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SINGAPORE, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. ("Tiger Brokers Singapore") today announced a partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF-Singapore) to promote green sustainability efforts in Singapore. Tiger Brokers, as the lead sponsor with WWF-Singapore, will be launching the first AR-mazing Tiger Trail at Gardens by the Bay on 26 February, to kickstart the company's sustainability agenda in 2022.

WWF-Singapore's AR-mazing Tiger Trail will feature a 3-part island-wide trail that focuses on tiger conservation and other key environmental causes impacting the planet today, using art as a vehicle to educate, spark discussion and action. Today, there are approximately 3,900 tigers left in the wild. According to WWF-Singapore, the overall tiger populations are declining and many are still at risk. In some areas of Southeast Asia such as Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam within the last 25 years, tigers have completely disappeared.

Eng Thiam Choon, Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Brokers (Singapore), shared "Together with WWF-Singapore, we aim to raise global awareness of the importance of tiger conservation efforts globally and across Asia. Celebrating Tiger Brokers' 8th anniversary this year, the year of the tiger and this initiative relates well with our brand identity and Tiger Mascot. More importantly, it kickstarts our journey as a force for good for the environment, society, and community at large.

As an innovative FinTech company, there is more we can do beyond just finance. Being one of the leading online brokerage companies, our focus lies in creating a better shared future for everyone. Since our inception seven years ago, we have been actively seeking ways to support people's global investing strategies through cutting-edge technologies. Similarly, our collaboration with WWF-Singapore leverages technology to raise awareness and engagement on the importance of maintaining biodiversity and a balanced ecosystem.

We hope that the WWF-Singapore's AR-mazing Tiger Trail campaign, featuring exceptional art pieces, will inspire individuals to do the right thing and raise awareness to protect our ecosystem. Together, we can do more to reverse the decline of wildlife than we can alone. Let's immerse ourselves in the fascinating art world and empower more people to get involved in WWF-Singapore's conservation work."

"WWF-Singapore is thankful for the support from our esteemed partners such as Tiger Brokers, who have made the WWF-Singapore's AR-mazing Tiger Trail possible. We hope that individuals and businesses will learn from this artistic trail and be inspired to play a more active role in tackling the climate crisis and protecting our natural biodiversity," said Mr. R. Raghunathan, CEO of WWF-Singapore.

Putting on a Green Lens

Sustainability will continue to be a key agenda in Tiger Broker's long-term strategy. As a first step, Tiger Brokers Singapore, in line with MAS' Green FinTech agenda, will be applying a "Green Lens" on all its business operations.

Since its inception in 2014, the company has been focusing on reducing its carbon footprint and actively promoting green and sustainable development by using artificial intelligence to develop its internet platform and online financial applications, going paperless and using energy-saving infrastructure.

This has a significant impact given that Tiger Brokers as of the end of third quarter of 2021 has over 1.767 million account opening customers worldwide and over 612,000 deposit clients worldwide, all of which are conducted in a paperless way, eliminating the need for users to go to prepare physical documents and reducing carbon emissions because of not having to visit a physical office.

At the group level, Tiger Brokers will be expanding its Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) research team, combining its own technology and business advantages around ESG, the company hopes to use its own strength to help support sustainable issues such as carbon neutrality transition.

Promoting Green Investment for the Future

Amidst growing awareness of ESG and understanding of the role investors play in supporting a shift towards sustainable development, Tiger Brokers aims to empower them to go beyond managing the ESG risks in their portfolios, to also create positive and measurable environmental impact from their investment activities.

Today, retail investors can easily access and invest in over 60 sustainable funds that are on Tiger Broker Singapore's platform. This includes widely traded funds such as United Smart Sustainable Singapore Bond Fund and Fidelity Sustainable Asia Equity Fund. The company also aims to increase the number of sustainable funds substantially by 2022 by working closely with its partners.

"Retail investors have increasingly been wanting to do their part for planet earth and make a positive difference by investing in companies with higher Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings and business practices," said Mr Eng.

Recent studies have shown that young investors (millennials and Gen X) are more likely to consider social responsibility alongside their other investment strategies. In a research conducted on ESG and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), the majority of the financial advisors (69%) surveyed felt that SRI will play a larger role in their practices.

According to financial data provider Morningstar, investors globally poured $142.5 billion into sustainable funds in the fourth quarter of last year, 12 per cent up on the previous quarter. ESG assets may hit $53 trillion by 2025, a third of global AUM based on estimation from Bloomberg.

Tiger Brokers continues to support equity financing and serve the real economy. The company continues to support the development of green companies and help green companies raise funds and go public. In 2021, Tiger Brokers served as the underwriter for ATRenew Inc. and helped it get listed on the New York Stock Exchange. ATRenew Inc. became the "first ESG stock" in China, and its integrated low-carbon circular economy platform has been welcomed by many users in China.

