising assertiveness in adjacent waters including the South China Sea.
Bilateral defense relations have become increasingly robust in recent years through the two sides’ Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), which was first signed in 2007 likewise with an eye on China and facilitates joint exercises and training and allows for temporary use of bases and facilities.
Last month, Australia conducted joint patrols as well as major bilateral military drills with the Philippines shortly after Chinese vessels used water cannons against Philippine resupply vessels near the contested Second Thomas Shoal.
At the strategic partnership’s signing ceremony, Albanese promised to upgrade bilateral relations “to an even higher level” with a focus on enhancing people-to-people exchanges as well as trade and investment ties.
Australia’s trade with Manila is relatively small compared to other Southeast Asian nations such as Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore.
Despite their deep historical ties, with Australian troops playing a crucial role in the liberation of the Philippines from Imperial Japan during World War II, bilateral relations were relatively limited throughout the Cold War period.
By and large, the Philippines served as America’s forward deployment base for military operations across East Asia, including in the Korean Peninsula and during the Vietnam War.
Meanwhile, the so-called “White Australia Policy” largely hampered meaningful interaction with the Philippines, which experienced massive emigration to the US but not Australia in the second half of the 20th century.
Philippine-Australia relations, however, got a boost following the departure of US bases from Subic and Clark in the early 1990s. In particular, growing threats from a rising China that culminated in its coercive seizure of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, driving Manila to seek new defense partnerships.
The upshot was the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative Defense Activities and the Joint Defense Cooperation Committee (JDCC) with Canberra, both of which provided frameworks for closer defense cooperation.
The two sides then negotiated SOFVA to institutionalize military cooperation. After its initial hesitation, the Philippine Senate ratified the defense pact following Beijing’s occupation of the Scarborough Shoal in mid-2012 after a months-long naval standoff Manila ultimately lost.
Though China was a major driver for SOVFA, the defense pact proved crucial for the delivery of emergency assistance during recent Philippine natural disasters, including the Haiyan superstorm disaster in 2013.
Soon thereafter Australia also began to join large-scale Philippine-US military drills, most notably the annual Balikatan exercises.
It didn’t take long before Australia began providing defense aid, including notably the transfer of three former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft (LCH) to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the mid-2010s.
Eager to enhance Australia’s strategic ties with Southeast Asia, then-Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Manila on multiple occasions and hosted the inaugural Australia-ASEAN Summit. In 2015, he signed the Joint Declaration on Australia-Philippine Comprehensive Partnership (DCP), which laid down the foundation for an even more comprehensive partnership.
Bilateral ties entered a new phase when Australia offered special forces training and deployed surveillance aircraft to assist the AFP during 2017 the Marawi crisis in the southern Philippines, which saw militant groups aligned with Islamic State lay siege to the city.
The episode left a deep impression on the Philippine political elite, most notably President Rodrigo Duterte, who publicly thanked Australia for “showing solidarity” during the crisis on his home island of Mindanao.
Although he boycotted Western capitals throughout his six-year term in office, Duterte personally boarded the HMAS Adelaide during the Royal Australian Navy’s goodwill visit to Manila in 2017.
Duterte’s successor, however, has wasted no time in winning back traditional allies amid escalating tensions with Beijing over their South China Sea disputes. In that direction, Marcos Jr decided earlier this year to expand the country’s Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the US.
The expanded agreement will allow US forces access to five new Philippine bases, including a facility that is geographically close to Taiwan. Shortly after, top Australian officials were in Manila to enhance their defense partnership with Manila as part of a broader network of likeminded actors in the region.
The Philippines also became the only Southeast Asian nation to openly back the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) nuclear-powered submarine deal, which drew criticism from both Beijing-friendly and non-aligned nations in the region such as Malaysia and Indonesia.
Last month, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles visited Manila for the second time to observe the Philippine-Australia Amphibious and Land Operations of the Indo-Pacific Endeavor 2023 (ALON) exercises near the South China Sea. This coincided with Australia, Philippine and Japan trilateral patrols in the sea, with Canberra dangling more joint patrols in the near future.
Against this backdrop, the newly signed strategic partnership aims to seal the deal of expanded relations between the two fellow US allies.
“Australia is working with our partners including the Philippines to shape a region where sovereignty is upheld,” Albanese said during a press conference, emphasizing Canberra’s commitment to managing South China Sea disputes in accordance with international law.
“Australia supports the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award. That is final and binding. And it is important that it be upheld going forward,” he added, referring to the Philippine-initiated legal proceedings, which culminated in an arbitral ruling at The Hague against China’s expansive claims over the South China Sea.
During his visit, Albanese also spoke of developing an even more comprehensive relationship “based on close cooperation and enriched by the 400,000 Australians with Filipino heritage.”