"We are seeing a growing interest among investors investing in sustainable funds. Tiger Brokers Singapore will continue to evolve to become more lifestyle-centric, appealing to the young investors, and aligning with their interest in social responsibility and sustainability investing," added Mr Eng.

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Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comTiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. ("Tiger Brokers Singapore") today announced a partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF-Singapore) to promote green sustainability efforts in Singapore. Tiger Brokers, as the lead sponsor with WWF-Singapore, will be launching the first AR-mazing Tiger Trail at Gardens by the Bay on 26 February, to kickstart the company's sustainability agenda in 2022.

HONG KONG, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group's Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tang Chi Fai further increases the shareholdings post the equity stake increase announced on January 17. Mr. Tang acquired a total 605,000 shares of the Company on the market for an aggregate consideration of approximately HK$ 4.96 million. On January 21, Mr. Tang acquired a total of 62,000 shares at an average price of approximately HK$8.49 per share and acquired a total of 543,000 shares at an average price of approximately HK$8.18 on January 22. After the transaction, Mr. Tang's equity stake in the Group increased to 60.39%

In the past year, EC Healthcare has actively integrated the healthcare market through organic growth and acquisitions to further consolidate leading market position. As the epidemic has raged on in Hong Kong now, the Group also actively provides anti-epidemic medical services to the public through its general outpatient clinics, specialist clinics, health check centers, vaccine centers and laboratory centers. Looking forward, the Group remain confident for the long-term strong business growth momentum and will keep investing in IT, brand and service to provide better services to the public."

About EC Healthcare
EC Healthcare is Hong Kong's largest non-hospital medical service provider*, leveraging its core businesses of preventive and precision medicine, and committed to developing medical artificial intelligence by integrating its multi-disciplinary medical services. The move, which is supported by the Group's high-end branding and quality customer services, is aimed at offering customers safe and effective healthcare and medical services with professionalism. The Group is a constituent stock of Hang Seng Composite Index and the MSCI Hong Kong Small Cap Index.

The Group principally engages in the provision of one-stop medical and health care services in Greater China. The Group provides a full range of services and products under its well-known brands, including those of its one-stop aesthetic medical solutions provider DR REBORN which has ranked first in Hong Kong by sales for years, primary care clinics jointly established with Tencent Doctorwork, chiropractic services centre New York Spine and Physiotherapy Center NYMG, health management centre re:HEALTH, a vaccine centre Hong Kong Professional Vaccine HKPV, a comprehensive dental centre UMH DENTAL CARE, a diagnostic and imaging centre HKAI, an oncology treatment centre reVIVE, a day procedure centre HKMED, a specialty clinic SPECIALISTS CENTRAL, NEW MEDICAL CENTER and Prime Medical Centres, obstetrics and gynaecology specialist ZENITH MEDICAL CENTER AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS CENTRE, specialists central, a paediatric center PRIME CARE, cardiology center HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY CENTER, PathLab Medical Laboratories, a professional hair care center HAIR FOREST, Ophthalmology Center VIVID EYE and EC Veterinary Hospital and Imaging Center.

*According to independent research conducted by Frost and Sullivan in terms of revenue in 2019 and 2020


Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comEC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group's Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tang Chi Fai further increases the shareholdings post the equity stake increase announced on January 17.

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JAKARTA, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - The State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry aims to involve more women, millennials, and Papuans either in its companies or in the ministry itself, in a bid to build a diverse, equal and sustainable leadership.
SOEs Minister Erick Thohir will target the promotion of 10 percent of young leaders in the SOEs by 2023, or double from five percent of young leaders promoted this year.

Young leadership and women's leadership is viewed as a driving force to help expedite the realization of the SOEs programs, as well as to transform the human capital.

"I am fully concerned about the human capital transformation, since it is the start to push the transformation in the ministry. We are changing the structures, leaderships, mindsets, and core values we own," he said.

In addition, young people are blessed with outstanding intelligence and mindsets that, in nature, may function differently when they are older, according to Thohir.

"In terms of leadership, we know that God blesses extraordinary intelligence and mindsets to humans, but in the limited ages," he said.

Hence, the Indonesian younger generation should be offered the opportunities to become leaders and take positions in SOEs that align with their competence.

By 2021-end, the minister installed some young leaders under 42 years in several strategic positions, such as Soleh Ayubi, 38, who currently serves as Chief Digital Health Officer at PT Bio Farma. He formerly worked and built a career in the United States.

Muhammad Fajrin Rasyid is also among the young leaders who was promoted to become a director at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia. He formerly served as Bukalapak co-Founder and President.

Productive Generation

The ministry is pressing for young leadership, since Indonesia will reach a critical momentum from 2024-2034 when young people under 40 years will become the majority in the country.

Young people will dominate and become the trendsetters in the market during the upcoming years. Currently, however, most of the Indonesian younger generation tend to be consumptive, not productive.