In particular, Albanese promised to enhance people-to-people relations by doubling Australia Awards Scholarships to the Philippines, re-establishing the Philippines Institute at the Australian National University, establishing a new reciprocal Work and Holiday visa for Australians and Filipinos and providing up to $64.5 million in additional aid for the peace process in Mindanao.
To date, bilateral relations remain lopsided. Philippine-Australia bilateral trade ($6.2 billion in 2021) is relatively small compared to Canberra’s trade with similarly sized nations in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam ($18 billion) and Thailand ($25 billion).
Albanese hopes to boost trade and investment ties with Southeast Asian nations under the newly-launched Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040, though it’s not clear how much the policy will emphasize the Philippines.
Australia’s charm offensive toward the Philippines has also come under criticism for potentially overlooking Manila’s troubling human rights and corruption record during the Duterte administration.
“The Australian government should recognize that it would be a mistake to deepen defense and security ties with the Philippines while ignoring human rights concerns,” said Australia director for Human Rights Watch (HRW) Daniela Gavshon ahead of the Albanese-Marcos meeting.
“A security partner that routinely violates basic human rights will ultimately provide little safety and security for anyone,” Gavshon said.
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PropertyGuru Group( NYSE: PGRU ), Southeast Asia’s leading property technology company, announced today the winners of the 8th Annual PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards, supported by donors CBRE Cambodia, Dewan Architects and Engineers, and SALTO Systems. & nbsp,
Property development companies and real estate projects from all over the kingdom competed for prestigious & nbsp, honours on Friday, 18 August 2023 at the Grand Ballroom of Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra.
OCIC Group won the top award of Best Engineer for the first time ever while its project Diamond Bay Garden won two accolades, including Best Condo Development( Cambodia ). Siha Property Co., Ltd was named Best Store Programmer while its project Siha Residence won four awards, including Best Housing Development ( Cambodia ). & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Marum Estate, a project by Sir Stamford Raffles( Cambodia ) Co., Ltd., also won four awards, including Best Township Development. Canopy Sands Development garnered three honors for its job Bay of Lights, including Best Township Masterplan Design. & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Another award – winning projects this time include Angkor Sereymongkol by Sok Tonh Real Estate, Apsor Mera by Bosba Property Co., Ltd, Dragon Land 598 by Dragon Land Investment Co., Ltd., La Maison Plaza by Cambestate Management Co., Ltd., Maline Office by Maline Office Co., Ltd, Mean Chey Avenue by RM Commercial Co., Ltd., The Garden Residency 2 by JS Land Plc, and Vong Residence by Bossba Investment Co., Ltd.
Neak Oknha Chen Zhi, president of Prince Holding Group, accepted the Cambodia Real Estate Personality of the Year prize from the editorial staff of Property Report by PropertyGuru, the standard publication of the Awards. Under Neak Oknha’s leadership, & nbsp, Prince Holding Group has & nbsp, invested in over a million square metres of projects throughout the kingdom.
” The Awards this month continue to celebrate success in the Cambodia home business”, said Jules Kay, GM of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards and Events. ” With growing interest from local customers and international buyers in quality houses and advancements, Cambodia certainly remains one of the country’s most important and impressive border markets”.
” Thanks to the prize winners in Cambodia this year for creating such great – quality residential and commercial innovations”, said Jeremy Williams, managing director, Marketplaces, PropertyGuru Group. ” These components have tremendous potential to lead to economic development in Cambodia, supported by its resilient local real estate market”.
The independent panel of judges who determined this year’s list of winners are Sorn Seap, chairperson of the Awards in Cambodia and president, Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association( CVEA ), David Granger, Siem Reap branch manager, IPS Real Estate Agency, Dilip Abye, architectural design manager, Archetype Cambodia, Jenny Chea Sok You, architect and managing director, CMED Construction, Jovany Antonio, residential director, DA & amp, G Asset Management, Kinkesa Kim, deputy managing director, CBRE Cambodia, Lim Veasna, partner and attorney – at – law, commercial arbitrator and mark agent, Vinaya Law Firm, Simon Griffiths, managing director, The Mall Company, Dr. Simon Vancliff, COO, Rose Marvel Co., Ltd, and Thida Ann, managing director, PropNex Cambodia.
HLB International Real Estate Group, led by Paul Ashburn, made the collection process as good, open, and reliable as possible.
Major state winners of the PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards will expand to the 18th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, presented on Friday, 8 December in Bangkok, Thailand where they will compete for regional honors against their peers from several active home markets in the region.
Established in 2005, the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards continue to encourage high – quality work within the economy, encompassing home development, construction, architecture, interior design, and green building practices. The line originally covered Southeast Asia and has expanded over the years to include the country’s powerful property markets, including Australia, China, India, and Greater Niseko in Japan. & nbsp,
The 8th PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards are supported by gold sponsors CBRE Cambodia, silver sponsors & nbsp, Dewan Architects and Engineers and & nbsp, SALTO Systems, official magazine Property Report by PropertyGuru, & nbsp, official publicity partner TWPR, & nbsp, media partners Bridges, Cambodia Begins at 40, Construction & amp, Property, Siemreap. net, and Southeast Asia Globe, supporting associations Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association( CVEA ) and EuroCham Cambodia, and official supervisor HLB.
For more information, email & nbsp, awards @ propertyguru.com & nbsp, or visit the official website: & nbsp, AsiaPropertyAwards.com.
LIST OF WINNERS
8th PropertyGuru Cambodia Property Awards
Designer AWARDS
Best Engineer
Win: OCIC Group
Best Store Programmer
Win: Siha Property Co., Ltd
Creation AWARDS
Best Township Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
WINNER: Marum Estate by Sir Stamford Raffles( Cambodia ) Co., Ltd.
Best Mixed Use Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
WINNER: Marum Estate by Sir Stamford Raffles( Cambodia ) Co., Ltd.
Best Luxury Housing Development( Phnom Penh )
Win: Siha Residence by Siha Property Co., Ltd
Best High End Housing Development( Phnom Penh ) & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Dragon Land 598 by Dragon Land Investment Co., Ltd.
Best Affordable Condo Development( Phnom Penh ) & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
WINNER: The Garden Residency 2 by JS Land Plc & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Best Waterfront Condo Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Diamond Bay Garden by OCIC Group
Best Housing Development( Greater Phnom Penh ) & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Apsor Mera by Bosba Property Co., Ltd
Best Residential Development( Siem Reap ) & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Angkor Sereymongkol by Sok Tonh Real Property
Best Retail Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Mean Chey Avenue by RM Commercial Co., Ltd.
Best Leisure Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Bay of Lamps by Canopy Sands Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Best Shophouse Development & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: La Maison Plaza by Cambestate Management Co., Ltd.
Style AWARDS
Best Township Masterplan Design & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Bay of Lamps by Canopy Sands Development
Best Luxury Housing Architectural Design & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Siha Residence by Siha Property Co., Ltd
Best High End Housing Architectural Design & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
Win: Dragon Land 598 by Dragon Land Investment Co., Ltd.
Best Housing Architectural Design & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp, & nbsp,
WINNER: Marum Estate by Sir Stamford Raffles( Cambodia ) Co., Ltd.
The Best Luxury Housing Interior Design & nbsp, NBP, SNP, BSP, NBSPS, ANBsP, TNPs, ANDNBPSP
Win: Siha Residence by Siha Property Co., Ltd
The Best Housing Interior Design & nbsp, & NbSP, and nBSP, as well as the following acronyms: best housing interior design:
Bossba Investment Co., Ltd. ‘ s Vong Residence is the winner.
The Best Housing Landscape Design & nbsp, & ndrps, AndnBsP, A.B. S.P., B.S.
WINNER: Marum Estate by Sir Stamford Raffles( Cambodia ) Co., Ltd.
Best Office Architectural Design, & nbsp, NBP, SNP, ANBSP, BSP, HNB, P, and NBSPS, As well as the following:
Win: Maline Office, a division of Malines Office Co., Ltd.
The Best Retail Architectural Design & nbsp, & NbSP, NBP, * BSP, > BPS, | NBS P
Win: Mean Chey Avenue by RM Commercial Co., Ltd.
Best Leisure Architectural Design, & nbsp, AndnBsP, A NBP, An NbSP, At BPS, Above and Beyond, As Well As Then, B. S. P., Sr.
Win: Bay of Lamps by Canopy Sands Development
BEST Honors FROM CAMBODIA
The Best Condo Development ( Cambodia ) & nbsp, ntbcspen, and bbpsf, as well as the following: acquires and condos: best condo development, cambinia
Win: Diamond Bay Garden by OCIC Group
The Best Housing Development( Cambodia ) & nbsp, NBP, SNP, NBSP, ANDNBSP, ABNBSPS, ATSN, AMBSPN
Win: Siha Residence by Siha Property Co., Ltd
THE PUBLISHER’S OPTION
The Year’s Real Estate Personality in Cambodia: Andnbsp, & nBSP, A NBSP, An NBPsP
Win: Prince Holding Group Chairman Neak Oknha Chen Zhi
You’re in luck if the barrage of K-pop concerts in Singapore this year has left you( and your budget ) in need of a break. & nbsp,
Baybeats, Singapore’s biggest other music festival, is returning from October 6 to 8 this year at Esplanade and is free. The event features a lineup of domestic and foreign performers, supported by new collaborations with foreign audio events.