"We must change the mindsets, and how they can be productive and create the markets for Indonesian markets," Thohir noted.

To this end, they need to be assisted with a supporting ecosystem that helps them to develop their ideas and create breakthroughs.

Thohir spoke of his intent to build such an ecosystem, that could be very competitive among other countries.

He mentioned South Korea as a country that has successfully built its pop-culture ecosystem in the past ten years, compared to the US and Japan that had led the industry.

He is optimistic that Indonesia can also be the country that can build its own supporting ecosystem, as it has large infrastructures and SOEs in many areas, such as telecommunication, banking and tourism.

Indonesia is also projected to become the fourth largest economy in the world. Such a prediction will not remain a dream if the young generation prepares themselves well, Thohir noted.

"The opportunities will not come twice. We have built toll roads, airports, seaports, and other infrastructures. In the near future, we will build digital infrastructures, such as data centers, wifi, optic fiber, 5G tower," he said.

Women Empowerment

The role of women is inseparable in SOEs, since their ideas, thoughts, initiatives, and actions contribute to the companies' advancement.

Women leaders in SOEs mirror the ministry's efforts in enhancing equal leadership. They hold some strategic positions akin to president director, for instance, with President Director of PT Pertamina Nicke Widyawati, President Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ira Puspadewi, and President Director of Airnav Indonesia Polana B Pramesti.

To involve more women in SOEs, the ministry incorporated with Indonesian Human Capital Forum (FHCI) and Indonesia's Plan Foundation also ran an empowerment program for young and talented women, namely the 2021 Girls Takeover.

The program offers opportunities for six young women aged 20-24 years who were selected from some 7,000 candidates, to play a role as an SOE ministers or director for one day to coincide with International Daughters' Day on October 11.

One of the finalists, Sharon Florencia, 24, shared her experience in taking over as SOE Minister. She acknowledged the valuable lessons she gained from Minister Thohir, especially from his leadership.

"During taking over as the SOE Minister, I observed the need to boost women's leadership through mentorship programs for women, as well as scholarship programs for those in eastern Indonesia who do not have equal access to education," she said.

Another finalist, Adinda Zenniar, 20, who took over for Bank Mandiri President Director Darmawan Junaidi, is keen on enhancing women's capabilities in digitalization.

"I see that the company plays an important role in enhancing women's leadership in information and communication technology by providing training and job opportunities for young women to work in this area," she said.

Young Papuans in SOEs

BUMN Muda (Young SOEs), a community under FHCI, plays an active role in developing SOEs' human capital, including young talents from Papua and West Papua, to become future leaders.

"We focus on human capital development of the young generation nationwide, including young talents from Papua and West Papua," BUMN Muda Chairman Soleh Ayubi said.

FHCI recruited 776 young Papuans by 2021-end. They were installed in 55 SOEs, reaching 77 percent of the realization from 1,000 talents targeted.

The forum strives to uphold the commitment to recruiting the best Papuan talents by improving the process and the SOEs involvement to offer them more opportunities, FHCI Chairwoman Alexandra Askandar remarked.

The commitment is in line with President Joko Widodo's policy to recruit 1,000 young talents from Papua and West Papua to work in SOEs across Indonesia.

Reporter: Juwita Trisna Rahayu; Editor: Fardah Assegaf (c) ANTARA 2022.
Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Dhemas Reviyanto/hp

Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comThe State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry aims to involve more women, millennials, and Papuans either in its companies or in the ministry itself, in a bid to build a diverse, equal and sustainable leadership.

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PHOENIX – Feb. 28, 2022 – onsemi (Nasdaq: ON), a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, is executing on its fab-liter manufacturing strategy with the ultimate goal of sustainable financial performance through gross margins expansion.

Last week the company signed a definitive agreement to divest its South Portland, Maine fab. Earlier this month, onsemi closed on the sale of its wafer fabrication facility in Oudenaarde, Belgium. As onsemi transitions production to more efficient fabs within its network, it will improve its cost structure by eliminating fixed costs associated with the sold fabs and lowering its unit costs.

“The proposed divestitures show that we are well on our way to achieve an optimized manufacturing network while supporting our customers with long-term assurance of supply,” said Hassane El-Khoury, president and chief executive officer of onsemi. “The transactions provide employees at the affected fabs with continued employment and growth opportunities while allowing onsemi to transition production from these fabs to other manufacturing sites in an orderly manner.”

onsemi and Diodes Incorporated entered into a definitive agreement for the divestiture of onsemi’s wafer fabrication facility and operations in South Portland, Maine. Diodes plans to expand on its 200mm wafer fab capacity in support of its analog product growth. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022.

On February 8, 2022, onsemi completed the sale of its manufacturing facility in Oudenaarde, Belgium to BelGaN Group BV, a consortium of investors and executives with extensive expertise in semiconductors, BelGaN plans to become a leading 6-inch and 8-inch gallium nitride (GaN) foundry in Belgium.