In order to promote the festival internationally and increase awareness of local talents abroad, Baybeats is collaborating this year with two East Asian festivals: the Golden Melody Awards and Festival ( GMA ) in Taiwan and the Ear Up Music Festival in Hong Kong. & nbsp,
You may therefore anticipate a variety of performers from nations like Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines electrifying the rounds at Concourse, Annexe Studio, DBS Fountain Outdoor Theatre, Singtel Waterfront Theatre.
The Great Spy Experiment, native independent soldiers, and Japan’s Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs are a few of the works to keep an eye out for.
PUBLISHED: 6 September 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
At Gaysorn Tower in Bangkok on August 24, Taboola, a world leader in online information proposal systems, celebrated its 10th anniversary with lots of Thai marketing firms and content creators.
Many honors were given to outstanding producers and agencies. The Brand Impact Creation prize went to The Bangkok Post.
With over$ 1.3 billion( 46.1 billion baht ) in annual revenues, Taboola is a company that offers the best recommendation engine in the US$ 60 billion open web market.
Strong understanding and artificial intelligence power the bank’s platform.
It collaborates on a long-term, special basis with the leading digital property owners to provide audience, engagement, and revenue.
The Bangkok Post and Taboola renewed their association next month.
Their partnership, which started in 2021, is strengthened by the five-year agreement.
The Bangkok Post news site has been utilizing Taboola’s material recommendation and monetization tools to increase audience reach and broaden its primary readership base, with a regular subscribership of 6.5 million page views.
SINGAPORE: A law firm’s lover was able to embezzle more than Randomness$ 11 million( US$ 8 million ) of clients’ funds after the lawyer was barred from practice in 2011 for failing to oversee the accounts of the firm. On Tuesday( Sept. 5 ) of twelve years later, Mr. MohdContinue Reading
Following that, the police were informed of two additional reports of trespassing that are thought to be connected to the person. Both incidents took place in residences along Pasir Ris Terrace.
One was reported missing when it was received at 11.10 p.m. on September 1st, with Randomness$ 1, 500 ( US$ 1, 110 ) in money. On September 2, the other was received at 2.20 p.m. with no reported loss.
The gentleman was involved in a third unidentified case of burglary in the area, according to closed-circuit tv footage.
Following broad ground investigations, nbsp, and the use of CCTV images, the man was found.
The man was immediately detained by Bedok Police Division officers with assistance from the Police Operations Command Center, Police Intelligence Department, Special Operations Control, Gurkha Contingent, Airport Police District, and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
He was apprehended on September 2 at around 3.30 p.m. at & nbsp, the Changi Airport Terminal 4 departure area, before he could leave Singapore, according to the police.
” Money totaling more than S$ 1,600 in Singapore money and about Sulfur$ 1,900 worth of foreign currency were recovered from the man ,” according to the report.
On Monday, he will face two counts of burglary and burglary in court. He could receive a great and up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
Electrical eyesores going underground
PUBLISHED : 2 Sep 2023 at 05:00
LOEI: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in this northeastern province is set to relocate electric transformers underground in touristy Chiang Khan district to prevent fires in the old community where many wooden houses are over a century old.
Komkrit Siriyutthaseanyakorn, head of the Public Works and Town and Country Planning’s Loei Office, said installing underground transformers in Chiang Khan district will boost safety for those who run businesses and live in wooden houses.
Moving transformers from street power poles underground will also provide more stable power and give the district’s landscape a neater look with power cables no longer visible, he said.
Chiang Khan district is known for its longstanding riverine community next to the Mekong River, which pulls in over 4-5 million visitors per year and makes more than a billion baht in tourism-related revenue.
Praphan Srinuan, deputy governor of the Council of Engineers Thailand, said the PEA has conducted a survey and prepared designs for the underground transformers along Chiang Khan Walking Street.
Also, the Asean Federation of Engineering Organisations and the Engineering Institute of Thailand have proposed making Chiang Khan district the first smart city for low-carbon underground transformers, he added.
The PEA’s deputy director of the transmission system design division, Siriwit Pornpanwatcharadech, said the PEA will adopt a transformer model designed by Chulalongkorn University.
Once the chance of fires destroying the wooden houses in the area is eliminated, safety for residents, tourists and PEA officials will be almost guaranteed.
Mr Siriwit said this will boost local tourism and businesses, cut carbon emissions and increase usable green space.
Sombat Vanichprapa, consultant to the Chula Smart City project, said the move to put transformers and power cables underground was successful in the Siam Square area, helping make Bangkok’s city centre a tourist favourite and providing safety for pedestrians.
The underground transformer model, or low-carbon submersible transformer, has been praised by many state agencies, including the Ministry of Energy, the National Innovation Agency and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation.
The model was recognised at the 2023 Thailand Energy Awards and 2023 Asean Energy Awards.